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Longshoremen at the Port of Oakland began refusing to work vessels calling at the TraPac and SSA Marine terminals this week, joining actions that began at the Port of Seattle last week in response to

The U.S. Meat Export Federation has published guidelines for managing and expediting the export of red meat products to Mexico.

After a brief, recession-driven pause in growth in 2009, global perishable refrigerated trade expanded 3 percent in 2010, and is expected to increase at that level for the next few years, according to

Damco, the freight forwarding arm of A.P.

During the latest round of negotiations for the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership in Chicago last month, U.S.

Weber Logistics has a new contract with German candy maker Storck to distribute more than a million cases of such popular brands as Riesen, Werthers, Mamba, Merci and Toffifay to its customers and con

Exports of U.S. beef in July set a new value record of $513.1 million on volume of 120,424 metric tons.

Liner carrier CSAV says its board of directors will inject $1.2 billion into the company, and split the liner shipping business from a subsidiary that is involved in the marine service sector.

The Obama administration in late September filed an unfair trade complaint with the World Trade Organization against China’s anti-dumping and countervailing duties imposed on U.S.

Maersk Line has a new direct weekly service from Latin America to the Black Sea. Called Ecumed, the service links Ecuador with Spain, Turkey and the Black Sea, using eight 2,500-TEU vessels.

Exports of U.S. pork totaled 169,547 metric tons, valued at $480.1 million in July, an increase of 16 percent in volume and 24 percent in value over July 2010.

The refrigerated warehouse industry, like the rest of the cold chain, came through the recession without the dramatic drops in business seen in the rest of the global economy, and recovered lost busin

The U.S. Department of Agriculture in September held its first agricultural trade mission to Vietnam in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Apollo Freight, a specialist in perishables logistics, has begun construction on a 16,000-square-foot refrigerated center adjacent to Los Angeles International Airport.

The Georgia Ports Authority approved a $4.75 million project that will expand the Port of Savannah’s capacity for refrigerated container storage by 45 percent.

The Dublin Airport Authority signed a deal with U.S.-based Lynxs Group to establish a major air freight hub at Ireland’s Shannon Airport.

Some in the perishables industry already are talking about lawsuits as the Food and Drug Administration rolls out new fees for inspections of some imported foods.

Worldwide refrigerated trade is expected to grow at an unexciting but steady 3 percent annually for the next few years, but Ocean World Lines is thinking much bigger: The non-vessel-operating common c

Bananas are the world’s most traded fruit.

Consumers in every part of the globe must be following the old adage “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.”

Port Hueneme, a small port 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles, is scheduled for some changes in its top executives, the number of vessel calls each week and the type of vessels that call the port.

Intra-Asia transport traditionally has been a game played out by sea and air.

McDonald’s is opening one restaurant a day in China and plans to continue that pace for the next several years.

The weekly ANZEX uses seven 1,800-TEU ships in a rotation of Port Kelang, Malaysia; Chiwan and Shanghai, China; Busan, Korea; Suva, Fiji; Auckland, Port Chalmers, Lyttelton and Tauranga, New Zealand;

For years, Russia and China have been major export markets for U.S. poultry. In 2009, for example, each of the countries accounted for 20 percent of all exports.

Exporters anxious to locate equipment can breathe a little easier: Container carriers and leasing companies are on track to purchase a record number of new refrigerated containers this year, according

Kuehne + Nagel will acquire J. van de Put Fresh Cargo Handling of Amsterdam, a Dutch handling agent for perishable goods.

APM Terminals will spend $1 billion on a new container terminal in Moin, Costa Rica, as part of a corporate strategy to have container operations gain market share in the produce business in the regio

Members of Global Cold Chain Alliance lobby administration officials during assembly in Washington

The world’s seventh-largest container shipping carrier acquired 43 acres of land from CenterPoint Properties in the city of Joliet, Ill., to develop an intermodal container terminal that will in

An intensive review of the damage to Chilean summer citrus crops caused by recent frost shows that estimated losses range from little or no damage to this year’s clementines, to a maximum 10 per

After inviting the trucking industry to participate in workshops and discussions, the California Air Resources Board has decided not to make changes to the agency’s pollution standards for trans

Tropical Shipping christened a new ship in the Port of Palm Beach last month.

Evergreen Line has ordered for 4,000 PrimeLine refrigeration units from Carrier Transicold, tripling its initial investment in the energy-efficient unit.

Gloucester Marine Terminal in Gloucester, N.J., said it is partnering with SunPower to build what it claims will be the largest rooftop solar installation in North America.

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Frialsa Frigorificos is operating two new plants in Mexico.

Frozen Food Express Industries saw total operating revenue increase $6.4 million to $101.3 million in the second quarter of 2011, compared with $95 million in the same period of 2010.

United Airlines Cargo will unveil a new lineup of offerings for pharmaceuticals and other temperature-controlled cargoes on Sept. 20.

Paramount Citrus has acquired a south Texas-based full-service cold storage facility for the produce industry previously owned by Border Cold Storage.