Transportation: Page 496

Truck Driver Shortage Stays High As Freight Volumes Rise

American Trucking Associations (ATA)

Turnover at truckload fleets – a barometer of the driver shortage – remained very high in the fourth quarter of 2014.

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Import Cargo Grows As West Coast Ports Recover

National Retail Federation (NRF)

Ports covered by Global Port Tracker handled 1.2 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units in February, the latest month for which after-the-fact numbers are available and historically the slowest month of the year.

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India-Based VRL Logistics Set To Go Public

VRL logistics is in the business of providing surface logistics and parcel delivery with a fleet of 3,546 owned vehicles across 28 states.

USDA Expands Beef And Pork Trade With Mexico And Peru

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the announcements during a meeting with producers in Des Moines, Iowa.

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Washington State Ports Stand To Gain On Portland’s Woes

The demise of Hanjin’s and Hapag Lloyd’s Portland ship calls means that in most cases their customers will shift their cargo to the ports of Tacoma and Seattle.

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Blue Bell Creameries Linked Listeria Sickens Eight

The outbreak now consists of two clusters of illnesses that are likely linked to Blue Bell brand ice cream.

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Del Monte Pacific Acquires U.S. Veg Group Sager Creek For $75 Million

Fresh Del Monte Produce

Sager Creek produces speciality vegetables for foodservice and retail customers and includes brands like Veg-All, Freshlike, Popeye, Princella and Allens', among others.

Food And Beverage To Push Demand For Refrigerated Vehicles Through 2020

The rise in home delivery of frozen and chilled food and beverages, for instance, is helping spur market opportunities for refrigerated transportation.

Reefer load posts picked up 10 percent and volume was up markedly in big metro areas like Los Angeles and Dallas. The number of truck posts fell 2 percent nationwide, bumping the refrigerated load-to-truck ratio up 12 percent from 2.8 to 3.1. The national average reefer rate increased 1 cent to $1.80 per mile.

Heinz-Kraft Merger Comes From Weakness, Not Strength, Says CPG Expert: 'It’s Almost As If The Large Tier One Guys Have Surrendered'

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Smithfield Foods, Inc. Builds $12 M Bacon Plant In Cudahy, Wis.

Smithfield Foods

The new, 17,000-square-foot plant will include four slicing lines that will increase Smithfield Foods' bacon capacity by approximately 10 million pounds.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

CMA CGM Group Makes Kingston, Jamaica Its Caribbean Hub

The terminal extension will turn Kingston into one of the Caribbean top five ports.

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Cold Train Officials Sue BNSF For Ruining Its Intermodal Service

The former CEO and managing member of the Cold Train have filed a $41 million lawsuit against Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway in the U.S. District Court in Spokane, Wash., for having to shut down the intermodal service in August of 2014.

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