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The biggest concerns of agricultural exporters as the 2012 peak-shipping season approaches are equipment availability, adequate vessel space and volatility of freight rates.

Eimskip, the Iceland-based container shipping and refrigerated logistics group, reported operating profit almost halved in the first quarter from a year earlier as higher costs and one-time items outw

A continuing Chinese love affair with American fast food is translating into solid earnings for Yum! Brands and McDonald’s.

China’s consumers spent $962.8 billion in grocery stores last year, pushing the country to the world’s top spot in grocery store spending.

Bilateral negotiations to end agricultural trade disputes failed with 46 nations, the European Union, the Gulf Cooperation Council and the South African Development Community, according to a new repor

Refrigerated shipments are expected to grow along with the world’s middle class, but a representative for U.S.

A bipartisan group of 16 senators, led by Tom Carper, D-Del., and Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., have sent a letter to U.S.

Family Dollar Stores plans to add about 1,000 items to its stores this year, including more frozen breakfast, lunch and dinner meals.

Refrigerated equipment manufacturer Klinge has introduced a lower-cost version of its blast freezer container, which quickly freezes cargo to minus-76 degrees.

There will be more Florida oranges coming out of the groves and onto refrigerated trucks this year — good news for growers, those who like liquid sunshine with their breakfast and operators of r

A month after the U.S.-South Korea free trade agreement took effect, U.S. pork producers, cattle ranchers and fresh fruit and vegetable growers are ecstatic.

Swiss freight forwarder Kuehne + Nagel has introduced a new product for the pharmaceutical and health care industry.

The Georgia Ports Authority added 20 refrigerated container racks at the Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal.

Rail Logistics-Cold Train and Interstate Distributor forged a partnership in which Cold Train will use a dedicated fleet of trucks from Interstate Distributor for short-haul drayage service to and fro

Purfresh Inc., which provides ocean transportation and supply chain management technologies that optimize the quality and safety of fresh produce, has added personnel to its Latin American operations.

Analysts and economists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture are full of good news about sales prospects for U.S. farm goods.

TNT Express has started a service it says will simplify and secure the international movements of pharmaceutical products such as vaccines and insulin that require strict temperature control.

First came the Facebook posts that got shared and reshared. Within a few days, “pink slime” was a trending topic on Twitter.

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The Port of Wilmington, Del., handled 5,084,478 tons of cargo last year, up 26 percent from 2010, and achieved the highest general cargo tonnage throughput since the port’s 1995 acquisition by t

The outlook for growth in profits improved for North American public refrigerated warehouse companies in the second half of 2011 compared to the same period in 2010, according to the latest Financial

Gloucester Marine Terminal in New Jersey is one of the nation’s largest dockside refrigerated warehouse facilities. Now it is also the largest rooftop solar power plant in North America.

Norway’s Star Reefers said it has reached a “satisfactory” solution to its dispute with Russia’s largest fruit importer that

Exports of refrigerated goods from the U.S. last year increased 16 percent to 15.5 million metric tons, and economists forecast reefer exports will rise again this year.

A spokesman for agricultural interests called upon ports to help increase U.S. exports by reducing delays at marine terminals.

Federal regulators found an illegal fungicide in three additional shipments of imported orange juice, bringing the total number ofshipments stopped at the U.S.

U.S. beef and pork producers had a banner year in 2011, setting annual sales value records for both commodities through October, with two full months to go.

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The relative stability of the refrigerated transportation market has brought more participants into the sector, bringing not only competition on rates but also expanded service options.

Only a small percentage of the world’s refrigerated shipments are put on airplanes, but just as in other modes, air carriers and airport operators are fighting for a bigger market share.

When Maersk Line decided to end the practice of providing free chassis to its container customers, other carriers were expected to fall quickly in line.

A year after President Obama signed the Food Safety Modernization Act into law, the Food and Drug Administration says it is preparing to unveil a variety of new regulations.

Refrigerated cargoes are becoming hot commodities in trucking, as truckload carriers launch expedited services to speed refrigerated freight from coast to coast.

A 12 percent surge in refrigerated food shipments sent spot market reefer rates up almost 2 percent during the Thanksgiving week, countering soft pricing across most of the truckload market, according

The 2012 Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference organized by The Journal of Commerce will add a full-day track on refrigerated container transpor

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Maritime industry employers are working with longshore unions around the country to prevent potentially deadly refrigerated containers from Vietnam from entering the U.S. through seaports.

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APL pulled some of its refrigerated containers from service and said Wednesday the remaining stock in its reefer fleet is safe

Waterfront employers are working with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union to identify and isolate at-risk refrigerated containers arriving at West Coast ports from Vietnam.