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Chinese Slowdown Drives Dry Bulk Shipping Rates To All-Time Low

Day rates have plunged as China's slowdown reduced its iron ore imports while the market is flooded with brand new vessels entering the market.

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Penske Logistics To Acquire Transfreight North America

Penske Logistics

Transfreight North America currently operates from 27 locations across the Midwest, Canada and Mexico with headquarters in Erlanger, Kentucky, and in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

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Egypt Invests $6 B In Global Logistics Center For Grain

The logistics center will be located on 3,350 square kilometers of land in Damietta in the Delta area and is expected to handle 65 million tons of grain and basic food commodities trade per year.

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FDA Approves GMO Apples And Potatoes As Safe

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

In a rare press announcement on GMO crops, the FDA said the gene-altered apples and potatoes are good for commercial plating since they are "as safe and nutritious as their conventional counterparts."

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Thai Slave 'Chained Like A Dog' On Fishing Vessel

International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF)

An International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) delegation has boarded industrial fishing vessels landing their catch in Songkhla port, Southern Thailand last week, as part of an investigation into labor rights abuses.

This isn't the first time the fishing industry in Southeast Asia has been accused of worker abuse, with these 11 Burmese migrants were rescued in this file photo from June of 2012.

Giant Food Stores And Martin’s Food Markets Recall Walnuts And Trail Mixes

Giant Food Stores LLC and Martin’s Food Markets are voluntarily recalling Aurora and Giant/Martin’s brand walnut and trail mix blend products due to potential Salmonella contamination

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Risk/Compliance

Drones Rekindle The Sputnik: How Near Is A Space Race In Commercial Package Delivery?

Expect to see drones play a role in commercial delivery.

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Martin-Brower Co. To Build $16 Million Food Distribution Facility In Walker, La.

Martin-Brower Company

Martin Brower has operated a food distribution complex in Port Allen, La., since 1979; but as the company continued to grow, space and rail access limitations required the company to move.

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Oceanic Fish Farm Coming To Suffolk County, N.Y.?

Manna Fish Farms Inc., has pitched a New York state business incubator the idea of mooring as many as two dozen mesh-enclosed galvanized steel geodesic pods in the Atlantic Ocean, about three miles off the coast. where striped bass could be raised.

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Tyson Fresh Meats To Build $47 Million Beef Warehouse In Lexington, Neb.

The project, which will begin this spring, will involve construction of a 50,000 square foot warehouse on the southeast corner of the existing beef complex.

Tyson Foods processes about 132,000 head of cattle every week.

Starbucks Taps Postmates For Seattle Delivery Service, 'Green Apron' In New York

This Starbucks delivery system in Seattle is purely app-based, and customers can place orders using the coffee company’s official mobile application only.

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Jet Airways Launches Cargo Service To And From India

Scheduled to start in April 2015, the freighter services will operate to a number of international and domestic destinations including Bangalore, Hong Kong, Hanoi and Singapore.

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