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Fuel Efficiency

California Mandates Aerodynamics: Research Points To Better Fuel Efficiency

Commercial fleets and vehicle manufacturers continue to test add-on devices and other solutions.

Driver Dennis Jones, left, and James Sorrels, director of transportation, appreciate the savings from aerodynamic features in the Kenworth T680.

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Key Elements Of FSMA: Sanitary Food Transportation Act

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Companies in the food supply chain will have to deploy more temperature control and sanitation tools under proposed FSMA rules.

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U.S. Food Imports & Exports

Navigating the risks and rewards of the global food supply chain.

Loading grain for export from the U.S. Pacific Northwest.

West Coast Ports Report Surge In Import Trade

The healthy performance that suggests the Pacific ports may have finally worked through major delays and congestion that plagued them during and after protracted labor negotiations with the West Coast dockworkers union over much of the past year.

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2015 file photo, the Space Needle towers in the background beyond a container ship anchored in Elliott Bay near downtown Seattle.

Hong Kong 3PL Deploys Robots For E-Commerce Fulfillment

Kerry Logistics is one of the first 3PLs in Asia to adopt robotic butlers in its operations to enhance fulfillment efficiency and accuracy.

Kerry Logistics has introduced six fully automated and programmed robotic butlers at our flagship facility in Hong Kong. We are one of the first 3PLs in Asia to adopt robotic butlers in our operations to enhance fulfillment efficiency and accuracy.

Global Maritime Investments Files For Bankruptcy Protection

The company has lined up $2 million in bankruptcy financing, money to safeguard assets around the globe from being seized by creditors, court papers say.

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Anheuser-Busch InBev Launches Takeover Bid Of SABMiller; ‘Super Brewer’ Could Be Coming

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A merger would create a "super brewery" with nine of the world's top 20 beers by volume, and annual sales of $55 billion.

Software & Technology

Walmart Expands Grocery Parking Lot Pickup Locations

In recent weeks, the retailer has added dozens of grocery-pickup locations to parking lots of Supercenter and Neighborhood Markets around Phoenix, Denver and Huntsville, Ala.

An order is delivered at the Walmart Pickup - Grocery in Bentonville, Ark.

Taco Bell Launches Urban Restaurant Concept, Will Serve Alcohol

Expansion plans for additional urban markets are currently being evaluated as Taco Bell is striving to build or remodel around 600 restaurants per year.

Instacart Partners With Target, Expands One-Hour Grocery Delivery Service To Minneapolis

Starting today, customers in parts of the Minneapolis area can order food, household, health and beauty, pet and baby products from Target and have them delivered straight to their doorstep in as little as one hour.

Electrification

Strategic and Operational Risks in the Auto Industry

A case study focused on Brazil, Argentina and Mexico evaluating some of the integrated data and analytics tools that teams involved in the selection and management of global supply chains can utilise to address some of their key challenges.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Imports Rebound At Los Angeles And Long Beach Ports

Imports through Los Angeles were up 6.3 percent from last August, with the port receiving 407,804 20-foot equivalent units, a standard measure for container cargo. The neighboring Port of Long Beach moved 358,262 import TEUs, an increase of 19.1 percent.

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