Tom Karst

NULL

Latest Stories
The latest truck rate report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows generally adequate supplies to meet demand.
La Cañada Flintridge, Calif.-based Allen Lund Company (ALC) has been named as one of the Los Angeles Business Journal 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies in Los Angeles for 2019.
Adequate to surplus truck availability for fresh produce shipping districts was reported in early November.
Ocean transportation costs are going up, and that will translate to slightly higher delivered costs for Latin American produce hitting U.S. shores.
The final compliance deadline for mandated electronic logging devices in U.S. trucks will arrive Dec. 17.
A lawsuit by multiple U.S. and foreign growers charges C.H. Robinson/Robinson Fresh with “illegal and deceptive” business practices.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Truck rates could be headed sharply higher in early May, Kenny Lund told attendees of the National Watermelon Association convention on Feb 21.
Heavy produce shipments combined with unloading delays at retail distribution centers were factors in higher truck rates in mid-March.
The Packer’s Tom Karst visited March 30 with Ken Lund, vice president of operations for the Allen Lund Company, La Canada Flintridge, Calif.
Lower pricing in the first quarter more than offset higher volume in transportation services for C.H. Robinson Worldwide.