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PepsiCo said the £58m investment - the snacking giant’s biggest in the UK for 25 years - will help secure the future of the Leicester factory and position the Walkers brand for further growth in the long term.

Up at all. william is live at the port of los angeles. are the ports open there? >> yeah, john, they are. as you can see behind me, they are moving containers down, stacked up there, putting them on 18 wheelers and moving them out. the longshoremans union did, however, as you mentioned, make a point this weekend effectively shutting down operations at select terminals across the west coast. whats next, however, is anyones guess. the slowdown is a direct result of an impasse in the congress negot...

Some movement, some containers diverted to new jersey and georgia to help with the potential impact if there was a worker walkout. at this point were told that operators are operating. we can hear trucks at some of the other nearby terminals. its just here at terminal t its silent, ana. >> uh-oh. i think all of us are triggered by this sort of reporting given all the supply chain issues we dealt with during covid and concerns around that. hopefully its up and running quickly. thank you for your ...

And these workers were not making that mark. so they made them go home. and so that is really the very latest. so its not really looking good as of right now. >> this was affecting ports all over california -- long beach, tacoma, seattle, all of them. what is it going to do to the supply chain? >> its already impacted the supply chain. youre hearing the stories on if west coast that things are back open, but the damage is done. i gave you a great chart. looking at the container wait time at the ...

ATHENS—Police in northern Greece have seized dozens of packages of cocaine stashed in containers laden with bananas that ...

Which can hit 199mph. im hurtling north on the 200 mile al boraq line to the port city, tangier. located on the strait of gibraltar, a stones throw from spain, this is a hub of maritime industry. the water looks quite calm, which is very good because im about to get much, much closer. tangermed is the biggest port in africa and one of the largest in the world. and being this close to all of these containers and these huge ships, you really get a sense of that scale. im meeting another sustainabl...

And is based on personal energy consumption in africa, which is the lowest in the world. 0perating round the clock, ports like this are massive energy consumers and would benefit from sustainable solutions. in one year, weve handled over than 7—million containers. 7—million?! yes! thats a lot of containers. yes. a lot of small boxes! paul chuckles. what is the benefit, then, of working with small startups like wave beats? when youre big, its not always easy to install and promote innovation,...

French freight forwarder LD Freight Solutions, a subsidiary of Louis Dreyfus Armateurs, is working with the design team of the Trade Winds 2,500 to de...

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