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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Port Canaveral Completes First Phase of Titusville Logistics Center

This makes Class A warehousing available for the first time to cargo customers and other companies interested in logistics and distribution facilities near the Port.

Port Director of Real Estate Scott Shepard said there is active leasing interest in the 246,736 square-foot dividable space and, now that construction is complete, he expects potential tenants to begin finalizing decisions.

Kottke Trucking Acquires Walbon’s OTR Division

Kottke Trucking, Inc. has purchased Walbon & Company, Inc.’s over-the-road (OTR) operations, including Walbon’s routes, trucks, trailers and Wildwood, Fla.-based terminal.

The acquisition will not affect the Buffalo Lake, Minn. based operations that Kottke has held for nearly eight decades.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

FMC Commissioner Halts Ocean Alliance Agreement, Requests Information

Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)

Commissioner William P. Doyle voted in favor of requesting additional information (RFAI) from The Ocean Alliance parties, effectively halting the agreement until the filing parties answer the questions proposed in the RFAI.

“We’ve been down this road before with language proposed but not implemented by the P3 Alliance and the language in the existing 2M Alliance (Maersk and MSC). I’d like to see fair dealing and transparency in how the parties handle negotiations with third parties, suppliers, small businesses, and other service providers. Using their proposed buying power through proposed joint purchasing agreements could harm both downstream and upstream participants,” Commissioner Doyle (above) said.

Consumer Group Urges FDA to Improve Supermarket Recall Notification Rules

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

In a letter to FDA Deputy Commissioner Stephen Ostroff, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) wrote that it is concerned by the agency’s lack of progress on this particular provision of the FSMA.

In a letter to FDA Deputy Commissioner Stephen Ostroff, CSPI wrote that it is concerned by the agency’s lack of progress on this particular provision of the FSMA.

Flatwater Transportation Acquires Riedemann Transport

Riedemann, which has been in business for 20 years, specializes in refrigerated trucking to local and national customers throughout the U.S.

Flatwater Transportation, based in Winnebago, Neb., has terminals in Bellevue and will add the former Riedemann's terminals in Paullina.

Seafrigo Expands to South Florida to Service Panama Canal Demand

The 30,000-square-foot warehouse space is located in the South Florida Logistics Center (SFLC) just 12 miles from PortMiami.

Seafrigo becomes the first major company to locate to Miami partially due to the new Panama Canal expansion,” stated Edward Redlich, vice president of ComReal.

Software Solutions

Logility Acquires Integration Solutions Provider AdapChain

AdapChain’s technology speeds and simplifies the complex integration of supply chain with enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions through a proven template-based approach.

The acquisition builds on years of collaboration between AdapChain and Logility to develop an application with proven ERP templates that redefine and simplify supply chain integrations for companies around the world.

Court Rules Against Ozburn-Hessey Logistics’ Efforts to Halt Unionization

The D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals rebuffed OHL’s appeal of National Labor Relations Board rulings that favored the United Steelworkers union.

The United Steelworkers started organizing OHL warehouses in 2009 and narrowly won a vote by workers in May 2013, but OHL appealed and refused to recognize the union.

Maersk Still Mulling Splitting Into Two Companies

A.P. Moller- Maersk

The new “Maersk Transport” company would include the Maersk Line, APM Terminals, Maersk Tankers, Damco and Svitzer divisions. “Maersk Energy” would include Maersk Oil, Maersk Drilling and Maersk Supply Service.

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.

U.S. Security Panel Approves ChemChina’s Syngenta Takeover

The decision removes significant uncertainty over the takeover of the world's largest pesticides maker after the two companies agreed to a deal in February.

A U.S. national security panel has cleared ChemChina's $43 billion takeover of Swiss pesticides and seeds group Syngenta, the companies said, boosting chances that the largest foreign acquisition ever by a Chinese company will go through.

Uber Acquires Self-Driving Truck Maker Otto, Positioning Expansion Into Trucking

Uber's moves reflect its eagerness to advance self-driving technology. If its ambitions are realized, these vehicles could over time reduce its biggest cost, paying drivers.

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Logistics Industry Faces Big Employee Recruitment Challenge

A new MHI report says the logistics business will be looking to fill about 1.4 million jobs, or roughly 270,000 per year, by 2018.

The logistics industry faces a big challenge recruiting the 1.4 million supply chain workers it will need by 2018, according to an article in Fortune.

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