Texas-based vertical indoor farm Eden Green Technology announced Tuesday it has launched an herb program, aiming to supply fresh greenhouse herbs to retailers in Texas and Oklahoma. Founded in 2017, Eden Green operates two 100,000-square-foot greenhouses in Cleburne, just outside the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The company has been supplying greenhouse-grown romaine and butterhead lettuce to…
Canadian bulk hauler Trimac announced it has acquired North Carolina-based carrier Feldspar Trucking. Feldspar Trucking hauls bulk materials used in the production of glass and ceramics, such as sand, clay and feldspar. The 57-year-old North Carolina carrier has 60 company drivers and is listed with 61 power units by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration….
The logistics industry has undergone a technological revolution in recent years, leading to a whirlwind of innovation and modernization. The freight industry’s options for shipping goods on pallets, however, have remained largely unchanged for the past several decades. Historically, companies have had two shipping options: less-than-truckload or truckload. Both tend to require some level of…
In 2023, the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) recorded 20,500 container moves through its container-on-barge service, the most since the program began in 2016. This service — a collaboration with the Port of Greater Baton Rouge and Ingram Marine Group — forms the largest network of its kind in the U.S. It offers an…
The benchmark diesel price used for most fuel surcharges rose a relatively small amount Monday even as the futures price for ultra low sulfur diesel continued to climb sharply. The average retail diesel price published by the Department of Energy/Energy Information Administration rose 2.4 cents a gallon to $4.028. The increase came after three consecutive…