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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Washington State Ports Stand To Gain On Portland’s Woes

Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA)

The demise of Hanjin’s and Hapag Lloyd’s Portland ship calls means that in most cases their customers will shift their cargo to the ports of Tacoma and Seattle.

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2015 file photo, the Space Needle towers in the background beyond a container ship anchored in Elliott Bay near downtown Seattle.

Blue Bell Creameries Linked Listeria Sickens Eight

The outbreak now consists of two clusters of illnesses that are likely linked to Blue Bell brand ice cream.

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Del Monte Pacific Acquires U.S. Veg Group Sager Creek For $75 Million

Fresh Del Monte Produce

Sager Creek produces speciality vegetables for foodservice and retail customers and includes brands like Veg-All, Freshlike, Popeye, Princella and Allens', among others.

Food And Beverage To Push Demand For Refrigerated Vehicles Through 2020

The rise in home delivery of frozen and chilled food and beverages, for instance, is helping spur market opportunities for refrigerated transportation.

Reefer load posts picked up 10 percent and volume was up markedly in big metro areas like Los Angeles and Dallas. The number of truck posts fell 2 percent nationwide, bumping the refrigerated load-to-truck ratio up 12 percent from 2.8 to 3.1. The national average reefer rate increased 1 cent to $1.80 per mile.

Heinz-Kraft Merger Comes From Weakness, Not Strength, Says CPG Expert: 'It’s Almost As If The Large Tier One Guys Have Surrendered'

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Smithfield Foods, Inc. Builds $12 M Bacon Plant In Cudahy, Wis.

Smithfield Foods

The new, 17,000-square-foot plant will include four slicing lines that will increase Smithfield Foods' bacon capacity by approximately 10 million pounds.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

CMA CGM Group Makes Kingston, Jamaica Its Caribbean Hub

The terminal extension will turn Kingston into one of the Caribbean top five ports.

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Cold Train Officials Sue BNSF For Ruining Its Intermodal Service

The former CEO and managing member of the Cold Train have filed a $41 million lawsuit against Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway in the U.S. District Court in Spokane, Wash., for having to shut down the intermodal service in August of 2014.

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Will Package Delivery Giants Now Focus On Logistics And Freight Forwarding?

FedEx Corporation

Future acquisitions by the major package delivery firms may focus on growing other parts of their business, such as contract logistics, logistics or freight forwarding, notes one analyst in light of FedEx Corp.’s planned acquisition of TNT Express.

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FedEx To Acquire TNT Express For $4.8 B To Boost International Reach

FedEx Corporation

The combined companies would be a strong global competitor in the transportation and logistics industry, drawing on the considerable and complementary strengths of both FedEx and TNT Express.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Port Of Portland Loses Container Business; Will Puget Sound Push Carrier Rates?

Although German-based Hapag-Lloyd has not made an official announcement that it will no longer call on Terminal 6, the company’s current schedule contains no calls for the port in the near future.

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Antitrust Expert: FTC Won’t Block Heinz/Kraft Merger

Antitrust concerns are a behind-the-scenes factor in any major U.S. merger discussion, as FTC and Department of Justice officials try to determine the potential impact of a major merger on consumers.

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