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West Coast Port Labor Negotiations Continue

More recently, the shipping companies have curtailed operations sharply at the marine terminals, suspending the loading and unloading of cargo vessels for night shifts, holidays and weekends at the five busiest ports.

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Tales from the Former VP of Fleet Operations for Coca-Cola

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Kintetsu World Express Inc. To Acquire Neptune Orient Lines’ APL Logistics For $1.2 Billion

KWE is expected to provide APL Logistics with the opportunity to expand its business with the backing of a company with strong fundamentals and a commitment to grow in the logistics space.

Food Companies Embrace ‘Bioillumination’ Technology To Simplify Food Safety

Sample6's advanced “bioillumination” technology and analytics platform reduces pathogen detection testing time to a single shift and simplifies the analysis process, catching potential product issues before they leave the plant and enter the food chain.

West Coast Ports Reopen; Labor Secretary Perez Seeks Labor Settlement

Perez was sent to meet with the two sides in the conflict at the behest of President Barack Obama, who has come under mounting pressure to intervene in a labor dispute that has cascaded through the U.S. commercial supply chain and beyond.

In this Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015 file photo, shipping containers are stacked up waiting for truck transport at the Port of Los Angeles.

Field Fresh Foods Inc. Acquires Superior Fresh Cuts, LLC

Superior Fresh Cuts' operations will be consolidated into the Field Fresh Foods, Inc. processing facility in Los Angeles.

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West Coast Port Woes Take Toll On Businesses

A West Coast customs broker said that her customers are being assessed as much as $300 a day for containers that sit too long on the docks, though the containers are trapped there.

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Iowa Cold Storage LLC Acquires ICS Logistics LLC

ICS offers a wide range of value-added services, including commodity storage, food service and retail products, order selection, raw-meat boxing, tempering of meat products and blast freezing.

C.H. Robinson's TMC Division Expands To Sao Paolo, Brazil

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

The location of the São Paulo control tower is beneficial as many of TMC’s current and prospective customers are large multinational shippers that have a presence in South America and are looking to achieve global supply chain visibility and control.

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Supply Chain Disruptions; What McDonald's Supplier Closure Can Teach Us

McDonald's Corp.

McDonald’s was recently forced to appoint a new CEO, and although there were many factors at play behind the decision to transition leadership, poor supply management certainly played a role.

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Feds Lift Restrictions On Commercial Drones

The Federal Aviation Administration's proposed rules still bar activities like delivering packages and inspecting pipelines.

Under the new rules, drone flights will be approved for agriculture, research and development, educational and academic use, and powerline, pipeline and antenna inspections. They will also be approved for aiding rescue operations, bridge inspections, aerial photography and wildlife nesting area evaluations.

Oman Invests For Food Exports

The development of Sohar as a major food-processing center will see the construction of an OR15.5m ($40.3 million) flourmill with a daily capacity of 500 tons when production begins in late 2017.

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Supply Chain Consultant Warns Of West Coast Port Closure

According to ISM, the West Coast ports handle 43.5 percent of containerized cargo in the US, which accounts for 12.5 percent of US GDP.

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