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Amazon Fresh Expands Into Brooklyn, N.Y.

Amazon.com Inc. is expanding its online grocery delivery program to Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood and will soon expand to other areas in Brooklyn.

If it now opens brick-and-mortar grocery locations, Amazon would appear to be acknowledging that some kinds of purchases just might not be well-suited for the doorstep-delivery model.

Chinese E-Commerce Operator IZP Buys Airport In Italy

IZP’s president Luo Feng, Premier Minister of China Li Keqiang and Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi attended the signing ceremony this week in Rome.

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German Incubator Internet Startup To Launch Grocery Delivery Service In Munich

ShopWings will use a network of personal shoppers to deliver from local stores within two hours of an order being placed. Customers will pay the retail price of the items plus a €4.90 ($6.21) delivery charge.

Penske Truck Leasing Becomes SmartWay Transport Partnership Affiliate in Canada

Penske Logistics

The U.S. EPA launched SmartWay in 2004 to help business improve the sustainability of their freight supply chains and NRCan introduced the program to Canada in 2012.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

New Port Manatee Service Offers Swift Mexico Link

The direct, weekly service is offering a two-way connection between Mexico and U.S. for refrigerated produce and other goods

Foodlogica Offers Solar-Powered Food Transport In Amsterdam

Foodlogica aims to clean up the last leg of the local food transport system in Amsterdam by delivering local food products to cafes, restaurants, and catering businesses with solar-powered electric cargo trikes.

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CSX Rebuffs CP Railway Merger Overture

CSX Corporation Inc.

CSX rebuffed Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. after it made an approach in the past week, but both railways are under pressure to extend their reach to cope with traffic backlogs created by surging shipments of oil from the Bakken region of North Dakota.

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Georgia Ports Post Double Digit Growth

Georgia Ports Authority

Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Curtis Foltz reported double-digit growth in total tonnage and a record number of auto and machinery units moved over Brunswick docks in fiscal year 2014.

Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Curtis Foltz reports to attendees at the Brunswick State of the Port address.

ATRI: Trucking Industry Operating Costs Rise Again

American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI)

The average marginal cost per mile in 2013 was $1.68, an increase from the $1.63 found in 2012.

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Foodservice Sees Amazon in the Rearview Mirror

Lara Sowinski

Getting More From Your 3PL

Taking collaborative relationships to the next level pays dividends for today’s food and beverage shippers.

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Cold Storage Expansion Stays Brisk

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