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China, Italy Partner To Build First "Chinese Hub" In Italy

Shanghai Haibo, a subsidiary of China's second-largest food group Bright Food, and Qiaolab signed an agreement to create "the first Chinese hub in Italy" in the northern city of Bergamo.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Port Of Savannah Gets An Additional $35 Million For Dredging

Georgia Ports Authority

The fiscal 2015 state budget the Legislature sent to the governor last week brings the total funding Georgia has set aside for the Savannah harbor expansion to $266 million.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

The Week Ahead in 60 Seconds: 'The FMC Approves P3 Alliance'

Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has approved a controversial alliance of the world’s top three container shipping lines: Maersk, CMA CGM, and Mediterranean Shipping Company.

Lara L. Sowinski

MTC Logistics Facility Earns GFSI Certification From The BRC

Refrigerated LTL and FTL transportation provider earned a certification through the British Retail Consortium (BRC) under the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) for its Port of Baltimore distribution center.

Baker Cold Storage, Lineage Logistics To Build Huge Facility

The $75 million, 250,000-square-foot facility breaks ground on 12.6 acres at the Port of Long Beach in a ceremony yesterday.

Rise In Produce Prices Not Due To Drought ... Yet

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

Retail fruit prices edged higher in February, but a research economist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture says it is too soon to assign blame for fresh produce inflation on the California drought.

RoadRunner Acquires Cold Chain Specialist Unitrans International

Roadrunner Transportation Systems

The non-asset based trucking company purchased the international and domestic logistics provider for $55.5 million.

Fuel Efficiency

UPS To Buy 1,000 More Propane-Powered Trucks

United Parcel Service (UPS)

The trucks can travel up to 200 miles on a tank of propane, and will replace gasoline- and diesel-powered trucks used primarily in rural areas in Louisiana and Oklahoma.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Proposal To End Port Of Vancouver Trucker Strike Is Floated

The Canadian government, B.C., aand Port Metro Vancouver announce a plan to try and end the week-long trucker strike.

FMCSA Proposes New E-Log Mandate On All Trucks

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)

The requirement would help enforce hours-of-service rules, reduce paperwork burdens on carriers and ensure that drivers are not harassed according to FMCSA.

Analyst Thinks CP Rail Should Acquire KC Southern

Analyst from RBC Capital Markets says timing has never been better for Canadian Pacific Railway to consider an acquisition of Kansas City Southern Railway.

DOT Releases Report Finding FMCSA's CSA Program Is Flawed

The Office of Inspector General says the compliance ranking program lacks in several areas, including data collection efforts, enforcement, reporting and even the system itself all came up short in the audit.

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