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Carbon Footprint

California Ports Start Plugging Ships Into Shore Power

California Air Resources Board (CARB)

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.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

South Carolina Port Truckers Face Clean Truck Program Deadline

South Carolina Ports Authority

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.

Risk/Compliance

NiceLabel Offers Free Produce Traceability Solution For PTI Compliance

NiceLabel has developed a free, easy to use online PTI label printing application for produce suppliers.

ATA, Minnesota Truckers Ask FMCSA For Sleeper Berth Pilot Project

American Trucking Associations (ATA)

The industry backs a pilot program to study the safety benefits and impacts of increased flexibility in the use of sleeper berth breaks by professional truck drivers.

Emerging Technologies

Food for Thought

Motorola Solutions Inc.

The Food Safety Modernization Act mandates new standards and documentation for traceability and verification of the cold chain

FMCSA Extends Comment Period on SMS Website

The extension was based on the request of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety.

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