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Risk/Compliance

Terror Attacks Bring Increased Scrutiny To Food Shipments In Europe

European businesses that have been used to an open border policy are expecting the slowdowns to increase as new border control measures are put in place.

With all the calls to dump the open border policy, multinational firms, in particular, could be vulnerable.

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Rail & Intermodal

Canadian Pacific Railway Seeks Merger With Norfolk Southern

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC)

In announcing the merger, CP said it was confident it could satisfy the concerns of regulators on both sides of the border, adding the deal could create a company with the potential for faster earnings growth than either railway could achieve on its own.

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Triton Container International And TAL International Merge, Creating Largest Intermodal Freight Container Fleet

Under the terms of the transaction agreement, Triton and TAL International will combine under a newly-formed holding company, Triton International Limited, which will be domiciled in Bermuda and is expected to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

The transaction, which has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies, will create the world’s largest lessor of intermodal freight containers with a combined container fleet of nearly five million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) and revenue earning assets of $8.7 billion.

Taco Bell Commits To 100% Cage Free Eggs By End Of 2016

After several years of planning, the brand expects to be the first national quick service restaurant to completely implement the change, outpacing some competitive implementation timelines by years.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Georgia and South Carolina Ports Authorities Partner on Ocean Terminal

Georgia Ports Authority

The updated agreement outlines the development of terminal design and infrastructure, plans for financing and execution of the operational decisions during the permitting process.

The South Carolina State Ports Authority and the Georgia Ports Authority will jointly own and operate the terminal, which will be located in Jasper County near the entrance of the Savannah Harbor.

Candy Maker Terrafina Taps Cargo Chief To Find Hidden Transport Capacity

Cargo Chief uses patented, proprietary aggregation and machine learning technology to find inefficiencies in the transportation process and source thousands of loads from shippers on a daily basis.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

U.S. Ports Post Big Decline In September And October

For the first time in at least a decade, imports fell in both September and October at each of the three busiest U.S. seaports, according to data from trade researcher Zepol Corp.

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October Spot Freight Volume Declines Seasonally

DAT Freight & Analytics

Although volume fell below same-month levels of the past five years, total volume for the year to-date has exceeded the same period for every year prior to an atypical 2014.

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KFC Partners With DoorDash On Home Delivery

KFC is just DoorDash’s latest national partner and they follow on the heels of other brands like 7-Eleven and Taco Bell who have chosen DoorDash to help them launch their delivery services.

KFC has signed an agreement with DoorDash, the home delivery service, launching today in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles and Orange County, and expanding to other cities in the months to come.

Kroger’s Roundy’s Acquisition To Squeeze Produce Suppliers

The additional stores will only strengthen Kroger’s position when it comes to pressing suppliers for the lowest possible prices according to Darren Tristano, president of Technomic Inc., a Chicago food research firm.

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Burger Chain Sues DoorDash For Delivering Food Without Permission

The fast-food chain is concerned about how DoorDash delivers its products, noting that it has no control over how much time it takes DoorDash drivers to deliver the meals, the temperature of food during delivery or the overall food handling and safety.

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Spot Truckload Market: Reefer, Van Volume Grows

DAT Freight & Analytics

The national average spot refrigerated freight rate was unchanged at $1.94 per mile as a 1-cent increase in the line-haul rate was offset by a 1-cent decline in the average fuel surcharge.

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