Nestle

Nestlé inks deal with CMA CGM for low carbon transport solutions

The world’s largest food and beverage company Nestlé is currently transporting 100% of its CMA CGM volumes to BIOFUEL+, a biofuel derived from organic waste, resulting in an impressive 84% reduction in carbon emissions.

This collaboration empowers Nestlé to avoid 70,000 tons of CO2 annually, significantly cutting down its greenhouse gas shipping emissions.

“Reaching net zero requires changing many aspects of how we source, make and distribute our products. The agreements we’ve signed with CMA CGM...

https://container-news.com/nestle-inks-deal-with-cma-cgm-for-low-carbon-transport-solutions/

Food giants cash in on ‘pet parents’ buying gourmet meals for ‘fur babies’

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As historic inflation slams the U.S., consumers are flocking to bad beer and Walmart-brand cream...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/food-giants-cash-in-on-pet-parents-buying-gourmet-meals-for-fur-babies

2022 Shipper of Choice profile: Nestle

The Shipper of Choice award, presented by FreightWaves in partnership with TriumphPay, recognizes the manufacturers, distributors and retailers that do the best job of keeping the American economy moving by fighting driver detention, providing accessible facilities and understanding what it takes to remove inefficiencies from the supply chain.

Among the top 25 Shippers of Choice for 2022 is … Nestle. 

About Nestle
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https://www.freightwaves.com/news/2022-shipper-of-choice-profile-nestle

FDA authorizes more baby formula imports as air cargo pipeline grows

A large, white FedEx plane with blue tail rolls down the runway, heading toward camera.

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced that an emergency shipment of baby formula equivalent to 5 million 8-ounce bottles — more than triple the amount delivered this week on the first two Operation Fly Formula flights — is being readied in Europe. 

The news follows completion of a FedEx delivery for the government, the FDA informing a second foreign manufacturer it could also use new regulatory flexibility to import infant formula and lawmakers seeking answers on how to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fda-authorizes-more-baby-formula-imports-as-air-cargo-pipeline-grows

US military to expedite 1st batch of infant formula from Switzerland

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The first emergency flights of infant formula under the U.S. government’s new Operation Fly Formula will transport formula made by Nestle S.A. from Zurich to Plainfield, Indiana, the White House said Thursday.

The Defense Department is combing through its list of approved commercial airline contractors to identify the best aircraft to fulfill the transport request from the Department of Agriculture.

A series of Operation Fly Formula flights will transport the equivalent of up to 1.5 million...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/us-military-to-expedite-1st-batch-of-infant-formula-from-switzerland

2021 Shipper of Choice profile: BlueTriton Brands

A photograph of a truck traveling down a highway in the desert.

Presented by FreightWaves, in partnership with ArcBest, the Shipper of Choice award recognizes the manufacturers, distributors and retailers that do the best job of keeping the American economy moving by fighting driver detention, providing accessible facilities and understanding what it takes to remove inefficiencies from the supply chain.

Among the top 25 Shippers of Choice for 2021 is BlueTriton Brands (formerly Nestlé Waters North America).

Nomination criteria for BlueTriton Brands

BlueTriton...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/2021-shipper-of-choice-profile-bluetriton-brands

Hike in Long-Term Contracted Containers Rates

Container rates alert: Sky’s the limit, as demand drives further unprecedented hike in long-term contracted rates says an article on Xeneta.

Rates reach ‘new heights

Shippers could be forgiven for asking ‘when will it end?’ A year of historically high long-term contracted container rates is being pushed to new heights, with a further 9% surge in prices across the month of May.

According to the latest market intelligence from Xeneta’s Long-Term XSI® Public Indices, which crowdsources rates from...

https://mfame.guru/hike-in-long-term-contracted-containers-rates/

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