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Georgia Ports Authority Teams With CSX On New Inland Port

Georgia Ports Authority

Operated by the Georgia Ports Authority, the Appalachian Regional Port will deliver goods more efficiently to the GPA's Garden City Terminal, the second busiest container port on the East Coast behind New York-New Jersey.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, right, announces a Memorandum of Agreement to establish the Appalachian Regional Port near Chatsworth, Ga., along with, from right, Murray County Commissioner Brittany Pittman, Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Curtis Foltz, CSX Senior Vice President Clarence Gooden, Ga. Senator Charlie Bethel, and Ga. House Speaker David Ralston, Tuesday, July 28, 2015, in Chatsworth, Ga. The inland port, due to open in 2018, will serve as a direct link from the Port of Savannah to North Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and parts of Kentucky.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

East Coast Ports Face Warehouse Crunch

The expansion of the Panama Canal is reshaping seaports up and down the U.S. East Coast, as local governments spend billions to deepen harbors, raise bridges and make other infrastructure improvements in anticipation of larger ships.

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Manufacturing & Processing

Give ‘Em What They Want: How to Win with New Delivery Options

We quickly found that giving consumers the ability to choose the specific delivery window was hugely popular

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Food Delivery Startup Deliveroo Raises $70 Million For Global Expansion

It was just two months ago that the company announced it had expanded to Paris, Berlin and Dublin, in addition to the 18 or so towns and cities in the U.K. it currently serves.

Alibaba’s Tmall.com Promotes Same-Day Grocery Delivery In China

China’s largest business-to-consumer platform and a unit of Alibaba Group, has launched a RMB 1 billion ($161 million) online grocery promotional campaign to offer same-day delivery services to Beijing city residents.

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Diesel Price Falls Below Regular Gasoline

That rare occurrence fell on July 13, but will likely remain an anomaly, expert observers say.

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Report: UPS Negotiates Acquisition Of Coyote Logistics For $1.8 Billion

Coyote Logistics

A deal for the Chicago-based provider of transport-management services could be reached as soon as this month, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

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Venture Capital Flocks To Food Delivery: One Investor’s Take On Delivery Wars

More than $1 billion was invested in 2014 – an almost fourfold increase year-on-year – with a further half a billion dollars invested in Q1 2015, according to CB Insights.

California Bridge Collapse Could Delay Freight, Raise Shipping Costs

The 100-mile stretch of the Interstate 10, which carries more than 25,000 cars and trucks daily, was closed indefinitely after a deluge of water, mud and rocks flushed out supporting soil under one end of the bridge.

This aerial photo shows the collapsed elevated section of Interstate 10, Monday, July 20, 2015, in Desert Center, Calif. All traffic along one of the major highways connecting California and Arizona was blocked indefinitely when the bridge over a desert wash collapsed during a major storm, and the roadway in the opposite direction sustained severe damage.

United Natural Foods, Inc. To End Contract With Albertson Supermarket Group

United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI)

UNFI believes that this course of action is in their best long-term interests, as it will now allow them to redirect their resources to pursue previously announced plans to expand our focus in fresh categories such as proteins and specialty cheeses.

BNSF Logistics Acquires Transportation Technology Services

According to BNSF Logistics, TTS will become the company's U.S. rail, project cargo and engineering services division.

A&P Files For Bankruptcy Again; Will Sell 120 Stores

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