Carriers and Shippers

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

Sealogistics port cold
storage project in Gdansk
to serve Baltic reefer trade
May 16, 2013 10:02 AM

Easyfresh Poland (Sealogistics) is heading the Gdansk Port Coldstore Project, set for the Polish port city’s DCT (deepwater container terminal)....

TQL donates $1 per load
in salute to US troops
May 15, 2013 9:22 AM

Total Quality Logistics (TQL) has begun its $1 Per Load Memorial Day fund-raising campaign....

C R England appoints
chief operating officers
May 10, 2013 8:58 AM

C R England has announced the promotion of Brandon Harrison and Zach England to the positions of chief operating officers....

MVT selects, implements
Precise SQLyzer platform
May 7, 2013 8:52 AM

Precise Software announced that Mesilla Valley Transportation (MVT) has selected and successfully implemented Precise’s new SQLyzer performance analytics platform....

CII plans one-day seminar in Houston TX
May 1, 2013 8:37 AM

The Containerization & Intermodal Institute (CII) will bring a one-day seminar to Houston TX on June 20, 2013, focusing on the Panama Canal, an update on US export initiatives, and breakbulk shipping...

C R England reorganizes
senior leadership team
Apr 30, 2013 9:12 AM

Dan England, chairman of temperature-controlled carrier C R England, has announced a reorganization and new titles for members of the senior leadership team....

UPS enhancing global
healthcare reach via
CEMELOG acquisition
Apr 29, 2013 9:43 AM

UPS announced it will purchase Hungary-based pharmaceutical logistics company CEMELOG Zrt as part of its ongoing global growth and investment strategy....

Johanson Transportation
wins BBB Ethics Award
Apr 26, 2013 8:57 AM

Johanson Transportation Service has been awarded the 2013 Better Business Bureau (BBB) Ethics Award for Marketplace Excellence in the large company category....

Tyson Foods recognizes
Premier Carriers of Year
Apr 16, 2013 9:21 AM

Tyson Foods Inc has named 18 of its vendor carriers as Premier Carriers of the Year for 2013. This is the second year the company has selected carriers for the honor....

Smithfield ‘Ham Brigade’
serves its 150th donation
to Helping Hungry Homes
Apr 1, 2013 9:52 AM

The Smithfield Packing Co Inc has announced its 150th donation under the company’s Helping Hungry Homes initiative....

Poultry Processors

Nordic Cold Storage
opens facility’s first
phase near Savannah
Apr 17, 2013 9:30 AM

Nordic Cold Storage has announced the grand opening of the first phase of its storage and blast facility near the Port of Savannah GA....

Tyson Foods recognizes
Premier Carriers of Year
Apr 16, 2013 9:21 AM

Tyson Foods Inc has named 18 of its vendor carriers as Premier Carriers of the Year for 2013. This is the second year the company has selected carriers for the honor....