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Caribbean, U.S. Southeast Shippers Prepare for Irma Disruption

Irma will test the resiliency of supply chains dependent on the U.S. Southeast, as well as the Gulf Coast.

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C.H. Robinson Acquires Milgram & Company, Expands Global Network

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

The purchase marks the 3PLs third global forwarding acquisition in the past five years.

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Americold Adds an Automated Facility to its Global Network

Americold recently broke ground on a new facility at its Rochelle, Illinois, campus, adding a 15.5 million cubic foot automated facility to its network and further increasing its global capacity.

Pictured from left are: Jon Scholtes, field representative for Congressman Adam Kinzinger; Tom Demmer, Illinois state representative; Chet Olson, mayor of Rochelle, Illinois; Fred Boehler, president and CEO of Americold; Sean McCarthy, director of the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity; Tim Hinckley, chief commercial officer, Americold; and Dan Lundquist, general manager of Rochelle Americold.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Port Houston Container Terminals to Resume Operations

The Port of Houston is reopening to ships Friday, a week after closing in advance of Hurricane Harvey.

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PLS Logistics to Donate Profits from Texas Freight Moves to the American Red Cross Next Week

The third-party logistics provider has committed to donate 100 percent of profits from its Texas freight moves for the week of Sept. 4, to the American Red Cross Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.

Spot Load Posts Increase 1 percent; Effects of Storm Still to Come

DAT Freight & Analytics

Hurricane Harvey hit on Friday, Aug. 25, so its effect on supply chains and spot truckload rates won’t be fully reflected until next week.

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ELD Mandate to be 'Phased in' through April 2018

The CVSA will postpone putting drivers out-of-service (OOSC) for not complying with the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate until April 1, 2018, though the mandate takes effect on Dec. 18.

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Lightweight Fleet Finds Success with IVG Technology

With enforcement of the ELD Mandate looming, Fraley & Schilling needed an easier way to gain access to applications, such as HOS, on one unified platform.

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Hurricane Harvey Disrupting Freight Transportation in Gulf Region

Hurricane Harvey’s broad swath across Texas will strongly affect over 7 percent of U.S. trucking, with some portion of that fraction out of operation for two weeks.

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FreshCode: Revolutionary Temperature Monitoring

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Emerging Technologies

The Revolution of the Foodservice Industry in the Information Age

Executives from three leading foodservice companies shed light on how distributors have become a critical link in the foodservice supply chain in the age of information.

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Penske Logistics Plans $100M Distribution Center in Michigan

Penske Logistics

The 606,000-square-foot refrigerated and frozen food warehousing distribution center will primarily service the Midwest.

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