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Buying Versus Leasing: Factors to Consider

The decision to own or lease rests on the operator’s specific needs; total cost of ownership is always critical.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

IoT Technology Uplifts Container Tracking

Improving monitoring capabilities prompt ocean carriers to invest intelligent containers.

Traxens remote monitoring technology was implemented on some containers on board the Bougainville, CMA CGM’s flagship vessel.

Watch Your Back!

The comfortable truth about warehouse ergonomics.

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East Coast Warehouse Receives Safe Quality Food Certification from FDA

East Coast Warehouse & Distribution

This designation puts East Coast Warehouse at the forefront of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) mandate and raises its status as a best in class, organically rated, temperature-controlled, food grade logistics services provider.

New certification raises the Company's status as a best in class logistics services provider.

USDA Announces $7.6 Million in Grants to Create Jobs and Grow Economic Opportunity in Rural America

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

The grants will support communities in at least 24 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, with several projects spanning communities in multiple states.

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Emerging Technologies

IBM, Wal-Mart and Chinese University Collaborate to Track Food on Blockchain

Chinese food safety practices have raised concern about contamination in China and in countries where Chinese food products are imported, and the new project aims to trace the movement of meat, vegetables and other products.

Blockchain technology, which powers the digital currency bitcoin, enables data sharing across a network of individual computers. It has gained popularity worldwide due to its usefulness in recording and keeping track of assets across practically all industries.

Walmart Invests $25 Million on Food Safety Research in China

Wal-Mart also announced three projects including one that brings U.S. and China academics together with local poultry producers Fujian Shengnong Food Co., New Hope Liuhe Co. and Guangzhou Jiangfeng Industry Co. to study safety in poultry supply chains.

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Waste Reduction

Brambles and The Global FoodBanking Network Partner to Alleviate World Hunger and Reduce Food Waste

The agreement comes as the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization reports that the value of food lost or wasted annually around the globe amounts to roughly $680 billion in industrialized countries and $310 billion in developing countries.

Brambles has signed a three-year agreement with the international non-profit organization The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN) to provide supply chain knowledge, in-kind contributions, volunteers and donations to help finance GFN operations, in an effort to reduce hunger, poverty, malnutrition and food waste globally.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

U.S. Commerce Secretary Calls Out Port of L.A., Long Beach on Shipment Tracking

“We need to continue to up our game, we are not at the kind of world-class level that we need to be at,” said U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker.

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Port of Oakland Terminal Operator to Expand

Port of Oakland

TraPac handles 20 percent of the containerized cargo moving through the Port of Oakland and manages two vessel berths and 66 acres of land. The new deal would give it four berths and 123 acres, much of which would be used for cargo handling.

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CP Working with Canadian Government to Move Record Grain Crop

In order for the system to move record volumes of grain, it is essential that port terminals such as Vancouver operate on a 24/7 basis, remain fluid and that the seaway, especially the Port of Thunder Bay, be utilized to take pressure off Vancouver.

The grain supply chain in Canada, like most efficient supply chains, works best when demand is well-distributed throughout the year.

Florida East Coast Railway is For Sale

Asset manager Fortress Investment Group LLC is reported to be exploring a possible sale of Florida East Coast Railway Corp.

The holding company of Florida East Coast Railway -- Florida East Coast Industries Inc. -- was taken private in 2007 by funds managed by Fortress in a transaction valued at about $3.5 billion. The fund later spun off the railway operations into a separate company, leaving real estate, logistics and telecommunications assets under the FECI umbrella.

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