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Nebraska Legislators: Let Processors Own Swine Operations To Save Pork Processing

Recently filed amendment language now pending in the Nebraska Legislature could clear the way for Chinese-owned Smithfield Foods Inc. to own, control, and feed hogs in contract swine operations in the state.

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Ural Chamber Seeks To Improve Infrastructure As Local Food Trade Booms

Ural representatives at the meeting said the food industry and processing facilities in the Middle Urals face strategic dilemmas, including outdated technology, materials, infrastructure, refrigeration, transportation and other related issues.

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Alibaba Opens California Data Center, Challenging Amazon In U.S. E-Commerce

The new California data center marks the Chinese company's latest measured expansion onto American soil, and into a hotly contested U.S. market now dominated by Amazon.com Inc , Microsoft Corp and Google Inc.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Brazil Poultry Port To Reopen As Trucker Protest Ends

The protests demanding lower diesel fuel prices and higher payments to cover freight costs were concentrated in southern Brazil in its final days, blocking meat exports and leaving some grocery stores with bare shelves.

Brazil's Port of Itajai in Santa Catarina.

Rail & Intermodal

China Cargo Train Travels To Spain; World’s Longest Railway Line

The 16,156-mile round trip on the new Yixin’ou cargo line through China, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Poland, Germany, France and Spain took four months.

The Yixin'ou cargo line completed the trip from China to Spain in four months.

PepsiCo And Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Close Russian Plants

Coca-Cola Company

Russia is PepsiCo’s second biggest market by revenue after the U.S., contributing about 7 percent of overall revenue

Lipton Iced Tea production at the Domodedovo facility in Russia.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

West Coast Port Woes Slam Ag Exports And Logistics Hard

Pacific Maritime Association (PMA)

Some in the food and logistics industry fear a permanent loss of overseas business.

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Striking Brazil Truck Drivers Disrupt Grain And Meat Shipments

Access to the country's main poultry exporting port of Itajai in Santa Catarina has been blocked since Friday, affecting meat packers BRF SA and JBS SA, a port spokesman said.

Brazilian truckers strike In protest of rising fuel taxes.

West Coast Ports Get Creative As Cargo Piles Up

Port of Los Angeles

All the pressure has management at the Southern California ports, which combined handle 40 percent of all containerized freight for the U.S., thinking about ways they can speed things up.

Semi trucks hauling a containers leave the Port of Los Angeles on Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. Nearly all West Coast seaports began the week with dockworkers hustling to load and unload cargo ships that were held up amid a months-long labor-management dispute.

Ben E. Keith To Accelerate Inbound Logistics Performance With ArrowStream Crossbow

By centralizing its inbound logistics information in Crossbow, Ben E. Keith will see savings drivers and will be able to attach lane-level operational and financial targets to all improvement initiatives across its network.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Port of Quincy Seeks $16.2 M For Intermodal Terminal

The Port of Quincy Intermodal Terminal Infrastructure Expansion Project has received widespread support with dozens of shippers and organizations sending letters to the Washington State Legislature in support of the request.

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Featured In Food Logistics: Useful Insights On Global Cold Storage Capacity

Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA)

The Global Cold Storage Capacity Report from the Global Cold Chain Alliance offers companies looking to learn about growth opportunities in the global cold chain an excellent tool for planning their strategy.

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