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Carriers-Shippers includes current news, business and industry trends, and innovative practices involving temperature-controlled motor carriers (trucking companies, container transportation operations, leasing companies, rail and ocean-going services) and firms in the cold chain that ship perishables via these carriers. Also included are news, trends, and practices from associations and organizations representing carriers and shippers, as well as government actions pertaining to these companies and groups.

Carriers-shippers

ATA hails Clean Trucks
Program of NY/NJ port

Mar 12, 2010 9:34 AM

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) congratulated the leadership of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for developing a Clean Trucks Program that will improve air quality at the port....

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AFFI asks White House,
Congress for resolution
of cross-border dispute

Mar 11, 2010 9:29 AM

Kraig R Naasz, American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) president and chief executive officer, issued a statement on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the US-Mexico cross-border trucking program’s termination....

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Walmart Canada honors
TransX Group's excellence

Mar 10, 2010 10:12 AM

Andy Ellis, senior vice-president–supply chain and logistics for Walmart Canada, presented the Carrier of the Year award to Louie Tolaini, president the TransX Group of Companies....

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ConAgra Foods salutes
Hill Bros Transportation
as Carrier of the Year

Mar 10, 2010 10:12 AM

Hill Brothers Transportation has been selected as ConAgra Foods’ 2009 Raw Material and Packaging Inbound Temperature Controlled Carrier of the Year. ...

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Pre-Employment Screening
Program details on website

Mar 9, 2010 10:38 AM

The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), in partnership with NIC Technologies, has launched www.psp.fmcsa.dot.gov, offering the latest information on the federal motor carrier Pre-Employment Screening Program...

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States can collect UCR fees
at 2009 rates, FMCSA rules

Mar 9, 2010 10:17 AM

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has announced that states participating in the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) plan may assess and collect fees for the plan under the current FMCSA regulation...

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Goodyear Highway Hero
finalists risk their lives
to save lives of others

Mar 9, 2010 8:56 AM

For the 2009 annual Goodyear North America Highway Hero Award, the finalists are George Lantzy of Turtle Creek PA, Stephen Page of Gloucester MA, Jesse Lee Seal of Alma AR, and Junichi Shimizu of Gladstone OR....

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GE Capital Fleet Services
launches advisory board

Mar 9, 2010 8:47 AM

GE Capital Fleet Services has announced the launch of its Truck Advisory Board (TAB)....

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Meat Processors

Omaha Steaks picks Hanson
for distribution in Midwest

Jan 29, 2010 11:33 AM

Hanson Logistics, provider of temperature-controlled supply chain services, announced that Omaha Steaks is now using Hanson for distribution of inventory to support 21 of its retail stores in the greater Midwest market....

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Tyson shifting production
of case-ready beef, pork
to Southern US facilities

Jan 25, 2010 9:15 AM

Tyson Foods Inc plans to shift some production from its Council Bluffs IA case-ready plant to its facilities in Goodlettsville TN and Sherman TX....

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Poultry Processors

KFC franchisees honor
McLane’s performance

Feb 11, 2010 10:10 AM

Supply chain services company McLane announced that two Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) regional franchisee associations presented the company with their respective “Vendor of the Year” Awards for outstanding service and overall performance....

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Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation
emerges from bankruptcy

Jan 2, 2010 2:42 PM

Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation and six of its subsidiaries have emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after a 13-month restructuring....

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