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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Featured In Food Logistics: Will The Northeast Be Ready For Post-Panamax?

Business has already been brisk in 2015 at many Northeastern ports along the Atlantic, but an expanded Panama Canal in early 2016 could tip even more market share to the East Coast and allow it to hold onto its recent record-setting volumes.

The Bayonne Bridge is only 151 feet above the water and larger container ships often cannot cross under it to reach marine terminals – Port Newark, Elizabeth and Howland Hook in Staten Island. Once the renovation is complete the Bridge will have a clearance of 215 feet.

Ohio River Traffic Jam Delays Grain Shipments

The delays started nearly a month ago after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers partially closed a lock outside Brookport, Ill. that allows vessels to navigate a portion of the Ohio River near where it feeds into the Mississippi River.

The section of river that includes the lock is among the busiest for transporting commodities within the U.S., with nearly 100 million tons of freight—mostly corn, soybeans and other grains but also some coal and other resources—passing through the portion of river that includes the lock each year.

California Presses Forward On Cutting Carbon From Fuel

California Air Resources Board (CARB)

The action, coming two weeks after a defeat for Gov. Brown’s planned 50 percent cut in petroleum use by 2030, signaled his determination to press forward with an aggressive environmental agenda through the regulatory process rather than by legislation.

California air regulators on Friday approved a substantial cut to carbon pollution from gasoline and diesel fuels, a move that will force oil producers to reduce the amount of carbon generated by all transportation fuels in the state at least 10 percent by 2020.

Fuel Efficiency

Featured In Food Logistics: Aerodynamics Research Points To Better Fuel Efficiency

Vehicle technology research has confirmed that aerodynamic solutions can improve fuel efficiency and the transportation industry has introduced numerous aerodynamic devices.

Price Chopper is testing the active aerodynamic solution from Actasys Inc. in partnership with Logistics One.

Kellogg Acquires Egypt’s Leading Cereal Company

Kellogg Company

As the first company to introduce breakfast cereal to Egyptian consumers, Mass Food Group has grown into an $18 million business (sales) with 600 employees in less than 20 years.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

SC Line Launches Shipping Service Between U.S. And Cuba

On Sept. 20, the SC Line vessel Caroline Russ berthed at Mariel in Cuba, the first call on a new service every 14 days linking Port Everglades, Fla. with Mariel and Santiago de Cuba.

SC Line has launched a new shipping service from Port Everglades, Fla., and Cuba.

Coca-Cola Co. To Sell 9 Production Facilities To Bottlers In Supply Chain Overhaul

Coca-Cola Company

The Coca-Cola Co. took another step toward building a stronger, more streamlined production system in its flagship market by announcing the formation of a new National Product Supply System (NPSS) in the U.S.

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FedEx To Raise Fuel Surcharge For Second Time In 9 Months

FedEx Corporation

Effective Jan. 4, 2016, FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, FedEx Home Delivery, FedEx SmartPost and FedEx Freight rates will increase.

Southern California Logistics Center Faces Legal Hurdles

As of Wednesday, eight separate groups had filed lawsuits against Moreno Valley, the future site of the behemoth 2,600-acre World Logistics Center in the region east of Los Angeles known as the Inland Empire.

An artist's rendering of the future site of the behemoth 2,600-acre World Logistics Center in the region east of Los Angeles known as the Inland Empire.

GrubHub, DoorDash And Caviar Face Lawsuits For Misclassifying Drivers As Contractors

The complaints were filed in San Francisco Superior Court on behalf of the delivery drivers by Boston attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan, who is also representing plaintiffs in similar lawsuits against on-demand transportation companies Uber and Lyft.

The class-action lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, argues that drivers for XPO subsidiaries Pacer Cartage Inc., Harbor Rail Transport and PDS Transportation Inc. failed to pay minimum wage, provide meal breaks and rest breaks and reimburse business expenses, among other allegations.

AB InBev To Acquire California Craft Brewer Golden Road Brewing

Anheuser-Busch InBev

Deals in the craft brewing sector have increased as consumers increasingly choose craft beers and companies seek to capture the frothy valuations that have accompanied the industry's boom.

Anheuser-Busch InBev said it would buy Los Angeles-based Golden Road Brewing as the world's largest brewer looks to expand its presence in the fast-growing craft brewing market.

Performance Foods Group Seeks $362.5 Million Initial Public Offering

Performance Food Group

Performance Food Group Co. has commenced an initial public offering of 14,500,000 shares of its common stock, an offering that could fetch $362.5 million.

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