Goodyear’s fleetHQ keeps
JS Helwig rolling forward

Hauling beef and frozen foods, Dallas TX-based JS Helwig & Son LLC knows all about the importance of delivering on time. Its customers, primarily on the East Coast, have tight deadlines—and even tighter areas for deliveries....

Kenworth receives award
for LNG technician training

Kenworth Truck Company recently received a 2009 Exemplary Innovation Award from the California Economic & Workforce Development program in association with the California Community Colleges...

ATA says it’s time to get
serious about infrastructure

Results of the Texas Transportation Research Institute’s (TTI) 2009 Urban Mobility Report show that it’s time to get serious about highway infrastructure investment, said the American Trucking Associations...

Meritor WABCO debuts
SmartTrac systems line

Meritor WABCO Vehicle Control Systems has introduced SmartTrac, a suite of antilock braking, automatic traction control, and stability control systems for commercial vehicles...

Norfolk Southern, Union
Pacific put the rush
on reefer shipments

Norfolk Southern Railway and Union Pacific Railroad announced they have launched a new expedited intermodal service specifically designed for refrigerated trailer shippers between Los Angeles CA and Atlanta GA....

Hill Bros receives highest
SmartWay program score

Hill Bros Transportation recently received the highest score offered by the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) SmartWay program....

PowerRush Platinum AGM battery
cranks up the power where needed

The new PowerRush Platinum AGM battery from Carrier Transicold provides higher performance and significantly longer life than conventional 12-volt wet-cell batteries...

Whole Foods Market teams
with Non-GMO Project

Whole Foods Market has announced a commitment to the Non-GMO Project—a non-profit collaboration of manufacturers, retailers, processors, distributors, farmers, seed breeders, and consumers—to use the Non-GMO’s Product Verification Program (PVP) in connection with Whole Foods Market’s private label products....

Wanted: Nominations
for Trucking Image Award

The American Trucking Associations is seeking nominations for the third annual Mike Russell “Good stuff” Trucking Image Award....

Pegasus acquires controlling
interest in Hain Pure Protein

The Hain Celestial Group Inc has reached agreement with Pegasus Capital Advisors LP under which Pegasus acquired a controlling interest in the Hain Pure Protein joint venture....

Alliance Parts introduces
line of replacement LEDs

Alliance Parts, a provider of new and remanufactured replacement parts for the commercial transportation industry, has introduced a complete line of replacement light-emitting diodes (LEDs)....

Volvo's employee wellness
program wins national award

Volvo Trucks North America was honored by the National Business Group on Health as one of the nation’s leading corporations for innovative programs to promote a healthy workplace...

Mack's employee wellness
program earns recognition

Mack Trucks Inc received national recognition for its employee wellness program from The National Business Group on Health in Washington DC recently...

Prototype reefer
intermodal container
goes into service

A refrigerated intermodal container that includes a range of electronic monitoring capabilities has been placed in service by SRS Intermodal Leasing LLC. ...

ATA, state trucking groups
provide VMRS products

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) and state trucking associations participating in ATA Business Solutions are now the exclusive providers of ATA’s Vehicle Maintenance Reporting Standards (VMRS) 2000 products....

StarTrak Systems adds
18 new fleet customers

Alanco Technologies Inc announced that its StarTrak Systems subsidiary, provider of wireless monitoring and two-way control systems for the refrigerated transport industry, added 18 new fleet customers....

Meritor WABCO
revamps its website

Meritor WABCO Vehicle Control Systems has released a new, updated website to provide North American truck operators with clearer and faster access to advanced braking systems information...

Truck-involved fatality
rate drops 12% in 2008

Figures released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) indicate that the truck-involved fatality rate in 2008 declined 12%, dropping from 4,822 in 2007 to 4,229....

SecurMag secures hand pallet jack
in trailer while vehicle is in motion

SecurMag, a patent-pending, proprietary product manufactured and distributed by Whitmann Holdings LLC, is designed for LTL (less than truckload) markets....

TRU ATCM compliance
deadlines are extended

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has delayed two compliance deadlines for the Transport Refrigeration Unit (TRU) Airborne Toxic Control Measure (ATCM)....

Yucaipa leads global
restructuring of Eimskip

Los Angeles CA-based investment firm The Yucaipa Companies LLC has announced the $2.0 billion global restructuring of Hf Eimskipafelag Islands (Eimskip), a top shipping and logistics company in Iceland and the North Atlantic....

ATA Truck Tonnage Index
increases 3.2% in May

The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose for the first time since February 2009, gaining 3.2% in May 2009....

Darden honors recipients
of annual supplier award

Darden Restaurants Inc has announced the recipients of its annual William B Darden Distinguished Supplier Awards....

Sargento Foods upgrades
Warehouse Management

RedPrairie Corporation, a productivity software provider, has announced that Sargento Foods Inc has successfully upgraded to a new version of RedPrairie Warehouse Management....

SkyBitz protects assets
with two new sensors

SkyBitz has announced the availability of Tank Activity and Tire Pressure sensors. The two new sensors, together with SkyBitz’s suite of intelligent sensors, provide remote monitoring and diagnostic capabilities of enterprise assets...