Cool Cargo News

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

Klinge, a York, Pa.-based refrigeration technology manufacturer, has developed a unit for so-called triple containers, or tricons.

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;

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

Dozens of people died in Europe this summer from what has been called the deadliest outbreak of E. coli in history.

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

The development of dedicated high-speed rail lines in China is translating not only into faster passenger service for billions of potential train riders, but also a greater emphasis on rail freight.

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

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

Capacity in the U.S. refrigerated truckload sector is tight and approaching the challenging levels of the fourth quarter of 2005, according to several industry reports.

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

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

Frialsa Frigorificos is operating two new plants in Mexico.

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

Merck will use UPS Supply Chain Solutions to manage its worldwide health care supply chain.

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

Green Reefers narrowed its second quarter loss to $11 million from $13 million a year ago, but the conventional refrigerated cargo ship operator warned of growing competition from container vessels.

French ocean shipping company CMA CGM announced a series of rate increases and peak-season surcharges that will take effect on U.S. services this month and on other trades in August.

Spanish airline Iberia will start operating a 737 freighter between Madrid and Brussels in an upgrade to the carrier’s perishables “cool and fast” service.

Take droughts and floods, add an improving global economy and increasing numbers of middle-class consumers, then mix in several animal diseases, consumer fears, political tension, protectionism, heavy

UPS is expanding its network of health care distribution by adding new facilities in Singapore; Venlo, Netherlands; Burlington, Canada; and Louisville, Ky.

Concerned about looming completion, the Florida Citrus Commission has commissioned a three-year, $174,941 study to determine if China’s growing citrus industry will cut into Florida’s shar

President Obama’s plans to visit Brazil and Chile in March are bringing renewed media attention to the region, but South America has been seeing steadily increasing trade levels, especially with

Kuehne + Nagel is expanding its South American perishables network by acquiring three companies that together handle about 75,000 tons of air export perishables annually.

Food importers will be looking more closely at their foreign suppliers — a new food safety measure signed into law early this year requires them to vouch for the safety of imported products and

U.S. growers are in a good position to gain market share in China’s fast-growing fresh fruit market, but will need to continue marketing aggressively, according to a report from the U.S.

As the global economy recovers from a two-year case of the trade flu, carriers and shippers alike are seeking more from their relationships.

Active CC Boxes has opened a depot Frankfurt, Germany, to handle its Kodiak™ reusable shipping containers, cutting repositioning costs for shippers and the company.

Ryder System has acquired Holland, Mich.-based Total Logistic Control, a subsidiary of national grocer SUPERVALU.

Norway’s Green Reefers this month joined the recently established Hamburg Reefer Pool, adding its fleet of 27 specialized reefer ships with capacities ranging from 263,000 cubic feet to 310,000

U.S. poultry producers have the green light to export poultry to Russia.

A Chinese warehouse company and a U.S. company specializing in refrigerated cold storage are teaming up to provide a new cold storage option in China.

Kuehne + Nagel launched temperature-controlled less-than-containerload services in Japan, tailored to specific requirements of the wine and spirits industry.

GAO RFID unveiled a new radio frequency identification tag it says can give shippers instant temperature information on cargo.

Trucker C.R. England is taking its cold chain expertise to China, where the refrigerated transport specialist plans to buy a trucking company and set up a domestic distribution network.

White is the new green for companies in the cold chain that want to improve their environmental rating.

Leaders of several U.S. agricultural groups are calling for China to increase its imports of U.S. food products. Economists say it’s not only possible, but also inevitable.

Five years after Congress told the Food and Drug Administration it is the agency in charge of regulating the safety of food during transportation, the agency is seeking information on how shipments ar

One of the first questions raised after the April 20 Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion was whether shrimp and other seafood from the Gulf of Mexico was safe to eat.

The Port of New Orleans is taking another step toward recovering from the lingering effects of Hurricane Katrina by agreeing to build a dockside refrigerated terminal.