Chiquita Brands International, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., announced plans to reduce energy consumption of its more than 15,000 40-foot container fleet.

Maersk Container Industry (MCI), a Denmark-based independent business unit in the Maersk Group conglomerate, began production of the first refrigerated containers and Star Cool refrigeration machines built in South America at its new MCI facility in San Antonio, Chile.

Atlanta-based Infinity Transportation Logistics (ITL) launched its new expedited refrigerated domestic intermodal container service between Washington/Oregon and the Midwest/East Coast.

Cold Train expanded its Washington State-based refrigerated container fleet to more than 400 state-of-the-art Hyundai 53-foot containers last fall.

Federated Railways, Inc., a Farmington Hills, Mich., affiliate of Federated Capital Corp., entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of Rail Logistics, LLC, including its "Cold Train" express intermodal service.