A broad coalition of fruit and vegetable industry groups have petitioned the FMCSA to modify the Hours of Service and Electronic Logging Device rules for perishable fruit and vegetable commodities.
Giving produce shippers, trucking outfits and receivers a way to hedge risk of volatile rate changes, trucking futures contracts will be launched in late March by the Nodal Exchange.
The Port of Virginia, Norfolk, expects to see imports of fruit from South America increase with the completion of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Southeast In-Transit Cold Treatment Pilot program.
Allen Lund Co., La Cañada Flintridge, Calif., has promoted Todd Piccola in the Rochester, N.Y., office and Greg Babiarz in the Charlotte, N.C., office.
Fresh produce continues to flow relatively smoothly through the Nogales-Mariposa Port of Entry, although some challenges do remain at the major border crossing of the southwestern U.S.
Both truck rates and shipment volumes set new records in the second quarter of 2018, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
ORLANDO, Fla. — A packed session on produce transportation issues at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit sought ideas from the audience on possible solutions to alleviate driver shortages.
With more than 4,000 comments filed already, input is due Oct. 10 on the FMCSA's advance notice of proposed rulemaking on hours of service rule regulations for commercial truck drivers.
Air shipments are the dominant channel for U.S. imports of Argentina blueberries, but shipments by boat increased in 2017 and are expected to increase again this year.
