Cool Cargo News

Billions of dollars worth of fresh produce and pharmaceuticals cross the Mexican border each year to enter the U.S., and billions more in poultry and meat gets shipped south.

The international cold chain received a significant investment in 2011 when a record number of refrigerated containers joined the global fleet, according to industry analyst Andrew Foxcroft.

The drought that stretched across much of the U.S. this summer decimated corn and soybean crops, with the U.S.

Officials in Yuma County, Ariz., are looking closely at the trade and jobs benefits that reefer rail service could give the region.

It’s not just apples and bananas in fruit markets these days.

Thermo King is launching the Precedent, a new trailer temperature-control platform designed to deliver double-digit fuel savings, best-in-class performance and lower lifecycle costs, while providing r

Cargolux has resumed flights to Ecuador after a nearly 39-month hiatus.

San Diego’s Board of Port Commissioners voted unanimously to grant Dole Fresh Fruit a 24 1/2-year lease to import and export fresh fruit at the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal.

CMA CGM will upgrade its fixed-day weekly service between the east coast of South America and the Caribbean, introducing the Brazilian ports of Manaus and Salvador de Bahia to the rotation.

The U.S. poultry industry got a mixed decision from Mexico after one government agency formally decided U.S.

U.S. farmers, ranchers and producers are expected to sell record amounts of agricultural commodities to overseas buyers next year, according to new estimates from the U.S.

As China’s middle class expands and develops, so does the food marketing system and cold chain that deliver the more diverse commodities Chinese consumers crave.

Mexico is hungrier for U.S. poultry meat than any other country. U.S. apples, pears, beef and pork also have huge markets in Mexico.

Led by sharp increases in shipments to Mexico, Russia, and other key markets, U.S.

When New Orleans Cold Storage opened a riverfront cold storage plant last month, company and port officials were exultant.

U.S.

IJS Global opened a dedicated warehouse in the Philippines to handle the logistics needs of Novartis Animal Healthcare.

Despite grim forecasts earlier in the year, food shippers haven’t faced equipment or space shortages in any mode.

Refrigerated rail operator Railex will spend up to $20 million to build a 500,000-square-foot bonded wine storage and distribution center next to its transload center in Wallula, Wash.

The U.S.

The International Refrigerated Transportation Association named Paul Kramer, director of logistics at Sheboygan, Wis.-based Johnsonville Sausage, as the recipient of the 2012 IRTA Executive of the Yea

Colorado’s San Luis Valley is a favorite destination among railroad fans.

Bay Grove Capital is showing no signs of slowing its investment in the cold storage industry, purchasing Castle & Cooke Cold Storage for its Lineage Logistics subsidiary.

The fledgling refrigerated domestic intermodal sector is growing this summer as industry pioneer Rail Logistics Cold Train adds 200 53-foot reefer containers and moves into new service lanes on the Ea

RFID and the promise of real-time monitoring of perishable cargoes have existed for more than a decade.

Food importers won a reprieve from setting up verification programs for foreign suppliers, a delay that has angered consumer and food safety groups.

Rail Logistics-Cold Train is expanding its refrigerated intermodal service, bringing its container fleet up to 300 53-foot units and adding East Coast destinations.

Kuehne + Nagel is acquiring the business contracts of Canada’s Perishables International Transportation in the latest expansion of Swiss logistics giant’s global fresh and frozen foods net

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.