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How Collaborative Robots Will Transform Logistics

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Current research shows that 80 percent of logistics facilities today are still manual.

The report highlights that the development of the next generation of robots that can see, move, react to their environment and work at precision tasks alongside people, is on a fast track powered by the explosion in labor-intensive e-commerce and diminishing and ageing workforces.

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Food Companies Ramp Up Food Origin Disclosure

Companies are rushing to meet consumers’ increasing demand to know more about what’s in their food, where it came from, and how it was produced, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The North American spat pitting Canada and Mexico against the U.S. over meat labels has sown confusion among producers and shippers in all three countries, with a trade war potentially just weeks away, according to Reuters.

Canadian Pacific Railway Files Proxy Statement In Proposed Norfolk Southern Merger

Canadian Pacific Railway has filed a statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission that the shareholders request that the board of directors engage in good faith discussions with them regarding the proposed merger.

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Global Investment Group To Acquire The Fresh Market For $1.36 Billion

The Fresh Market, Inc. a specialty grocery retailer and an affiliate of Apollo Global Management, LLC has entered into a definitive agreement whereby certain funds managed by Apollo will acquire The Fresh Market for approximately $1.36 billion.

The transaction was unanimously approved by the board of directors of The Fresh Market, other than Ray Berry, chairman and founder of The Fresh Market, who recused himself from all board discussions related to the review and from the Board vote approving the transaction.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Port Of Long Beach Delivers Highest Volume February in 105-Year History

Port of Long Beach

The port saw strong gains last month by moving 561,412 TEUs (20-foot equivalent units), a 35.9 percent increase over the same month last year.

The arrival of the biggest ship to visit North America, the 18,000-TEU CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, catapulted the Port of Long Beach to its highest cargo volume for the month of February and extended cargo growth for an eighth consecutive month.

Amazon Leases 20 Boeing 767 Aircraft To Build Air Cargo Network

Amazon could cut its soaring shipping costs if it relies less on external delivery services, such as UPS, FedEx or the U.S. Postal Service.

Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) has been running trials of a fully customized air cargo network for Amazon since last summer.

Feds Raise Concerns About Proposed Canadian Pacific, Norfolk Southern And CSX Merger

Justice Department antitrust chief Bill Baer, appearing before a Senate antitrust subcommittee, said the voting trust was “an area of concern” because it could allow merging parties to accomplish much of the merger before a government antitrust review.

Justice Department antitrust chief Bill Baer, appearing before a Senate antitrust subcommittee, said the voting trust was “an area of concern” because it could allow merging parties to accomplish much of the merger before a government antitrust review had taken place.

New Jersey Transit Strike Threatens Freight Rail Service

Norfolk Southern Corp.

Norfolk Southern Corp., CSX Corp. and their wholly-owned subsidiary Conrail could face minor to moderate interruptions if they can’t run on NJ Transit’s tracks during a work stoppage.

NJ Transit dispatchers who control signals and train movements on the railroad’s territory could effectively shut down those tracks if they didn’t show up for work. Employees could go on strike as soon as Sunday morning.

Chipotle Closes Massachusetts Store Over Norovirus

The move appears to be a preemptive one, in the wake of the company's well publicized and damaging E. coli outbreak late last year.

In the case of the Billerica, Mass., restaurant, no customers have yet been reported sick. WBZ-TV reports that the company closed the restaurant after an employee was diagnosed with norovirus and two others reported similar symptoms.

FDA Calls For Info On Produce Treated With BSAAO

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is calling for help to create a risk assessment for foodborne illness associated with pathogens from produce.

Typical examples of untreated BSAAO are raw cow manure, poultry litter, swine slurry and horse manure.

Big-Box Warehouse Construction Surges

Building of new “big box” warehouse space, or facilities over 300,000 square-feet with 28-foot ceilings or higher, increased almost six times in four years to 61 million square-feet in 2015, according to Colliers International Group Inc.

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Software Solutions

E2Open Acquires Terra Technology

E2Open, the supply chain operating network, has acquired Terra Technology, a provider of innovative supply chain solutions that help the world’s largest consumer product companies manage market volatility to make better business decisions.

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