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Kriska Gets Real-Time Cold Chain Security from International Telematics

Cold chain security, both from a temperature abuse and tampering perspective, is of paramount concern.

Plug Power to Develop Fuel Cell Range Extenders for FedEx Electric Delivery Trucks

Plug Power hopes to display how its range extender solution increases delivery fleet efficiency over 50%, coupled with an approximately 35 to 40% decrease in fuel expenses, when compared to diesel trucks.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Work on the Panama Canal Could Be Stopped Over Dispute

Officials say the overall expansion work is 72 percent finished, with the locks at 65 percent, and now project the expansion to be finished by June 2015.

Truck Builders Issue a Recall Over Bad Safety Belts

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

Recall involves more than 26,000 trucks made by Daimler Trucks North America, more than 5,000 made by Volvo Trucks and 39 Mack units.

California Ports Start Plugging Ships Into Shore Power

Ports, vessels get ready for new statewide regulation to lower emissions through shore power.

Mondelez Sells SnackWells to Back to Nature Foods

SnackWell’s cookies and snacks business is sold to Back to Nature Foods Co., LLC.

International Gulf Transfer Terminal Center Is Approved

It is expected to expand America’s shipping capacity by more than 2 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) annually.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

China Investing in Ports in Pakistan

New intermodal link could see Pakistan’s ports handling up to 5 percent of China’s cargo.

CGIAR Reaches $1 Billion Mark In Funding

The world's largest agriculture research partnership announces its funding has doubled from $500 million in 2008 to $1 billion in 2013.

South Carolina Port Truckers Face Clean Truck Program Deadline

Registration for the South Carolina Ports Authority’s Clean Truck Certification Program ends December 31st.

Crowley's Puerto Rico Warehouse Designated as Foreign Trade Zone

Caribbean logistics unit has recently been granted reclassification of its Puerto Rico warehousing and distribution center to Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) status.

Hershey Acquires Chinese Confectionery Company

The Hershey Company

Candy maker has signed an agreement to acquire 80 percent of the iconic Shanghai Golden Monkey Food Joint Stock Co., Ltd.

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