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New Logistics Center For Fresh Food For Dutch Grocer Albert Heijn

Dutch retailer Albert Heijn is working with logistics company Norbert Denrtessangle to construct a "Shared Fresh Centre" concept to supply over 900 of its stores.

Yearsley, AIM And Fresh Logistics All Making Cold Chain News In The UK

Yearsley Logistics is spending £35 million on expansion, AIM Logistics adds Krone Cool Liners to its fleet, and Fresh Logistics is named ‘SME Operator 2014’ by Storage, Handling & Distribution (SHD) Logistics.

AmazonFresh Introduces Amazon Dash Scanning Wand

The new Amazon Dash scanning wand connects to home Wi-Fi networks and works directly with AmazonFresh accounts to scan products that are running low and automatically get them delivered through their grocery delivery service.

Software Solutions

New Technology Turns Smartphones Into Smell-Phones

Researchers at the Mixed Reality Lab at City University in London have come up with ways to develop cell phone apps and plug-ins that emit scents like flowers, food and spices.

Software & Technology

SATO Launches Universal 'Game-Changing' Thermal Printer

The CL4NX is the first truly universal printer engineered for the ultimate operator experience, and is skillfully crafted to support new and legacy printing applications across a wide array of verticals.

Color-Changing Smart Tags Detect Spoilage

The tags were unveiled in March at the American Chemical Society's National Meeting in Dallas and tested them using E. coli in milk to create their reference model design.

Petainer Offers New Preform 'Ready-To-Be-Blown' PET Jar

Their petainerJar, a PET jar that can be supplied with short lead times either as a fully blown jar or as a PET wide mouth preform, ready to be blown by food manufacturers on their own premises when needed.

Sustainable 'Coffee Flour' Ingredient Derived From Coffee Cherries

CF Global's new technical process of converting the coffee cherry pulp into nutritious, gluten-free flour "will change the course of coffee history."

NRC Suggests Regulators Develop Separate Standards For Natural Gas Vehicles

The report also recommended that federal agencies adopt a regulation requiring that all new 53-foot or longer dry-van and refrigerated-van trailers meet performance standards that will reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

Software & Technology

Plug Power Acquires ReliOn for Fuel Cell Stack Technology

ReliOn proton exchange membrane (PEM) cell technology will provide fuel cell stacks for Plug Power's GenDrive Class 3 units.

The Week Ahead in 60 Seconds: 'U.S. Trade Gap Spikes in February’

The U.S. trade deficit expanded sharply to $42.3 billion in February—the highest level in five months—due in part to weaker American exports, particularly commercial aircraft, computers, and farm goods.

Lara L. Sowinski

Ocean Ports & Carriers

FMC Gives The Go-Ahead To G6 Alliance

Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)

U.S. approval will allow the carriers APL, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine, MOL, NYK and OOCL to better compete with the massive vessel-sharing agreement sought by the three largest global container lines P3 Network.

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