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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Will The Northeast Be Ready For Post-Panamax?

Panama Canal Authority (PCA)

A deeper Panama Canal will give everyone along the East Coast a chance to seize more market share, but a gridlocked and fragile highway system could hurt the region’s ability to compete.

The Bayonne Bridge is only 151 feet above the water and larger container ships often cannot cross under it to reach marine terminals – Port Newark, Elizabeth and Howland Hook in Staten Island. Once the renovation is complete the Bridge will have a clearance of 215 feet.

IFDA: The Voice Of The Foodservice Industry

International Foodservice Distributors Association (IFDA)

How State-Of-The-Art Dock Equipment Improves Safety And Efficiency

Warehouses find new ways to control temperatures and protect employees.

Cheney Brothers maintains 38- to 40-degree F docks, with product going in and out of -5-degree F freezer storage and 34-degree F cooler rooms.

How New Consumer Demands Challenge The Foodservice Supply Chain

Technology empowers consumers who want more options when eating out; supply chain players respond.

Sea To Table gathers information about fish shortly they are caught from the docks.

The Omni-Channel Arrives In Force; F&B Stands At A Crossroad

E-Commerce challenges the f&b supply chain to give continuity to both online and offline channels

Lowes Foods uses its e-commerce website to engage customers in special promotions. Customers can shop the entire product catalog using a number of filters.

Fuel Efficiency

California Mandates Aerodynamics: Research Points To Better Fuel Efficiency

Commercial fleets and vehicle manufacturers continue to test add-on devices and other solutions.

Driver Dennis Jones, left, and James Sorrels, director of transportation, appreciate the savings from aerodynamic features in the Kenworth T680.

Key Elements Of FSMA: Sanitary Food Transportation Act

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Companies in the food supply chain will have to deploy more temperature control and sanitation tools under proposed FSMA rules.

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U.S. Food Imports & Exports

Navigating the risks and rewards of the global food supply chain.

Loading grain for export from the U.S. Pacific Northwest.

Pest Management

Florida Declare State Of Emergency Over Fruit Fly Invasion

The declaration allows Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam to expand state authority and tap into additional resources, including law enforcement, to control the largest outbreak on record and maintain an 85-square-mile quarantine in the Redland.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

West Coast Ports Report Surge In Import Trade

Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA)

The healthy performance that suggests the Pacific ports may have finally worked through major delays and congestion that plagued them during and after protracted labor negotiations with the West Coast dockworkers union over much of the past year.

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2015 file photo, the Space Needle towers in the background beyond a container ship anchored in Elliott Bay near downtown Seattle.

Hostess Brands Makes A Comeback From Bankruptcy; Targets Bread

Free of the pension costs and union contracts that weighed down its previous owners, Hostess has nurtured retail sales of its products nearly back to their pre-liquidation level of more than $1.3 billion in 2012, with a fraction of the workers.

Hong Kong 3PL Deploys Robots For E-Commerce Fulfillment

KLN Logistics Group Limited (formerly known as Kerry Logistics)

Kerry Logistics is one of the first 3PLs in Asia to adopt robotic butlers in its operations to enhance fulfillment efficiency and accuracy.

Kerry Logistics has introduced six fully automated and programmed robotic butlers at our flagship facility in Hong Kong. We are one of the first 3PLs in Asia to adopt robotic butlers in our operations to enhance fulfillment efficiency and accuracy.

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