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Port Manatee, Palmetto, Fla., has received approval for an $8.3 million project that will nearly double the size of its dockside container yard.

The 2020 transportation market has had its twists and turns, and the bumpy ride isn’t likely over yet, Bob Rose believes.

Eden Prairie, Minn.-based C.H. Robinson has made a series of tech enhancements to its self-shipping tool Freightquote by C.H. Robinson (freightquote.com).

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.

The New Zealand kiwifruit industry will be boosted by three specialized reefer vessels following significant investment by operator Fresh Carriers.

The Packer and Cal/Amp are presenting a web seminar on transportation technology.

Refrigerated trucks will help distribute millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccine shipments in the months ahead, but the operation isn’t expected to disrupt the produce supply chain.

Truck shortages for produce loads were noted Dec. 9 in multiple regions but rates declined from the previous week, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Carrier Transicold controlled-atmosphere system for refrigerated containers, EverFresh, now has a carbon dioxide injection option to better preserve low-respiring perishables such as produce.

The new director of operations at Port Everglades, Broward County, Fla., is Ricardo Charlton.