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Congressmen Seek To Promote Airships For Transporting Cargo

Airships have the potential to carry large cargo payloads over long distances, at a fraction of the cost of fixed-wing aircraft, and can reach some of the most remote locations inaccessible for maritime traffic and traditional aircraft.

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Ural Chamber Seeks To Improve Infrastructure As Local Food Trade Booms

Ural representatives at the meeting said the food industry and processing facilities in the Middle Urals face strategic dilemmas, including outdated technology, materials, infrastructure, refrigeration, transportation and other related issues.

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Alibaba Opens California Data Center, Challenging Amazon In U.S. E-Commerce

The new California data center marks the Chinese company's latest measured expansion onto American soil, and into a hotly contested U.S. market now dominated by Amazon.com Inc , Microsoft Corp and Google Inc.

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Brazil Poultry Port To Reopen As Trucker Protest Ends

The protests demanding lower diesel fuel prices and higher payments to cover freight costs were concentrated in southern Brazil in its final days, blocking meat exports and leaving some grocery stores with bare shelves.

Brazil's Port of Itajai in Santa Catarina.

Emerging Technologies

Knight Transportation Chooses Zonar 2020 Mobile Tablet as New Telematics Platform

Knight-Swift Transportation

Zonar’s EVIR, the only verified visual inspection system available on the market, simplifies the pre- and post-trip vehicle inspection process by making it easier for drivers to fill out their reports.

The Android-based Zonar 2020 Mobile Tablet.

How to Find Your Perfect Fit on the Warehouse Automation Spectrum

Wynright Corporation

Wynright’s Green Line turnkey conveyor system consists of conveyors that collectively reduce noise, energy consumption and maintenance costs.

Analyzing The Rise In Global Cold Storage Capacity

Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA)

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China Cargo Train Travels To Spain; World’s Longest Railway Line

The 16,156-mile round trip on the new Yixin’ou cargo line through China, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Poland, Germany, France and Spain took four months.

The Yixin'ou cargo line completed the trip from China to Spain in four months.

Transloading/Refrigerated Rail Service Coming To Inland Logistics Port In La Porte, Ind.

The Halfwassen Group, a private investment group, has obtained full control of the INland Logistics Port in Kingsbury Industrial Park in La Porte, Ind., giving hope for a transloading/refrigerated rail service in the park.

The INland Logistics Port at Kingsbury Industrial Park is the home of Unit Train Rail Service to and from the Port of Tampa, FL.

United States Cold Storage Expands In Wilmington, Ill.

United States Cold Storage, Inc. (USCS)

This project brought 3.9 million cubic feet and 17,825 more pallet positions of additional storage in three rooms, which can be computer controlled at temperatures from -5F to +50F.

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The Warehouse As A Competitive Advantage

Automation keeps adding ways to streamline inventory flow.

A worker in a cold storage facility uses the Viastore WMS via radio frequency for paperless picking.

PepsiCo And Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Close Russian Plants

Coca-Cola Company

Russia is PepsiCo’s second biggest market by revenue after the U.S., contributing about 7 percent of overall revenue

Lipton Iced Tea production at the Domodedovo facility in Russia.

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