Partnership urges
preserving Interstate
commercialization ban

The Partnership to Save Highway Communities urged the leadership of the US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) to maintain the prohibition on commercial activity along the Interstate right-of-way in the upcoming extension of the current highway reauthorization law....

Freightliner debuts M2 112
natural gas-powered truck

Freightliner Trucks introduced its first natural gas-powered truck, the Freightliner Business Class M2 112 NG....

Danfoss controller delivers lower
operating costs to food facilities

Danfoss, a manufacturer of electronic controls, components, compressors, and variable-speed drives for air-conditioning and refrigeration, introduces the AK-CS, a new controller designed specifically for small food retail facilities....

National Dairy acquires
Promised Land operations

National Dairy LLC, one of the nation’s largest dairy processing companies, has announced the purchase of all-natural milk processor Promised Land Dairy Distribution Inc....

Bashas' Inc grocery chain
seeks Chapter 11 protection

The Bashas’ Inc family-owned grocery chain has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as a weak economy and intense competition weighs on the supermarket industry....

FTR Trucking Conditions Index
decreases slightly in May 2009

The FTR Trucking Conditions Index eased down two points in May 2009 to a reading of –22, reflecting the effects of continued overcapacity in the trucking industry...

Medium-duty forecast
continues weakening

The forecast for heavy-duty trucks and trailers remains steady, but the medium-duty forecast continues to slide, according ACT Research Company...

US size, weight limits impede
truck productivity, study finds

US trucks would be more fuel-efficient and emit fewer greenhouse gases if they were as productive as trucks in Europe, Canada, and Australia, according to preliminary results of a multi-nation study...

Winn-Dixie remodels
51 stores, launches
new brand position

Winn-Dixie Stores Inc has completed remodels and upgrades on 51 of its Winn-Dixie stores in the Jacksonville FL area....

Flying J agrees to merge
with Pilot Travel Centers

Flying J Inc and Pilot Travel Centers LLC have entered into a preliminary merger agreement that will provide a framework for Flying J’s core travel plaza business to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection....

C H Robinson acquires
US customs brokerage

Third-party logistics company C H Robinson Worldwide Inc acquired certain assets of International Trade & Commerce Inc (ITC), a US customs brokerage headquartered in Laredo TX....

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....