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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Federal Grants to Upgrade Six U.S. Ports; Coos Bay, Oregon gets $11 M For Railway

Federal funding from the Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects (FASTLANE) program offers "broad, multi-year eligibilities for freight infrastructure, including intermodal projects."

At the Port of Coos Bay, Ore., the state's largest coastal deep draft port, officials have received an $11 million grant to help repair all nine aging rail tunnels linking the facility with inland transportation networks.

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Judge Restores Class Action Lawsuit Against Swift Transportation Over Mileage-Based Pay

Class-action status for the suit filed by one truck driver would allow it to proceed on behalf of 80,000 employee drivers nationwide.

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Royal Ahold and Delhaize to Sell 86 U.S. Stores to Weis, Publix and Supervalu

The European retailers are selling 4.1 percent of their combined U.S. stores, and the sites represent 3.2 percent of their revenue in that market.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Venezuela’s Military Seizes Ports, Assumes Food Distribution

As protests over food rationing and long lines at stores occur with increasing regularity, military chief General Vladimir Padrino said he hopes that putting the military in charge of distribution will help calm some of the unrest and looting.

As the crisis-plagued country slides deeper into an economic crisis, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has created a new campaign to root out the corruption and mismanagement that has caused Venezuela to run out of many basic goods.

U.S. and Cuba Reach Tentative Air Transport Agreement Impacting Cargo Service

Tentative awards have now been granted to Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines and United Airlines.

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Brewers to Add Nutrition Labels to Beer

Anheuser-Busch InBev

According to a statement from the Beer Institute, brewers will disclose calories, carbohydrates, alcohol content by volume (ABV) and portion size, both on labels affixed to bottles and cans and on websites that will be accessible via a QR code.

Anheuser-Busch InBev, Molson Coors, Constellation Brands and Heineken, which produce more than 80 percent of the beer sold in the U.S., announced plans to begin providing consumers more nutritional information about the beers they sell.

Rail & Intermodal

Florida East Coast Railway Celebrates First Big Ship via Expanded Panama Canal at PortMiami

Florida East Coast Railway (FECR)

Florida East Coast Railway (FECR) recently celebrated the arrival of MOL Majesty, the first neo-Panamax vessel to transit the expanded Panama Canal bound for PortMiami.

The MOL Majesty is part of the G6 Alliance Transpacific PA2 service, originating in Asia.

Regulators Seek Alternatives to Proposed Great Lakes Railroad

The Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Environmental Analysis instructed the company in a July 5 letter to submit alternative alignments — or explain why there aren’t any — along its 278-mile route from LaPorte to Milton, Wis.

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Software & Technology

UberEATS Expands Food Delivery to Phoenix, Ariz.

Initially, UberEATS will deliver only to downtown and central Phoenix, Arcadia, Paradise Valley and south Scottsdale up to Shea Boulevard, although participating restaurants are spread across the Valley.

Uber is killing off its “instant” option in UberEats, its food-delivery service, just one month after the standalone app launched in New York City.

Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach Terminals to Raise Traffic Mitigation Fees

Port of Los Angeles

PierPass launched the OffPeak program in 2005 to reduce severe cargo-related congestion on local streets and highways around the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports.

The increase will sustain continued operation of PierPass OffPeak gates amid labor cost increases.

Investors to Probe Danone WhiteWave Foods Takeover Bid

Danone North America

At $56.25 per share, Danone's offer represents a premium of approximately 24 percent over WhiteWave's average 30-day price of $45.43. Analysts are divided over whether the offer price is high.

Law firm Kahn Swick & Foti announced plans to investigate the Danone bid today, with former Louisiana attorney general Charles Foti is heading up the investigation.

Autonomous Robots Deliver Food in Europe

Starship Technologies

Starship Technologies has been testing its robots in 12 countries over the past nine months, but this will be the first time businesses will be using the technology to deliver real orders to paying customers.

The little robots, which are designed to operate on sidewalks rather than roads, make deliveries within a two- to three-mile radius. They can carry loads weighing as much as 20 pounds, at speeds of up to four miles per hour.

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