Cool Cargo News

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.

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.

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

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

Bananas are the world’s most traded fruit.

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.

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;

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

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

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.

Kerry Logistics is building an 85,300-square-foot facility in Wuxi, an economic hotspot in China’s Jiangsu province.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

The number of refrigerated trucks on U.S. highways is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 4.6 percent between 2010 and 2014, according to a report by Technavio.

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

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

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

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

FreightWatch International, a logistics security services provider, will offer shippers real-time temperature monitoring services in conjunction with its cargo monitoring capabilities.

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.

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