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Truck Drivers Sue Flowers Foods Inc. Over Independent Contractor Status

Several trucking companies operating at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach—including, most recently, three subsidiaries of XPO Logistics Inc. —are engaged in similar litigation with independent-operator drivers.

The lawsuits come as independent drivers in various sectors have successfully challenged their status in courts around the country.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Striking Workers At Ports In New York And New Jersey To Return To Work

International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA)

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said Friday night that operations would resume and the International Longshoremen's Association told its members to return to work as it continues working on their concerns.

During the year, the port handled 6,371,720 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) (or 3,664,013 cargo containers), an increase of 10.4 percent over 2014 when the previous annual record was established.

DHL and Compass Group U.K. & Ireland Partner On Providing Catering Services

DHL will deliver end-to-end supply chain solutions, overseeing the flow of product and management of waste.

DHL and Compass Group U.K. & Ireland will partner on providing catering services to customers in the public sector, airline, rail and facilities management industries.

Amazon Defends Rising Fulfillment Costs As Stock Price Tumbles

Some analysts were struggling to understand what they saw as lower profitably than they would like, including gross profit margin and rising fulfillment costs.

Brian Olsavsky, Amazon CFO, defended the company’s fulfillment business in a call with analysts following the company’s quarterly profit report Thursday, which was its largest ever but not big enough to meet investors’ expectations, according to Barrons.

CMA CGM Signs Cooperation Pact With Iran Shipping Lines

The agreement, signed during a goodwill visit to Paris by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, covers capacity sharing, joint route operations, and cooperation in using port terminals, the French government said.

French firm CMA CGM, the world’s third-largest container shipping operator, signed a significant cooperation agreement Thursday with Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL), according to Maritime Executive.

Rail & Intermodal

Norfolk Southern Corp. To Cut Rail Lines, Jobs

Norfolk Southern Corp.

Norfolk Southern’s strategic five-year restructuring plan is designed to reassure and bolster support among shareholders in the face of a possible proxy fight with Canadian Pacific.

Norfolk Southern Corp. on Wednesday unveiled a five-year restructuring plan that will eliminate 1,200 jobs in 2016, idle track, close and combine operations and pare back both capital spending and stock buybacks in an effort clearly aimed at fending off another hostile takeover attempt by Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.

U.K. Regulator Orders Tesco To Improve Supplier Invoice Transparency

The U.K. Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) said the investigation covering the period June 25, 2013 to Feb. 5 2015 found that the retailer “seriously breached a legally-binding Groceries Supply Code of Practice to protect groceries suppliers.”

U.K. Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) Christine Tacon made five recommendations in the report, which include stopping Tesco from making unilateral deductions from money owed for goods supplied. Suppliers will be given 30 days to challenge any proposed deduction and if challenged Tesco will not be entitled to make the deduction. The GCA also insists that the company corrects pricing errors within seven days of notification by a supplier.

Why Amazon’s Move Into Hauling Doesn’t Concern Some Carriers

On Tuesday, two of the largest U.S. trucking companies brushed off the potential threat from the e-commerce giant saying there was plenty of freight to go around.

Risk/Compliance

Rico Acquires Majority Holding In Circle Express

Circle Express has a countrywide fleet of 300 vehicles operating out of eight aviation security listed depots near the airports at Heathrow, Aberdeen, Birmingham, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester and a cross dock facility in Milton Park, Abingdon.

Circle Express is one of the largest independent networks offering a collection and delivery service specifically targeted at the U.K. air freight forwarding industry and is the preferred U.K. freight distribution carrier for many international freight forwarders.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Expanded Panama Canal Likely To Open In June

Panama Canal Authority (PCA)

Panama Canal Authority Administrator Jorge L. Quijano told the AJOT at an American Association of Port Authorities conference in Tampa "early May or late May, we should be functional, and maybe June for the inauguration."

This is an artist's impression of the Panama Canal Expansion on completion.

Kerry Logistics To Acquire U.S. Freight Forwarder

The Hong Kong-based company, which specializes international freight forwarding and supply chain services in China and Southeast Asia, said in a conference call that it will acquire a 51 percent stake of an unnamed American company.

Amazon Bids To Become The Biggest Global 3PL

It's part of a strategy to make Amazon the largest third-party logistics (3PL) provider worldwide, from the U.S. to Africa, Latin America, India, and even China where the company has gained ground as it tries to compete with Alibaba and Tmall.

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