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23 May 2013
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released a final rule to change the labeling provisions for muscle cut commodities covered under the Country of Origin Labeling program.
 
23 May 2013
Norfolk Southern has unveiled its new $5.9 million Thoroughbred Bulk Transfer terminal in Knoxville, Tenn., which will allow customers to transfer a large array of commodities between railcars and trucks.
 
23 May 2013
General Motors will invest $44.5 million to build a logistics optimization center at its Lansing Grand River Assembly plant in Michigan.
 
23 May 2013
William J. DeWitt, III, will be stepping down as associate dean for the Maine Maritime Academy’s Loeb-Sullivan School of International Business and Logistics by this year’s fall semester...
 
23 May 2013
The Port of Tacoma in Washington reported container volume from January to April was 617,076 20-foot-equivalent units, up 35 percent year-over-year.
 
23 May 2013
The House of Representatives has approved a bill to allow construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which would transport about 830,000 barrels of oil per day from North American oil supplies to U.S. refineries.
Warehouse interior
 
23 May 2013
When Jones Lang LaSalle, the Boston-based commercial real estate services firm, released its first quarter industrial real estate market report, several facts underscored the recovery taking place throughout the United States: sustained declines in national vacancy rates, increased absorption of existing space, rising rental prices and a surge in construction that, in the first three months of the year, stood at a five-year high.
 
23 May 2013
Yusen Logistics has expanded its direct less-than-containerload services by adding two new routes to its network...
 
23 May 2013
The Port of Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles are seeking information about technologies that could substantially reduce air pollution from main engines on ships transiting to and from the ports.
Mexican rail volumes through May 18, 2013. Source: Association of American Railroads
 
23 May 2013
Mexican carload traffic jumped roughly 15 percent year-over-year in the week ending May 18, according to the Association of American Railroads.