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Ocean Ports & Carriers

West Coast Port Disruption Continues Despite Labor Pact

International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)

West Coast ports disruption continues despite a recent agreement between port employers and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILU), according to Peter Friedmann, executive director of the Agriculture Transportation Coalition (ATC).

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.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

West Coast Port Woes Divert Shipments To East Coast

Zepol Corporation

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which make up a combined 40 percent of U.S. container imports, declined by 19 and 20 percent so far in 2015, while the port of New York/Newark has increased container imports by 8 percent this year.

Semi trucks hauling a containers leave the Port of Los Angeles on Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. Nearly all West Coast seaports began the week with dockworkers hustling to load and unload cargo ships that were held up amid a months-long labor-management dispute.

Walmart Tests Grocery Click And Collect In Arizona

Online grocery items have the same prices as store items, and although there is a $30 minimum-purchase requirement, there are no fees.

SideCar Deliveries Mixes Passenger Service With Package Deliveries; Expands Nationwide

Sidecar Deliveries makes the cost of same-day delivery cheaper for companies who integrate with its API — up to 1/5 the price of traditional shippers and cuts the delivery time in half.

European Bank For Reconstruction And Development Expands Food Security Initiative

Launched in 2011, the initiative champions the role of the private sector in boosting food production through technical assistance, policy dialogue and new financing.

Amazon.com Opens Store On Alibaba’s Tmall

Tmall is an Amazon-like site owned by one of China's largest internet companies, Alibaba.

Costa Rica's Largest Infrastructure Project: Container Port Terminal To Quadruple

The new terminal will eventually quadruple the port’s capacity to an estimated 2.5 million TEUs, creating the biggest container port in Latin America.

An artist's rendering of the proposed terminal at Moin, Costa Rica.

Convenience Stores Hit New Expansion Wave In China

The 15 major convenience store chains in China posted 18.2% growth in sales in 2013, higher than department stores' 9.6 percent and the 7.8 percent posted by hypermarkets and supermarkets.

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Barry Callebaut To Acquire World’s Finest Chocolate In U.S.

The Swiss company, which already has 11 factories in the U.S., said the deal would allow it to capitalize on growth opportunities with other customers in the region and add 25,000 tons per annum in production volume in the near term.

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Congressmen Seek To Promote Airships For Transporting Cargo

Airships have the potential to carry large cargo payloads over long distances, at a fraction of the cost of fixed-wing aircraft, and can reach some of the most remote locations inaccessible for maritime traffic and traditional aircraft.

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Ural Chamber Seeks To Improve Infrastructure As Local Food Trade Booms

Ural representatives at the meeting said the food industry and processing facilities in the Middle Urals face strategic dilemmas, including outdated technology, materials, infrastructure, refrigeration, transportation and other related issues.

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Alibaba Opens California Data Center, Challenging Amazon In U.S. E-Commerce

The new California data center marks the Chinese company's latest measured expansion onto American soil, and into a hotly contested U.S. market now dominated by Amazon.com Inc , Microsoft Corp and Google Inc.

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