Crown InfoLink 3.0 focuses
on improving productivity

Forklift manufacturer Crown Equipment Corporation is offering the Crown InfoLink 3.0 fleet and operator management system with new features designed to improve customer productivity and reduce warehouse costs....

Choptank implements
PowerBroker system

Choptank Transport, the Preston MD-based freight broker serving the truckload temperature-controlled market, has implemented the McLeod PowerBroker system for operations management....

Reefer carriers undergo
early-winter rate declines

TransCore reports that refrigerated (reefer) carriers serving the Atlanta GA and Philadelphia PA markets experienced sharp rate declines on the spot market in the most recent 30-day period, from mid-December 2010 through mid-January 2011....

Fontaine has fifthwheel training materials

Fontaine Fifth Wheel has released a video and document outlining the proper coupling, sliding, and uncoupling procedures for its newest fifthwheels, the Fontaine Ultra LT, Ultra HD, and Ultra HR...

Luber-finer phone app aids in filter change

Luber-finer, a Champion Laboratories Inc filter brand, has released its latest filter change productivity enhancement tool: the new Luber-finer “phone app” for smartphones that run on Android operating systems...

Sheetz chooses HighJump
to streamline operations

Convenience store chain Sheetz has selected the HighJump Software’s warehouse management system (WMS) to streamline its supply chain operations for replenishment of retail locations....

Grand Island Express
selects PAR to monitor
its reefer trailer fleet

Grand Island Express has chosen PAR Logistics Management Systems (PAR LMS), a wholly owned subsidiary of PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE: PAR), to provide real-time monitoring and control for its refrigerated fleet of 225 trailers....

Intermec Inc agrees
to purchase Vocollect

Intermec Inc (NYSE: IN) has entered into a definitive agreement under which it will acquire Vocollect Inc, a provider of voice-centric systems for mobile workers worldwide....

Ceridian-UCLA index sees year-end surge

The Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index (PCI), a real-time measure of the flow of goods to US factories, retailers, and consumers, surged 2.4% in December 2010 and pushed the PCI above its previous 2010 peak established in May. This performance, combined with November’s 0.4% increase, was enough to offset three previous consecutive months of decline...

Tire Digest Volume IV offered as a book

Pressure Systems International (PSI) is offering a full set of Volume IV (Jan-Nov/Dec 2010) Commercial Fleet Tire Digest issues, as a printed spiral-bound book...