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Three Asian Container Lines Unveil Latin America Service

Hyundai Merchant Marine (HHM), Hanjin Shipping and Yang Ming Marine Transportation Corp. are due to start the West Latin Express (WLX) service on July 11, which will be operated with 10 vessels of 5,500 TEUs.

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Software & Technology

Stamps.com Acquires Endicia From Newell Rubbermaid For $215 M

Endicia is a provider of high volume shipping technologies and solutions for use with the U.S. Postal Service and other postal partners.

Heinz And Kraft Agree To Merge As Kraft Heinz Co., Expect $1.5 Billion In Annual Cost Savings

The combination of these iconic food companies joins together two portfolios of brands, including Heinz, Kraft, Oscar Mayer, Ore-Ida and Philadelphia will have eight $1+ billion brands and five brands between $500 million and $1 billion.

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Mexican Farmworker Strike Snags Fruit And Vegetable Shipments To U.S.

Thousands of workers in the San Quintin Valley have been on strike since last Tuesday, protesting against low wages and poor working conditions.

In this Sept. 25, 2014 photo, day laborers work in a strawberry field as they prepare the field for planting in the Valle de San Quintin, part of the municipality of Ensenada, south of Tijuana in Baja California, Mexico. On March 16, 2015, workers from about 60 farms in the area walked off their jobs to demand better pay and labor conditions.

Eisenmann To Build Electrified Monorail System Preferred Freezer Services Facility In Washington

Preferred Freezer Services and system integrator Dematic Corp., has awarded a seven-figure contract to Eisenmann to construct an electrified monorail system for its facility in Richland, Washington.

Material Handling Equipment

Material Handling Innovation Draws 35,000-Plus To Chicago's McCormick Place

Attendees at Promat perused more than 800 exhibits throughout the 340,000 square feet of exhibit space and participated in seminars on a range of topics tailored to materials handling topics on the first day of the show.

Brian Faust, right, of Douglas Battery shows the Douglas Raptor to Steve Duerr of Minnesota Industrial Battery in Roseville, Minn. at the Promat Show.

Chinese Slowdown Drives Dry Bulk Shipping Rates To All-Time Low

Day rates have plunged as China's slowdown reduced its iron ore imports while the market is flooded with brand new vessels entering the market.

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Penske Logistics To Acquire Transfreight North America

Penske Logistics

Transfreight North America currently operates from 27 locations across the Midwest, Canada and Mexico with headquarters in Erlanger, Kentucky, and in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

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Egypt Invests $6 B In Global Logistics Center For Grain

The logistics center will be located on 3,350 square kilometers of land in Damietta in the Delta area and is expected to handle 65 million tons of grain and basic food commodities trade per year.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Thai Slave 'Chained Like A Dog' On Fishing Vessel

International Transport Workers' Federation

An International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) delegation has boarded industrial fishing vessels landing their catch in Songkhla port, Southern Thailand last week, as part of an investigation into labor rights abuses.

This isn't the first time the fishing industry in Southeast Asia has been accused of worker abuse, with these 11 Burmese migrants were rescued in this file photo from June of 2012.

Risk/Compliance

Drones Rekindle The Sputnik: How Near Is A Space Race In Commercial Package Delivery?

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Martin-Brower Co. To Build $16 Million Food Distribution Facility In Walker, La.

Martin-Brower Company

Martin Brower has operated a food distribution complex in Port Allen, La., since 1979; but as the company continued to grow, space and rail access limitations required the company to move.

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