Barge rates on the Mississippi stabilized in the past week and are still well below where they were a year ago.
After 10 years of negotiations, the Mexican state of Jalisco recently received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to begin exporting Hass avocados to America.
The White House is asking carriers to play nice with exporters, but next year Congress may give it a hammer to use if shipping practices don’t change.
Port Logistics operates a 140,000-square-foot refrigerated warehouse at Berth 219.
