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Investment To Spur Tiger Cool Express Refrigerated Container Fleet

Tiger Cool Express, the second largest U.S. operator of 53-foot domestic refrigerated containers, announced in February the acquisition of 200 containers from Quingdao CIMC Special Reefer Co., Ltd. bringing its fleet to 435 containers.

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Fast Food Workers Call For Nationwide Strike For Higher Pay

The latest wave of protests to press for pay increases to $15 an hour was expected to kick off in New York at dawn outside a McDonald's in Brooklyn, pick up momentum during the day and culminate in a march to Times Square during the evening rush hour.

Protesters, including college students, fast-food restaurant employees and other workers, display placards as they march Tuesday, April 14, 2015, in Boston. Organizers of the event are calling for the nation's lowest paid workers to earn at least $15 per hour.

Beech-Nut Nutrition Recalls Baby Food Over Glass

The problem was discovered after the firm received a complaint from a consumer who found a small piece of glass in the product.

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Truck Driver Shortage Stays High As Freight Volumes Rise

American Trucking Associations (ATA)

Turnover at truckload fleets – a barometer of the driver shortage – remained very high in the fourth quarter of 2014.

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Import Cargo Grows As West Coast Ports Recover

National Retail Federation (NRF)

Ports covered by Global Port Tracker handled 1.2 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units in February, the latest month for which after-the-fact numbers are available and historically the slowest month of the year.

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Flu Outbreak Kills More Than 1.2 Million Turkeys

The H5N2 strain of avian influenza has infected 23 Midwest turkey farms and brings the death toll to more than 1.2 million birds killed by the disease or by authorities scrambling to contain it.

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2005 file photo, turkeys are pictured at a turkey farm near Sauk Centre , Minn. A deadly strain of bird flu has reached the Midwest, killing or requiring hundreds of thousands of turkeys to be euthanized.

FDA Warns Food And Beverage Firms Over Labels And Hazards

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Recently the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent out warning letters to food manufacturer Post Foods, two seafood companies, a juice processor, and a beverage company allegedly found to be using an unsafe food additive.

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India-Based VRL Logistics Set To Go Public

VRL logistics is in the business of providing surface logistics and parcel delivery with a fleet of 3,546 owned vehicles across 28 states.

Falling Fish Numbers To Halt U.S. Sardine Fishing

West Coast landings have risen from a value of $1.4 million in 1991 to a peak of $21 million in 2012, but are again declining.

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USDA Expands Beef And Pork Trade With Mexico And Peru

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the announcements during a meeting with producers in Des Moines, Iowa.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Washington State Ports Stand To Gain On Portland’s Woes

Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA)

The demise of Hanjin’s and Hapag Lloyd’s Portland ship calls means that in most cases their customers will shift their cargo to the ports of Tacoma and Seattle.

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.

Blue Bell Creameries Linked Listeria Sickens Eight

The outbreak now consists of two clusters of illnesses that are likely linked to Blue Bell brand ice cream.

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