Grocery retailer and wholesaler SUPERVALU Inc., Minneapolis, said it expects by December 31, 2010, to sell its third-party services business, Total Logistic Control (TLC), in a stock purchase agreement.
DHL Global Forwarding, Plantation, Fla., said it will join Interstate Transport, Inc. and Trans World Forwarding Inc. (TWF) to offer "a complete perishable supply chain solution starting from the point of consolidation at origin across Latin America to destinations across North America."
One of the nation's largest public refrigerated warehouse operators, Millard Refrigerated Services, Omaha, Neb., said it simplified its brand identity and now will known as Millard.
To strengthen its transportation and logistics capabilities, Iowa Cold Storage LLC, Altoona, Iowa, said it has formed a collaborative partnership with ICS Logistics Corp.
China Merchants Americold Logistics Company Ltd. (CMAC), a 51-49 joint venture between China Merchants Holdings Co. International Ltd. (CMHI) and Americold Realty Trust, Atlanta, said it acquired a 70-percent stake in China Merchants International Cold Chain Co. Ltd.
Officials say a new refrigerated intermodal container rail and
distribution service between Quincy, Wash. and Chicago is quickly
growing in popularity with produce shippers in the Pacific Northwest.
Great Dane Limited Partnership said it plans by 2012 to build and open a 450,000-square-foot plant in Statesboro, Ga., to manufacture more than 5,000 refrigerated trailers per year.
