Shell Lubricants Emissions Symposium focus: EPA 2010

Shell experts will present and discuss the various new emission control technologies, equipment changes, lubricants, and coolants. ...

DTNA will participate in Clean Cities program

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) announced its selection of 25 cost-share projects under the Clean Cities program that will be funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ...

United States Cold Storage
opens Pennsylvania facility

Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development Deputy Secretary Dorothy Kaplan helped cut the ribbon on a new Hazleton PA facility that will house one of the nation’s premier refrigerated warehouse companies....

Line Splice can repair damage
without removal of entire line

Newman’s Own expands
frozen pizza distribution

Newman’s Own Inc is expanding distribution of its new line of frozen pizzas to 30% of the United States as of August 2009....

Permalogic Selector System
for reefer trailers, liftgates

Phillips has released its Permalogic Selector System designed specifically for fleets using refrigerated trailers and liftgates....

SmartDrive study quantifies
driver distraction for fleets

SmartDrive Systems announced results of a large-scale study of commercial fleets to quantify driver distraction and identify the root causes, providing fleet managers with an action plan for improving safety...

GE Security, Liberty Mutual
unit offer Onboard Advisor

GE Security Inc, a business of GE Enterprise Solutions; and Liberty Mutual Agency Markets, a strategic business unit of Liberty Mutual Group, announced national availability of Onboard Advisor fleet management technology....

Navistar Financial Corporation
renews inventory funding plan

Consistent with previous guidance, Navistar Financial Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Navistar International Corp, announced that as part of its strategy for refinancing its wholesale portfolio it has signed an agreement for a one-year renewal of a $650 million dealer floor plan funding facility....

McLane unit will supply
Panda Restaurant Group
food distribution services

Panda Restaurant Group Inc (PRG) has selected McLane Foodservice, a division of McLane Company Inc, to supply food distribution services through its Phoenix AZ and Arlington TX facilities to more than 200 Panda stores in those regions....

ATA Truck Tonnage Index
moves upward in July '09

The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 2.1% in July 2009....

Spicer S140 axles designed
to increase productivity

Dana Holding Corporation has launched the Spicer S140 series, a new family of single-drive, medium-duty axles....

Utility Trailer dealership
reopens in Mississippi

Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company announces the reopening of Southern States Utility Trailer in Richland MS....

USDA cites one company,
files action against second

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

ATRI test project compares
idle-reducing technologies

The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) has released the results of a demonstration project involving four mobile idle reduction systems. ...

Trailer ABS lamp now
permanent requirement

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a final rule that makes permanent an existing requirement that trailers with antilock brake systems (ABS)...

Davis Express saves
about $389,000 a year
using fuel-stingy T660s

When diesel fuel prices reached as high as $4.75 per gallon a year ago, Davis Express was way ahead of the competition because it specified its trucks with fuel-saving components and selected the Kenworth T660 as its model of choice....

RFID-enabled system pays
dividends for H&M Bay

H&M Bay, a temperature-controlled less-than-truckload (LTL) third-party logistics provider, was featured in a recent issue of RFID Journal....

PSI-branded hoses deliver
maximum air to tires

When replacing the valve stem connection hoses on the Meritor Tire Inflation System (MTIS) by PSI (Pressure Systems International), it is recommended that the proprietary MTIS hose be used to maximize the performance of the system...

Domestic intermodal
transport increases
market share in 2Q

Domestic intermodal transport gained significant market share against trucks in the second quarter of 2009, a recent analysis by FTR Associates shows...

First Mack Pinnacle rolls off
Macungie PA assembly line

A new era began August 13, when the first Mack Pinnacle tractor came off the production line at the Macungie Assembly Operations in Pennsylvania...

R-O-M Corp enhances SidekicK
folding ramp with larger wheels

More than a decade ago, R-O-M Corporation introduced the SidekicK, a reversible folding walkramp and transverse carrier system that increased side-door delivery options for food distributors. Since that time, continued product improvements have enhanced the SidekicK....