Food shippers have one goal—to have product transported to customers professionally on time and at the least landed cost.

Food waste is so problematic that it initiated a statement from agriculture secretary Tom Vilasick and EPA deputy administrator Stan Meiburg in 2015 to announce the nation’s first-ever national food loss and waste goal, calling for a 50% reduction by 2030 as an initiative for governments, charitable/faith-based organizations and the private sector.

A large part of keeping foods refrigerated or frozen while in transit is the technology that monitors temperature.

The Short Line Safety Institute (SLSI), Washington, D.C., completed the pilot phase of its work to assess and address safety culture gaps in the short line and regional rail industry.

The 2016 Global Cold Storage Capacity Report, produced by the Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA), Alexandria, Va., showed that cold storage capacity has experienced steady growth since 2014.

Real-time monitoring solutions and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies can identify more problems in cold chains than incumbent systems, but a strong business case exists only for high-value products and commodities that suffer high loss rates, according to Lux Research, Boston.

JAXPORT’s ongoing investment in building the port of the future is on display as three state-of-the-art 100-gauge electric container cranes cruised in on the St. Johns River.