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EPA Seeks To Restrict Refrigerants For Retail/Wholesale Food Operations

FMI - The Food Industry Association

The proposed rule changes the listing of several hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) from approved to unapproved, which are commonly used in commercial refrigeration equipment, and also proposes changes to stand-alone self-contained cases.

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Carrier Transicold Bolsters Vector Trailer Refrigeration Unit Warranties

Carrier Transicold

The warranties for the hybrid Vector 8500 and Vector 8600MT units now include 48-month/8,000-hour major component coverage for the engine, generator and compressor.

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E-Commerce Solutions

Alibaba’s Payment Affiliate Goes Global

Now they will focus on areas where they already have a presence, such as Brazil and Spain, as well as rural China, where Alipay hopes to reach 100 million users in as soon as two years.

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Amazon Fresh Expands Into Brooklyn, N.Y.

Amazon.com Inc. is expanding its online grocery delivery program to Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood and will soon expand to other areas in Brooklyn.

If it now opens brick-and-mortar grocery locations, Amazon would appear to be acknowledging that some kinds of purchases just might not be well-suited for the doorstep-delivery model.

German Incubator Internet Startup To Launch Grocery Delivery Service In Munich

ShopWings will use a network of personal shoppers to deliver from local stores within two hours of an order being placed. Customers will pay the retail price of the items plus a €4.90 ($6.21) delivery charge.

Penske Truck Leasing Becomes SmartWay Transport Partnership Affiliate in Canada

Penske Logistics

The U.S. EPA launched SmartWay in 2004 to help business improve the sustainability of their freight supply chains and NRCan introduced the program to Canada in 2012.

New Port Manatee Service Offers Swift Mexico Link

The direct, weekly service is offering a two-way connection between Mexico and U.S. for refrigerated produce and other goods

Foodlogica Offers Solar-Powered Food Transport In Amsterdam

Foodlogica aims to clean up the last leg of the local food transport system in Amsterdam by delivering local food products to cafes, restaurants, and catering businesses with solar-powered electric cargo trikes.

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CSX Rebuffs CP Railway Merger Overture

CSX Corporation Inc.

CSX rebuffed Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. after it made an approach in the past week, but both railways are under pressure to extend their reach to cope with traffic backlogs created by surging shipments of oil from the Bakken region of North Dakota.

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Georgia Ports Post Double Digit Growth

Georgia Ports Authority

Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Curtis Foltz reported double-digit growth in total tonnage and a record number of auto and machinery units moved over Brunswick docks in fiscal year 2014.

Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Curtis Foltz reports to attendees at the Brunswick State of the Port address.

ATRI: Trucking Industry Operating Costs Rise Again

American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI)

The average marginal cost per mile in 2013 was $1.68, an increase from the $1.63 found in 2012.

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Foodservice Sees Amazon in the Rearview Mirror

Lara Sowinski

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