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APL, Mitsui OSK Lines And NYK To Begin Asia-South America Service

The new service will use eight 6,000 TEU containerships and will feature a particularly short lead time between Hong Kong and Manzanillo, Mexico — only 17 days, the fastest on the market.

Image of the Pusan Newport International Terminal, starting point for the new AMC (Asia Mexico Colombia Express) Service that will begin May 22.

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State Of Foodservice Supply Chain Report: Cost Volatility Emphasizes Importance Of Supply Chain

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The State of the Foodservice Supply Chain 2014 report compiles the key findings, insights and learnings gleaned from a qualitative assessment of chain restaurant leaders.

Wakima, Wash. Upstart Sells Fresh Food Online And Ships Direct In Church Parking Lots

The company in a way is combining the allure of Costco, drive-thru ease and farmers markets into one experience.

Japan’s Kagome Corp. To Enter U.S. By Acquiring Preferred Brands International

The acquisition sees Kagome enter the U.S. consumer foods area and the company flagged the fast growth of ethnic food sales in the market, which generated sales of $3.4 billion in 2013.

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Swisslog Acquires FORTE Industries, Boosting Its Strategy In North America

Swisslog Americas

FORTE’s expertise in conveyor systems, case and piece picking, and sortation solutions, particularly in the e-commerce and multichannel retail segment, will strengthen Swisslog’s offering in North America.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

U.S. Customs Targets Mislabeled Food Imports

This operation is part of a continued effort to interrupt what CBP calls “an extensive network of purposely mislabeled and high-risk agriculture products coming from Hong Kong, China, India and Saudi Arabia.”

Boxes of frozen fillets of catfish of the genus Pangasius -- called basa, swai or sutchi -- that were imported into the United States from Vietnam falsely labeled as sole to avoid anti-dumping duties.

Coca-Cola To Buy Chinese Beverage Company

Coca-Cola Company

Headquartered in Xiamen, Fujian Province, Xiamen Culiangwang's top-selling products include green bean, red bean and walnut flavors of plant-based protein drinks sold under the brand China Green Culiangwang.

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Rivals Resist Sysco/US Foods Merger

The Federal Trade Commission has asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to temporarily stop the $3.5 billion Sysco/US Foods deal, with a hearing scheduled for May 5 on that preliminary injunction.

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Freight Capacity For Vans And Flatbeds Loosens In Early April

Reefer load-to-truck dropped by 20 percent while spot reefer rates remained flat.

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Nestle To Divest Davigel To Brakes Group

Davigel, which supplies frozen and chilled meals and ice cream to restaurants and hospitals, was part of the Buitoni frozen food business Nestle bought in 1989.

Investment To Spur Tiger Cool Express Refrigerated Container Fleet

Tiger Cool Express, the second largest U.S. operator of 53-foot domestic refrigerated containers, announced in February the acquisition of 200 containers from Quingdao CIMC Special Reefer Co., Ltd. bringing its fleet to 435 containers.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Hapag-Lloyd Agrees To Port of Shenzhen Air Quality Program

Hapag-Lloyd has voluntarily undertaken only to use fuel with a sulfur content of less than 0.5 percent while its ships are docked at the terminal.

The companies at stake are Hapag-Lloyd, Hanjin, Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM), MOL, NYK, ‘K’ Line, Yang Ming, and UASC, along with Hamburg Sud which has a series of agreements with UASC.

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