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Port of Long Beach smashes container records in March
If you ordered a fire pit or a rowing machine online, there’s a good chance it’s coming through the Port of Long Beach. The port…
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Regulatory Agencies
Biden picks Maffei to chair Federal Maritime Commission
Biden taps Daniel Maffei to head the FMC amid the ongoing port congestion crisis.
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Port gridlock could blow up Fourth of July fireworks sales
Fireworks could be stuck at sea by the time the Fourth of July rolls around. Blame massive port congestion and overloaded freight networks. The fireworks…
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Newsletters
The Stockout: Cargill puts its money where its beans are
Cargill’s announcement last week that it is making a nearly half-billion dollar investment in soybeans caught my attention because it suggests that one of the…
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GSCW chat recap: AgTC on challenges faced by food exporters
AgTC’s Peter Freidmann highlights the hurdles U.S. food exporters confront as they vie for containers to transport their goods.
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American Shipper
Ag shippers feel pain from lack of ocean containers
“This is one of the most difficult seasons we’ve been facing trying to move our cargo out of the United States,” says a California almond…
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News
TuSimple sets sights on autonomous truck goal — Midday Market Update (with video)
Autonomous truck maker TuSimple makes a deal with TRATON GROUP to expand into the European market and KLLM raises driver wages.
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American Shipper
When pigs fly
More than 200 breeder hogs were flown this week from St. Louis to Sao Paulo. Midwestern airport hopes it is the beginning of more livestock…
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American Shipper
Container return date upheaval by the numbers
The Agriculture Transportation Coalition, together with TradeLanes, surveys hundreds of American shippers about the cost to their bottom lines of uncommunicated earliest return dates from…
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News
Mexico’s agri-food exports top $20 billion in first half of 2020
Mexico reaches an agri-food surplus of 19% in the first half of 2020, with year-over-year international sales increasing 4.26%.
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