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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Vietnamese Exporter Makes First Fresh Longan Shipment To U.S.

Anh Duong Sao Co, based in Ho Chi Minh City, specializes in exporting tropical fresh produce such as rambutan, longan, mango, coconut, pitahaya, dragon fruit, pomelo and passion fruit worldwide.

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Thai Union Frozen Products To Acquire Bumble Bee Seafoods

TUF entered into a binding agreement to obtain 100 percent of the shares of Bumble Bee Foods, LLC from Lion Capital, a pan-Atlantic private equity firm, for a total purchase price of $1.51 billion.

Minnesota AG Questions Sysco/US Foods Merger

Attorney General Lori Swanson said that her office had heard complaints from Minnesota-based restaurants that the $3.5 billion acquisition would leave them "fewer choices among distributors and potentially resulting in higher prices for consumers."

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Global Coffee Logistics Provider Parconi To Lease Facility In Suffolk, Va.

Pacorini will support the operations of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, maker of Keurig’s K-cups, in Isle of Wight County, Va.

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FMCSA Rescinds ‘No Defect’ DVIR Rule For Motor Carriers of Property

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)

Effective Dec. 18, 2014, professional truck drivers will no longer have to comply with a burdensome daily paperwork requirement associated with completing daily vehicle inspection reports (DVIR) when no defects were found.

Clemens Food Group To Build Pork Facility In Coldwater Township, Mich.

The new Clemens Food Group pork processing operation in Coldwater Township is expected to generate $255.7 million in total capital investment and bring 810 new jobs to Michigan.

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Baltimore Expands ‘Virtual Supermarket’ Online Shopping, Free Delivery

The city's program, which is the first of its kind in the nation, allows shoppers to order their groceries online and receive free deliveries at community sites in Baltimore's food deserts.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Interim Health Commissioner Dr. Jacquelyn Duval-Harvey join representatives from Klein's Family Markets and ShopRite of Howard Park at the announcement.

FedEx Corp. To Acquire GENCO

FedEx Corporation

With a comprehensive portfolio of supply chain services, GENCO’s expertise will expand existing FedEx service offerings in the evolving retail and e-commerce markets.

ChowNow: First Online Restaurant Ordering Platform To Integrate Apple Pay

ChowNow is the first online ordering system to offer Apple's new touch-of-a-button payment technology.

Hudson Valley Logistics And Distribution Launches In Upstate New York

The new Ginsberg subsidiary is called Hudson Valley Logistics and Distribution LLC, and will operate out of the company's 100,000-square-foot warehouses in Claverack, Columbia County.

Risk/Compliance

Beef And Pork Exports To Hit Record Levels

Meat exports so far in 2014 have exceeded the expectations of the U.S. Meat Export Federation.

Both countries will immediately begin updating their administrative procedures in order to allow trade to resume. U.S. companies will need to complete Brazil's regular facilities registration process.

Creating The Next Gen Global Food Supply Chain

Foodservice providers, restaurants, and grocers are among those tasked with responding quickly to shifts in consumer demands, while simultaneously staying on top of their own business demands and those of their suppliers.

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