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Driver Turnover At Large Carriers Hits 102%

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California Trucking Firm Files For Bankruptcy; Owes $7 Million To Drivers’ Back Pay

Pacific 9 Transportation has become the latest trucking company to turn to bankruptcy proceedings after a wage-claim battle before the California Labor Commissioner.

Pacific 9 Transportation’s bankruptcy filing on Tuesday halts collection attempts from drivers who have fought for back pay, arguing the Carson, Calif., company improperly classified them as independent contractors instead of employees.

Amazon Brings One-Hour Restaurant Delivery To San Francisco

Prime Now Restaurant Delivery offers customers transparent pricing — there are no menu markups or hidden service fees and delivery on all orders is free for a limited time.

Amazon.com announced that Prime Now customers in San Francisco, Calif. can now enjoy one-hour delivery from local restaurants, including Big Chef Tom’s Belly Burgers, Buca di Beppo, DOSA, The Monk’s Kettle, Nick’s Crispy Tacos, Pressed Juicery and many more.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Maritime Administration Awards $ 4.9 Million To Strengthen U.S. Shipyard Competitiveness

Provided through the Small Shipyard Grant Program, the funding supports industrial modernizations that increase productivity, allowing our Nation’s small shipyards to compete more effectively in the global marketplace.

MARAD received 118 grant applications requesting $80 million in assistance, far exceeding the $4.9 million made available for the grants.

Aldi Removes Major Pesticides, Joining The Nation’s Healthiest Grocers

Aldi said it would drop products with any of eight major pesticides: Deltamethrin, Chlorpyrifos, Clothianidin, Cypermethrin, Imidacloprid, Thiamethoxam, Sulfoxaflo and Fipronil.

The move is being applauded by health-food aficionados for the healthy aspects of eating foods without pesticides and because those pesticides are considered harmful to bees.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

G6 Alliance To Send 10,000 TEU Ships Through Panama Canal

The G6, which comprises APL, Hapag-Lloyd, HMM, MOL, NYK, and OOCL, will launch anew its new NYX service later this year, although it did not give a date for the launch.

The announcement comes in the week that the alliance discovered it is to lose another member next year, when OOCL joins the proposed Ocean Alliance with CMA CGM, Evergreen and Cosco Container Line. APL will also leave the alliance when its sale to CMA CGM is completed.

Hanjin Shipping Co. Seeks Restructuring To Avoid Bankruptcy

Hanjin, a unit of Hanjin Group, on Monday submitted a formal request to state-run Korea Development Bank, its main creditor, to restructure its debt and provide an aid package in return for self-rescue efforts such as asset sales.

Korea Development Bank said it would review the proposal with other creditors and decide by next week whether to offer assistance to Hanjin, which might include a debt rollover. If creditors reject the proposal, the company would be put under court receivership.

Opinion: Food Labels Have Been A Big Failure

Study after study shows that labels have failed to promote even modest dietary improvements.

Original label (left) versus the proposed new nutrition facts label (right).

Measuring the Economic Impact of Supply Chain in North Carolina

Measuring the Economic Impact of Supply Chain in North Carolina

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Big Ocean Carriers Form Asia-To-Europe Alliance

The new grouping, to be called the Ocean Alliance, also will include Hong Kong’s Orient Overseas Container Line and Taipei-based Evergreen Marine.

The Ocean Alliance eventually will make room for Singapore’s Neptune Orient Lines Ltd., which agreed to be bought in December by CMA CGM.

Robotics and Automation Gaining Traction With Supply Chain Managers

The FANUC Robot M-430iA/2F is a high-speed picking robot designed for food handling. This robot utilizes USDA-certifiable parts and has an IP 67 rating.

Anheuser-Busch/Asahi Group’s $2.9 Billion Pact Clears Way For AB’s SABMiller Purchase

Anheuser-Busch InBev

The purchase by Asahi, which covers the premium brands and their related businesses in Italy, the Netherlands, the U.K. and internationally, is conditional on the SABMiller deal going through.

With Peroni, Grolsch and Meantime, Asahi would diversify its footprint with sizeable positions in the premium beer segments of Italy, Britain and the Netherlands, and new distribution opportunities for its namesake Asahi Super Dry.

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