Refrigerated Transporter News Archives

Tyson Foods salutes
18 Premier Carriers
May 25, 2012

Tyson Foods Inc has named 18 of its vendor carriers as “Premier Carriers of the Year” for 2012. This is the first year the company has selected carriers for the honor....

Testa Produce facility
receives Edie Award
May 25, 2012

Testa Produce Distribution Center in Chicago IL is one of five projects announced as winners of the Edie (Economic Development in Illinois) Award....

IARW Top 25 lists
of PRWs indicate
positive growth
May 24, 2012

The International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses (IARW) has released its annual IARW Global Top 25 List of the public refrigerated warehouses (PRWs) with the greatest capacity of warehouse space in the world....

Fikes operation
deploys TRANSFLO
Express scanning
May 24, 2012

Fikes Truck Line and its sister company FTL Custom Commodities have implemented TRANSFLO Express truckstop scanning from Pegasus TransTech....

PeopleNet delivers engine
reporting for CNG, LNG vehicles
May 24, 2012

PeopleNet announced that it is the only telematics provider to deliver engine reporting for compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquid natural gas (LNG) vehicles....

TCBY takes frozen yogurt
to the streets with truck
May 23, 2012

TCBY recently launched its new frozen yogurt truck platform in Charlotte NC as part of its expansion....

ATA Truck Tonnage Index
retreats 1.1% in April 2012
May 23, 2012

The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 1.1% in April 2012 after increasing 0.6% in March....

Bridgestone offers fuel-saving tire system
May 23, 2012

Bridgestone Commercial Solutions now offers a total tire system that can save money and helps the planet as well...

Freight index sets volume record in April
May 23, 2012

In April 2012, the TransCore DAT North American Freight Index achieved the highest volume in a single month since the index was established in 1996...

Great Dane establishes
partnership with Chinese
manufacturer Ice Bear
May 22, 2012

Henan Bingxiong Refrigerated Truck Co Ltd (Ice Bear) has raised a new round of financing led by Baird Capital Partners Asia CCI and its portfolio company Great Dane....

Nash Finch to purchase
No Frills Supermarkets
May 22, 2012

Nash Finch Company, a Minneapolis MN-based food distributor, announced that U Save Foods Inc, a Nash Finch wholly owned subsidiary, has entered into an agreement to purchase the No Frills Supermarkets....

Perron Trucking receives
seventh Sargento award
May 21, 2012

At its spring driver’s meeting in April 2012, Timon Perron Trucking of Campbellsport WI celebrated receiving its seventh Large Carrier Of The Year Award from Sargento Cheese....

Agro-Jal Farms finds
Noribachi LED lighting
outshines fluorescents
May 21, 2012

Noribachi recently saw its ultra-efficient, cold-temperature-compatible LED fixtures successfully installed by Mark Pereira of CIM Electric at Agro-Jal Farms’ new cold storage warehouse....

Mexican lime shipper
prefers Purfresh system
May 17, 2012

Purfresh Inc has announced that Comercializadora Tierra Mexicana (Comtiem) prefers Purfresh over more traditional systems for long-haul shipments of limes....

GreenRoad Central
mobile app delivers
driver performance data
May 17, 2012

The GreenRoad Central mobile app for drivers is designed and optimized to give drivers anytime, anywhere access to key performance data....

FoodLink Deal Manager helps
suppliers customize promotions
May 17, 2012

FoodLink, the buying platform that connects fresh food retailers and wholesalers to a network of more than 2,000 supplier companies, has launched FoodLink Deal Manager....

AG New England
upgrades storage site
to Intelligent Lighting
May 16, 2012

Associated Grocers of New England (AG New England) has upgraded the cold storage facility in its Pembroke NH headquarters to Digital Lumens’ Intelligent Lighting System....

This fish story’s true:
Alaska seafood industry
taking off to new heights
May 16, 2012

Alaska Airlines and the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) have unveiled the world’s largest king salmon. Stretching nearly 129 feet, the fish-themed design will adorn a Boeing 737-800 jetliner and be revealed in autumn 2012....

Preliminary Class 8 orders continue decline
May 16, 2012

FTR Associates has released preliminary data showing April 2012 Class 8 truck total net orders at 16,877 units, the lowest number since September 2010 and 55% below the same month a year ago...

Commercial vehicle net orders soft in April
May 16, 2012

North America medium- and heavy-duty GVW Classes 6-7 and Class 8 commercial vehicle preliminary net orders for April 2012 were down from March as reported by ACT Research Co LLC...

Choptank Transport
supplies University
of Maryland scholarship
May 15, 2012

Choptank Transport attended the University of Maryland’s Celebration of Scholarships recently, where Choptank announced it has completed a scholarship endowment program with the University of Maryland....

General Mills will market
Yoplait yogurt in Canada
May 15, 2012

General Mills has confirmed that Yoplait SAS has reached an agreement to terminate the current Yoplait brand license in Canada effective September 1, 2012....

Vector 5100s provide
bushels of benefits
for produce center
May 14, 2012

Like many North American metropolitan food distribution operations, the New England Produce Center (NEPC) in Chelsea MA uses stationary refrigerated trailers to manage capacity at its facility....

eFueling, QuikQ offer
cardless fleet fueling
May 14, 2012

eFueling Technologies has announced a strategic alliance with truckstop fuel transaction processing provider QuikQ....

Delhaize America, Food
Lion reopen distribution
center in North Carolina
May 11, 2012

Delhaize America and Food Lion have reopened their distribution center in Dunn NC. The facility was severely damaged April 16, 2011 by a tornado, and the company recently completed construction and expansion activities at the center....

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