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The Allen Lund Co. has hired Andy Shoemaker as director of perishable logistics.

The latest truck rate report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows generally adequate supplies to meet demand.

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.

Logistics company Cruisin’ On Inc., which does business as The Produce Network and Diamond Produce Wholesalers & Packers Inc., faces a Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act complaint for unpaid shipments.

Emerson, St. Louis, has released its next-generation GO Real-Time Tracker, which gives companies cold chain data throughout the shipping process.

Josh Bergling has been promoted to vice president of technology at Choptank Transport, Preston, Md.

A lawsuit by multiple U.S. and foreign growers charges C.H. Robinson/Robinson Fresh with “illegal and deceptive” business practices.

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.