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at the meeting said the food industry and processing facilities in the Middle Urals face strategic dilemmas, including outdated technology, materials, infrastructure, refrigeration, transportation and other related issues.

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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.

How to Find Your Perfect Fit on the Warehouse Automation Spectrum

Wynright Corporation

Wynright’s Green Line turnkey conveyor system consists of conveyors that collectively reduce noise, energy consumption and maintenance costs.

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.

Transloading/Refrigerated Rail Service Coming To Inland Logistics Port In La Porte, Ind.

The Halfwassen Group, a private investment group, has obtained full control of the INland Logistics Port in Kingsbury Industrial Park in La Porte, Ind., giving hope for a transloading/refrigerated rail service in the park.

The INland Logistics Port at Kingsbury Industrial Park is the home of Unit Train Rail Service to and from the Port of Tampa, FL.

The Warehouse As A Competitive Advantage

Automation keeps adding ways to streamline inventory flow.

A worker in a cold storage facility uses the Viastore WMS via radio frequency for paperless picking.

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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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.

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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Indonesia’s Blue Bird Group Combines Three Logistics Companies

Blue Bird is hoping to create a company that offers a full range of logistics services, including warehousing, to big-name clients such as convenience store chain 7-Eleven and consumer products giant P&G.

China Fruit Imports Jump 23% In 2014

Leading the imports were bananas, with imports increasing 119 percent to more than 1.1 million tons.

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Kentucky Offers Plenty For Food & Beverage Companies

Access to a world-class multi-modal infrastructure and a generous state economic development program are just a few tasty incentives.

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