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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.

SFL Cos., Rochester, Mich., has been named a 2020 Rock Star of the Supply Chain by Food Logistics.

The Fresh Produce Association of the Americas and its members are welcoming the start of work on the Mariposa Road project, the main road bringing fresh Mexican produce into Nogales, Ariz.

Fleet Advantage, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., through its Kids Around the Corner foundation, has donated $10,000 to the First Responders Children’s Foundation, to help during the COVID-19 crisis.

Cold Connect, a Union Pacific Railroad program that shipped fresh produce and other perishables across the country, has fallen victim to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Total Quality Logistics, Cincinnati, is asking for help in supporting members of the military in May through its Military Appreciation month campaign.

The COVID-19 crisis has increased the desire for greater visibility into all of the fresh food supply chain.

Total Quality Logistics, Cincinnati, has received the Best in Cargo Security Award from CargoNet.

Construction has begun on a $40 million project to cut wait times for produce and other agricultural goods at a busy Texas port of entry.