perishable goods

Fireside Chat: Leveraging tech to improve perishable food inventory management

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ 3PL Summit on Wednesday.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: The technology that keeps food fresh while lowering emissions.

DETAILS: In this fireside chat, Oria Malka, vice president of sales at Evigence, talks about how Evigence is helping companies reduce their carbon footprint through food freshness tracking technology.

KEY QUOTES FROM MALKA:

“[Our sensors] mimic the degradation of any perishable products. What we currently do is actually combine sensors with data...

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Parsyl tackles massive insurance blind spot for perishable goods

Considering the stress the supply chain has been under this year, conditions are even worse for shippers of perishable goods such as seafood, meat, produce, frozen foods and pharmaceuticals.  The reefer segment makes up 15%-20% of the total contracted truckload demand, so when market volatility occurs, “the reefer market feels it more acutely, since its capacity is more scarce,” said Zach Strickland, director of freight market intelligence at FreightWaves. 

Unlike most dry van cargo,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/parsyl-tackles-massive-insurance-blind-spot-for-perishable-goods

Air Canada expanding refrigeration capability at Toronto cargo hub

A large pallet with boxes of lobster under a net sitting on tarmac next to an Air Canada plane.

Air Canada on Friday announced a $16 million investment to expand and improve cold storage capability for pharmaceuticals, fresh food and other perishable products at its Toronto Pearson International Airport cargo hub.

The project is part of the airline’s strategy to further develop its cargo division, which includes the addition of a freighter fleet, the launch of dedicated freighter routes and an expansion into e-commerce.

The upgraded facility, which is scheduled to be completed in the fourth...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/air-canada-expanding-refrigeration-capability-at-toronto-cargo-hub

New airports will enable Air Greenland to transport seafood exports

A turboprop plane on runway with snow-covered mountains in distance in Greenland.

Air Greenland is a unique one-stop shop for aviation, which might be expected for an air transport company serving the world’s largest island located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans.

It operates single-engine helicopters for sleighing or ski trips, search-and-rescue and medevac flights, and to support remote communities. It also operates seaplanes, fixed-wing turboprops for regional routes and a large Airbus A330 for trans-Atlantic flights to Europe.

The flag carrier of Greenland was...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/new-airports-will-enable-air-greenland-to-transport-seafood-exports

Cold chain services provider closes $8.7M funding round

PSS facility

Money flowing through the cold chain to fund logistics real estate expansion projects continues as pandemic-induced stay-at-home lifestyles have become the new norm. Several large operators in the space continue to grow their networks through acquisition and expansion. The smaller companies are getting in on the action as well.

Founded in 2016, temperature-controlled e-commerce fulfillment provider Perishable Shipping Solutions (PSS) announced it has just closed on a Series A funding round...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/cold-chain-services-provider-closes-87m-funding-round