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Featured In Food Logistics: The Quest Continues For Alternative Fuels

In addition to the benefits offered by some alternative fuels such as lower costs, smaller carbon footprints and reduced emissions, fleet managers also have to consider the available fueling infrastructure, tax credits and incentives.

Public Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fueling stations like this one in New Berlin, Wis., are starting be built in more areas as the infrastructure for alternative fuels continues to increase.

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Former Mexican President Vicente Fox (left), Food Logistics editor in chief Lara Sowinski (middle foreground) and Supply & Demand Chain Executive editor Barry Hochfelder (right background) at Cargo Week Americas.

Peapod Launches Fresh Produce Delivery Service

Throughout the summer, customers in New York City, New Jersey, Eastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia, Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin will have the option of adding a box of produce from local farms.

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Introducing The Eclipse Dock Shelter From Rite-Hite

Introducing The Eclipse Dock Shelter From Rite-Hite

Sysco Scraps Plan To Merge With US Foods

Under terms of the merger agreement, the termination of the transaction requires Sysco to pay break-up fees of $300 million to US Foods and $12.5 million to PFG.

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Judge Explains Why He Halted The Sysco/US Foods Merger

Judge Mehta’s 128-page ruling said the Sysco-US Foods tie-up, announced in December 2013, was the type of large combination that lawmakers were concerned about long ago when they gave the government the power to halt mergers.

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta said there was “plenty of evidence” in the case that showed restaurants and other buyers of food-distribution services use a mix of providers besides Sysco and US Foods.

U.S. Senate Introduces Multimodal Freight Act

The National Multimodal Freight Policy and Investment Act provides multimodal freight infrastructure with a total of $12 billion over a six-year period, with funding for multimodal freight projects distributed based on a merit-based grant program.

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Sysco Reviews FTC Injunction Against US Foods Merger

President and Chief Executive Officer Bill DeLaney said "we will take a few days to closely review the Court's ruling and assess our legal and contractual obligations, including the merits of terminating the merger agreement."

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Risk/Compliance

Beck’s Is Not An Import, Anheuser-Busch InBev NV To Refund Customers

In addition to the refunds, the company agreed to pay as much as $3.5 million in attorney fees and costs.

A federal magistrate in Miami, Fla., approved of a class action settlement in which Anheuser-Busch InBev NV allegedly misled customers that Beck’s is a German-made beer.

Dicom Transportation Group Acquires Orbis Logistics

Dicom will integrate the Orbis service into its portfolio that includes expedited, regional parcel transportation, less-than-truckload (LTL), full-truckload (FTL), cross-border, and final mile network capabilities.

Spot Rates Slip For Week Ending June 20

Amid shifting harvest activity, demand for reefers slipped 5.4 percent and capacity added 2.6 percent as the reefer load-to-truck ratio fell 7.8 percent to 5.0.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Port Congestion Woes: Shippers Seek Relief From Excessive Carrier Charges

Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)

In the short term, shippers need relief from the excessive charges that carriers have saddled them with. In the long term, Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) needs to take a more proactive role in addressing port congestion problems.

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