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Borderlands Mexico: Cross-border trade tops $87B in May
Borderlands Mexico is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week in Borderlands Mexico: Cross-border trade tops $87B in May; Germany’s Döhler Group opens…
Intermodal’s historic growth
Chart of the Week: Outbound Domestic Loaded Rail Container Volume – USA SONAR: ORAILDOML.USA Domestic loaded rail container (48’ and 53’) volumes are running well ahead of the same point in every year back through 2020, but…
FDA confirms that Taylor Farms lettuce is contaminated with parasite behind massive outbreak
The FDA has confirmed that shredded iceberg lettuce and salad kits containing iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms is contaminated with the cyclospora parasite responsible for an outbreak that has sickened thousands. On July 18…
Sunday Edition: Regenerative Agriculture
Quick bites from around the food safety arena this week A cyclosporiasis outbreak that has affected more than 5,000 people has been traced to iceberg lettuce served at some Taco Bell locations in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana,…
Publisher’s Platform: The Largest Foodborne Outbreaks of the Last Fifty Years. Now Count the Sick with Cyclospora in Michigan.
Every summer somebody asks me what the biggest foodborne illness outbreak in American history was, and every summer I have to answer the question with a question: biggest how? Because "largest" is doing at least…
Company admits its lettuce is cause of Cyclospora outbreak
The owners of Taylor Farms have confirmed that their lettuce is behind a multistate outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite. Additionally, federal officials say the lettuce has been used by Taco Bell restaurants…
SONAR Sitrep: Freight market pushes shippers toward network flexibility
Transportation programs built around single-carrier lanes, fixed modes and rigid procurement cycles are facing their costliest stress test in years, according to a new freight intelligence report examining how shippers can…
Lucid stock caps big week despite bankruptcy report
Lucid Group Inc., the electric vehicle maker, said it isn’t considering a bankruptcy, and so far, the market believes it.
ArcBest to close 10 ABF Freight sites, cut 2% of workforce
The service centers are in smaller markets, and ArcBest plans to consolidate their operations into other facilities within the affected regions.
2026 air cargo rates could rise 15% due to Iran war impacts
Long-term contract rates businesses pay to move air freight are expected to rise 5% to 15% this year, instead of retreating, because the resumption of hostilities between Iran and the United States is once again reducing…
