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Maersk Container To Start Reefer Production In Chile

Maersk Container Industry (MCI)

Maersk Container Industry (MCI) announced it will open a new reefer container factory in San Antonio, Chile, the first factory to produce refrigerated containers in Latin America.

Danish shipping and oil group A. P. Moller-Maersk could split up into separate companies, its chairman said on Thursday after naming Soren Skou, the head of its container business, as chief executive.

Food Industry Unites To Fix Transportation Challenge In Dakotas And Minnesota

U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., served as the moderator for a panel that featured Edward Avalos, under-secretary for marketing and regulatory, U.S. Department of Agriculture; and Daniel Elliott, of the Surface Transportation Board at the U.S. DOT.

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Amazon To Use Bikes For 1-Hour Delivery in Manhattan

Amazon has been holding time trials with messengers from at least three courier services to pick the speediest and most careful for its delivery fleet.

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Spot Reefer Rate Jumps To $2.41 Per Mile

DAT Freight & Analytics

A 17 percent increase in demand for reefer capacity on the spot market, coupled with a 7.7 percent capacity increase, moved the national average refrigerated load-to-truck ratio up 8.9 percent from 11.6 to 12.6 loads per truck.

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Congress Considers Suspending Truckers Hours Of Service Rule

The DOT-funding bill bouncing around Congress earlier this year included an amendment to suspend the restart provisions in the 2013 hours of service rule, pending more study on the rule and its impact on safety and efficiency.

A driver enters hours of service information using a Cadec onboard computer.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Maersk Line Announces January Rate Increase And Surcharge

A.P. Moller- Maersk

Both the general rate increase and the peak season surcharge will take effect GRI Jan. 15, 2015.

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Food/Bev Cannot Ignore E-Commerce Challenges

A report in today’s Business Insider notes that groceries are the biggest untapped opportunity for e-commerce, and claims the online grocery market will witness a 21 percent compound annual growth rate from 2013 through 2018.

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Amazon Enters Restaurant Takeout Delivery Service

The service only appears to be live in Amazon's hometown of Seattle for now, but you can be certain that the company has much larger ambitions than food delivery in a city with 650,000 residents.

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Victorville, Calif. To Expand Southern California Logistics Airport

In 2010, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group completed its manufacturing and warehouse facility at SCLA, which now serves the company’s entire West Coast beverage-consuming demand. M&M/Mars also relocated its refrigerated candy warehouse operation to SCLA in 2011.

Transportation Insight Named Fastest-Growing Private Company In Charlotte Region

Transportation Insight, LLC

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Maersk Line To Close Pacific Shipping Service

In a notice advising customers of the decision, Maersk Line said the overall trans-Pacific trade and its TP5 service between North China, South Korea and Japan to the West Coast had provided unprofitable results for nine out of the last 10 years.

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Chick-fil-A Launches Mobile Payment Nationwide, Pilots Mobile Ordering

The national rollout in all Chick-fil-A restaurants, with the exception of licensed locations, marks the official launch of the Atlanta-based restaurant chain's mobile payment system.

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