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China Opens More Cities To International Business

China has been delivering on promises to open more cities to international trade, allowing meat importers to cut freight costs and get meat to hugely populous central regions of the country, according to globalmeatnews.com.

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Malaysian Supermarket/Hypermarket Giant GCH Retail Continues To Expand

Its G-Express, a convenience store subsidiary, is also embarking on an expansion plan and targets to open 500 nationwide within the next five years.

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Swiss WorldCargo Partnership To Enhance Temperature-Controlled Air Freight

Swiss WorldCargo, the airfreight division of Swiss International Air Lines Ltd., and its partner ground handling companies Cargologic AG and SATS have concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at further enhancing their cargo handling.

Marco Gredig of Cargologic, Oliver Evans of Swiss WorldCargo, and Alex Hungate of SATS sign the MoU.

Global Logistic Properties Rides China’s Growing Warehouse Demand

The Singapore-based provider of logistics facilities in China, Japan and Brazil, has signed new agreements totaling 37,000 square meters (398,000 square feet) with two third-party logistics (3PL) providers in China.

Penske Appeals To Supreme Court Over Truck Driver Rules

In 2011, the U.S. District Court ruled in Penske’s favor that California’s meal and rest break laws directly impact the routes, services, and prices of trucking companies, but the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals later overturned this decision in 2014.

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RedLine Solutions Offers Roambee Real-Time Shipment Monitoring To Fresh Produce Customers

Roambee chose RedLine Solutions to offer customers in fresh produce full in-transit visibility and condition monitoring for shipments of perishable goods.

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KFC In A War Zone? Logistics Challenge Companies In War-Torn Regions

When analyzing growth markets, businesses say they look at a variety of factors, including whether they can actually secure and then import the supplies that they need, hire staff and keep those employees safe.

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I-69 Thumb Region Poised For Logistics/Distribution Growth

The I-69 Thumb Region is within a 5-hour freight travel time to a market that comprises 32 million residents, including cities such as Chicago, Toronto, Buffalo, Sault Ste. Marie, Cincinnati and Indianapolis.

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Russian Rouble Crisis Hits Turkish Exports

The devaluation of the rouble has caused a slump in Turkish fruit and vegetable exports to Russia, with data published by the West Mediterranean Exporters’ Union (BAIB) revealing a 20 percent fall in the volume shipped during November and December.

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India’s Snowman Logistics To Acquire Food Processors, Will Expand In Cold Chain

Snowman is negotiating to acquire two Bengaluru, India-based startups specializing in chopping vegetables and assembling sandwiches before delivering them to quick service restaurants as the cold chain warehouse firm looks to expand value-added services.

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Paragon Software Acquires Home Delivery Partner Axida

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The acquisition ensures the continued investment in and development of the combined portfolio of home delivery products, which is key to the group’s future growth in the expanding home delivery sector.

Axida Director Wayne Holgate, left, joins William Salter, CEO and president, Paragon Software Systems, and Len Robinson of Axida.

Infinity Transportation Logistics Launches Intermodal Service To Washington/Oregon

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ITL currently has 200 refrigerated 53-foot domestic intermodal containers in its fleet, and its service is the only regularly scheduled refrigerated domestic intermodal service from Washington State to the Midwest and East Coast.

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