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Featured In Food Logistics: New And Improved Flexitanks Transform Bulk Liquid Transportation

A more cost efficient solution than drums, totes or ISO tanks, Flexitanks have become the only alternative for companies looking to save on the transport of any types of liquids including: soft drinks, wines and agricultural oils and liquids.

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Spot Load Posts Fall 6%, Prices Decline

DAT Freight & Analytics

The national average reefer rate was down 1 cent for a national average of $1.96 per mile as demand continues to decline.

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Featured In Food Logistics: Ports Primed For A Post-Panamax Sized Opportunity

With four main ports along the Gulf Coast all set to compete for the new business, all of them have spent millions in infrastructure upgrades to prepare for the Post-Panamax era.

The Port of New Orleans recently welcomed the return of Chiquita after a 40-year hiatus.

Trucking Industry: Let Teens Drive

Trucking companies are pushing Congress to weaken age limits for drivers, which will reduce a recruiting shortfall

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2016 Food Logistics 3PL & Cold Storage Provider Questionnaire

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Amazon Set To Disrupt Global 3PL Market, Analyst Reports

Robert W. Baird & Co., has released an extensive summary of Amazon’s unique advantages in the $400 billion to $450 billion global 3PL market.

Featured In Food Logistics: Cold Storage Capacity Rises To Meet Growing Global Food Demand

The total capacity of refrigerated warehouses was estimated at 552 million cubic meters worldwide in 2014, an increase of 92 million cubic meters (20 percent) over 2012.

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Risk/Compliance

Featured In Food Logistics: Cargo & Safety Security Considerations

For consumers that unknowingly buy goods from retailers who procure food or beverage products from the gray market, the risks are compounded when safe handling, including temperature monitoring, are neglected.

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Transportation Secretary Foxx Releases National Freight Strategic Plan; Seeks Input

Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

The draft takes a comprehensive look at the nation’s freight needs and future challenges and proposes solutions and strategies to address the infrastructure, institutional, and financial bottlenecks that hinder the safe and efficient movement of goods.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.

Postal Service Proposes 9.5% Price Hike For Shipping In January

U.S. Postal Service (USPS)

The new prices, if approved, represent the first price increase in more than three years for commercial Priority Mail.

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McDonald’s Franchisees Call All-Day Breakfast Launch A Big Miss

McDonald's Corp.

The new menu is slowing down service, reducing average ticket costs, and causing chaos in the kitchens, franchisees told Nomura analyst Mark Kalinowski in a new survey.

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Florida Fast Food Restaurants Add Alcohol

Restaurants such as Burger King, Starbucks, Taco Bell and Sonic are trying out the concept of adding alcohol to their menus.

Starbucks is also in on the act, with beer and wine at its growing “Starbucks Evenings” stores in Orlando, Seattle, and what is expected to be thousands of other locales.

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