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Van, Reefer Rates Hold Firm

DAT Freight & Analytics

Rates in all three equipment categories held firm on the heels of big increases during the first week of June.

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Podcast: Olive Garden Launches A Food Truck In Boston’s North End

The Italian restaurant chain hands out free samples of its new breadstick sandwich in the Boston neighborhood famous for authentic Italian restaurants.

Olive Garden is jumping on the food truck craze, with the Italian restaurant chain sending the green truck emblazoned with the words 'Breadstick Nation' and 'Italian Kitchen,' around the country to launch new menu items.

Sen. Reid Urges Congress To Fully Fund FSMA

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

The Senate Minority Leader made his plea Tuesday on the floor of the U.S. Senate.

Senator Harry Reid speaks at the U.S. Capitol Building.

Amazon.com Develops App To Expand U.S. Couriers

The Seattle retailer is developing a mobile application that would, in some cases, pay ordinary people, rather than carriers such as United Parcel Service Inc., to drop off packages en route to other destinations

Vantix Logistics Selects Yusen Logistics (Americas) As Intermodal Provider

Yusen Logistics (Americas) Inc.

Under the contract, Yusen Logistics is managing 60 to 70 intermodal freight movements each month for Vantix, the Dallas, Texas-based division of McLane Co. Inc. and a provider of supply chain solutions for the food industry.

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Union: A&P Supermarket Group Entertains Purchase Offers

Montvale, N.J.-based A&P operates Pathmark, Waldbaums, SuperFresh, Food Basics and Food Emporium stores, employing more than 30,000 workers represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers union.

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Will Uber Really Change Urban Food Delivery? The $50 Billion Question

UberEats, launched last fall to speed lunch and dinner items from popular restaurants to Uber users in parts of New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Toronto and Barcelona, sometimes has so few customers that drivers have to throw away food at day’s end.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Federal Policy Needed To Solve Congestion at Major Ports

With 85 percent of imports and exports moving through just 25 port complexes, traffic-clogged roads and other delays in a handful of cities can lead to major costs for producers and consumers nationwide, researchers at the Brookings Institution.

The Brookings Report calls for targeted investments by the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, which every port pays into, to the ports that need infrastructure improvements the most.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Ports Of Los Angeles, Auckland And Guangzhou Establish Formal Working Alliance

Port of Los Angeles

The newly formed alliance provides a platform for growing trilateral cooperation to foster trade, innovation and investment opportunities between the public and private sectors of the three regions.

Ambassador Vilma Martinez, left, President of the L.A. Harbor Commission, signs agreement along with Yuan Huahui, center, Deputy Director-General of the Guangzhou Port Authority, and Sanchia Jacobs, Manager Global Partnerships & Strategy, Auckland Council.

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Study: Ships’ Diesel Emissions Cause Health Problems

Scientists studying the effects of maritime ship emissions on lung cells observed a stronger “biological response” to diesel-fuel emissions than heavy fuel oil exhaust.

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Supply Chain Visibility

JDA Software Chooses Google Public Cloud; Retailers Wary Of Amazon Web Service

Analysts say the agreement is a sign that JDA’s retail industry customers are growing wary about giving business to Amazon, even in an area where they aren’t in competition.

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Software & Technology

Spot Van Rate Jumps On Capacity Imbalance

DAT Freight & Analytics

The capacity pressure may have been related to carriers parking trucks during Roadcheck, the commercial vehicle inspection blitz on June 2 to 4.

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