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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Agriculture Transportation Coalition Calls On Carriers To Waive Charges Due To West Coast Port Disruption

Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)

ATC has urged the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) to compel ocean carriers to waive all charges imposed during the period of West Coast port congestion, roughly November 1, 2014 through April 15, 2015.

Peter Friedmann, AGT executive director

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

House Approves Funding Bill For U.S. Ports

The bill, which also funds energy programs, would add $36.3 million to the harbor maintenance tax revenue that the Army Corps of Engineers can use to dredge harbors at major ports in the 2016 fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a spending bill on Friday that would boost funding for ports to upgrade their cargo-handling capabilities.

Spot Truck Load Rates Weaken As Capacity Increases

The national average rate for reefers stayed at $2.12 per mile, with both the average line-haul rate and the fuel surcharge unchanged.

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Food Industry Urges Congress To Add $109.5 M In Funding For FSMA

Costco Wholesale Corp., Walmart, GMA and the Produce Marketing Association joined 16 others to back FDA’s request for an additional $109.5 million in funding in the Fiscal Year 2016 Agriculture/FDA Appropriations legislation.

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Foodcareplus Launches Reefer Consolidation Service From Canada To Europe For Seafood

The new integrated reefer consolidation service from Halifax will allow the seafood community to ship deep-frozen product from Canada straight into the heart of Europe via its frozen cargo facility in the port of Antwerp.

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Cold Chain Blocking India’s Destiny To Be A Processing Powerhouse

India’s food minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal believes the country would be a global food processing powerhouse were it not for its troubled supply chain

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Bigger Vessels Stress Infrastructure Of U.S. Ports, Slowing Trade

The big ships “have stressed the infrastructure to the breaking point,” says Jock O’Connell, an international trade adviser at Beacon Economics LLC in Sacramento, Calif.

The Colombo Express, operated by Hapaq-Lloyd, is one of the largest ships in the world.

Uber Extends Food Delivery To New York And Chicago

First tested in Los Angeles and Barcelona, Spain, the service will expand this week to New York and Chicago, Uber said in a blog post Tuesday.

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Emerging Technologies

IARW/WFLO Expo Keynote: Technologies That Will Change The Business

Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA)

Futurist Jack Uldrich subtitled his presentation as “The Big AHA,” the three letters standing for awareness, humility and action.

Futurist author Jack Uldrich presents the “Big AHA” to the IARW/WFLO expo in Orlando.

IARW Attendee On FSMA: 'It’s Just Utter Chaos'

Thermo King Corporation

Speakers Bud Rodowick of Thermo King and Dr. Patrick Brecht of P.E.B. Commodities Inc. said that many shippers are unaware of the rules that will take effect, particularly the sanitary transport rules.

Jerry Von Dohlen, president of Newark Refrigerated Warehouse

Sanitary Transportation of Food Proposed Rule Survey Analysis

American Trucking Associations (ATA)

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