Dot Foods signs contract
for data synchronization

Dot Foods has entered into a technology agreement with 1SYNC—the GS1 US data pool—and Aligntrac Solutions after a recently completed pilot study....

Marten Transport net
income drops in 3Q '09

Marten Transport Ltd, the Mondovi WI-based temperature-sensitive truckload carrier, has reported its financial and operating results for the third quarter of 2009. ...

ATA applauds federal plan
to implement truck driver
pre-employment screening

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announcement of a Driver Pre-Employment Screening Program marks the culmination of the American Trucking Association’s (ATA) seven-year effort to refine the driver selection process in order to improve truck safety....

XATA debuts new reefer
management capability

XATA Corporation announced the release of a new reefer management and temperature monitoring system that integrates with its XATANET fleet management tools....

Thermo King V-520 system
designed for small trucks

Thermo King has introduced the V-520 vehicle-powered temperature control system for small trucks....

Stater Bros completes
sale of Santee Dairies

Stater Bros Holdings Inc’s wholly owned subsidiary, Stater Bros Markets, has completed the sale of Santee Dairies to Dean Foods....

Berkshire Partners plans
to invest in Grocery Outlet

Berkshire Partners LLC, a Boston MA-based private equity firm, has signed a definitive agreement to make an equity investment in Grocery Outlet Inc, an extreme-value grocery retailer with more than 135 stores in the western United States....

Biodiesel fuel returns
more energy than ever,
new research indicates

Biodiesel is better than ever at harnessing the power of the sun and turning it into fuel. In fact, a study shows the fuel is returning more than four times the energy that it takes to make biodiesel....

Frozen Food Express wins
ATA safe practices award

Frozen Food Express Industries Inc has won an improvement award in the Truck and Industrial Safety Contests from the American Trucking Associations....

Johnson ElectriMax provides
game-changing advantages

Johnson Refrigerated Truck Bodies offers a fiberglass refrigerated truck body with ElectriMax all-electric refrigeration....

HDR1 tire can handle
regional wear and tear

Continental Tire North America Inc has introduced the HDR1 drive tire for sales in the North American market....

Cold storage facility
opens for business
in South African port

One of South Africa’s most technologically advanced cold storage facilities, built by Transnet at a cost of 45 million rands, was officially launched at the Cape Town Multipurpose Terminal recently....

EU backs speedy action
to avert HFC climate threat

At the recent climate change negotiations in Bangkok, Thailand, the European Union (EU) endorsed using the Montreal Protocol to phase down “super” greenhouse gases called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)....

Feds cite Fresh Harvest
for violations of PACA

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Fresh Harvest International Inc, operating in Weston FL, for willful, repeated, and flagrant violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA)....

Carrier Transicold offers
2010 engines for TRUs
a couple months early

Those who purchase Carrier Transicold truck and trailer refrigeration units between now and the end of 2009 will get a welcome bonus: additional engine compliance life under California Air Resources Board (CARB) regulations....

ArvinMeritor wins lawsuit against Eaton

ArvinMeritor Inc announced that a jury has ruled in favor of ZF Meritor LLC, a venture between ArvinMeritor and ZF Friedrichshafen AG, and Meritor Transmission Corporation, an ArvinMeritor company, in the companies’ antitrust lawsuit against Eaton Corporation...

Commercial vehicle markets on a slow road to recovery

After three consecutive years of double-digit production declines, including more than 40% declines in 2009, the medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicle markets are at the beginning of a three-year period of steady growth, according to ACT Research Co...

Tesco deploys Secureseal
to improve fleet security

United Kingdom-based international grocery and retail chain Tesco is improving security of goods in transit with Secureseal’s tamper-evident trailer seals....

TRU compliance options
list is provided online

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has published a list of diesel particulate matter control technology options for complying with the Transport Refrigeration Unit (TRU) Airborne Toxic Control Measure (ATCM)....

Convoy for a Cure plans
first US event in battle
to defeat breast cancer

Female truckers will come together October 24 to help drive out breast cancer by participating in the first US-based Convoy for a Cure, a one-day fund-raising event for female drivers and those in the transportation industry....

Revised TIA course covers
perishable load transport

Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) will offer a newly updated and revised Internet-based temperature-controlled transportation course....

Arrow’s Back on the Road
aims to benefit a trucker

Arrow Truck Sales has announced the launch of Arrow’s Back On The Road 2010 campaign, presented by Volvo Trucks North America....

Unilever plans to expand
facility in Covington TN

Unilever will be expanding its plant in Covington TN during the first quarter of 2010....

Rite-Vu system detects forklift
inside trailer, alerts personnel

Rite-Hite Corporation introduces the Rite-Vu Light Communication System, which detects when a forklift is inside of a trailer and alerts loading dock personnel to stay clear of dock openings while any trailer is in service....

FMCSA plans pre-employment screening program for drivers

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will launch a new Driver Pre-Employment Screening Program that will allow commercial motor carrier companies to electronically access driver inspection and crash records as a part of the hiring process...