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Yesterday, Pacer International Inc. announced it obtained a multi-year contract from Del Monte Foods Corp. to provide third-party logistics services, including rail, intermodal, trucking and ocean transportation.

Pacer will handle all shipments of Del Monte’s food and pet products, including refrigerated and frozen, and domestic and imported wares, between more than 30 production or packing plants and points of sale. Pacer will electronically receive and manage product orders; negotiate rates and tender shipments to carriers; manage and track shipments; verify deliveries; evaluate and pay carriers; handle claims transactions; and provide Del Monte operating and financial performance reports.

“Pacer will handle virtually every Del Monte product that the American consumer can find on a retail shelf,” said Mike Fielden, president of Pacer’s supply-chain services division, in a prepared statement.