Unilever plans to close
Hagerstown MD plant

Unilever, one of the world’s largest consumer goods companies, announced that it will be closing its manufacturing plant in Hagerstown MD....

NAVTEQ powers RunSmart
Predictive Cruise system

Daimler Trucks North America LLC has selected the NAVTEQ map to power the new RunSmart Predictive Cruise system for its Cascadia line of vehicles....

Forgotten Harvest gets
hybrid help for its fleet

Forgotten Harvest, the Detroit MI mobile food rescue organization, has taken delivery of its first hybrid-powered truck....

New coalition presses
Congress to raise
vehicle weight limit

More than 100 associations and companies—including Coca-Cola, Kraft, and MillerCoors—officially launched the Coalition for Transportation Productivity (CTP)....

CSW opens refrigerated
warehouse in Wisconsin

Central Storage & Warehouse Company (CSW) announces the opening of its newly constructed Eau Claire WI public refrigerated warehouse....

Grote’s new SlimWhite lamps can
illuminate large spaces, tight places

Grote Industries has introduced two versions of its new SlimWhite lamp....

C R England tests aerodynamic
efficiency of trailer side skirts

C R England is testing 100 side skirts for increased trailer aerodynamics. As a US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SmartWay Transport Carrier Partner, the Salt Lake City UT-based transportation company performs continuous testing on new technologies....

ConAgra Foods identity
receives a fresh makeover

ConAgra Foods has revealed a new brand identity, created after research with multiple stakeholder groups, including customers, revealed lack of association between ConAgra Foods and its brands....

Carrier Transicold redesigns
Container Products Group site

The website for the Container Products Group of Carrier Transicold was recently redesigned....

Proventia FTF approved
for bobtail TRU usage

Proventia has received California Air Resources Board (CARB) approval for the Proventia FTF (flow-through filter), which fits many models of the Thermo King straight truck (bobtail) Transport Refrigeration Units (TRUs)....

New York City Produce
Terminal Market online

The New York City Produce Terminal Market (NYCPTM), a group of produce wholesalers that sell about three billion tons of fruit and vegetables per year, announces the launch of its website....

Reefer truck cooling
uses cryogenic fluid

Reflect Scientific Inc has received an order for its cooling system for use in overland refrigerated trucks and in the broader transportation industry....

Chiquita Brands
harvests award
for environmental
stewardship

The Distribution Business Management Association (DBMA), represented by 50 top global supply chain companies, granted Chiquita Brands International the 2009 Circle of Excellence Award....

Group salutes
ArvinMeritor
for supporting
military employees

ArvinMeritor Inc has earned the highest level award in Michigan for providing exceptional support to its employees who serve in the US military and is in contention for a similar national award from the US Secretary of Defense....

Kenworth brochure covers
Bendix air disc brakes

Kenworth Truck Company has produced a new brochure on Bendix ADB22X air disc brakes from Bendix Spicer Foundation Brakes LLC....

XATA provides TREQ-M4
in-cab color display unit

XATA Corporation has announced the availability of the TREQ-M4 in-cab color display unit (CDU), the newest in-cab touch-screen computer provided by QSI Corporation....

Umpqua Dairy ‘HighJumps’
into greater DSD efficiency

Umpqua Dairy has reduced its direct labor expense, increased efficiency, and improved customer service since implementing systems from HighJump Software....

ATA Truck Tonnage Index falls in April 2009

The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 2.2 percent in April 2009 after plunging 4.5 percent in March....

ATA’s Safety Management
Council seeks nominees

ATA’s Safety Management Council recently announced the 2009 ATA award deadlines for a number of its top safety awards....

Worst of recession
is over, FTR report says

In a recent flash report to its subscribers, forecasting firm FTR Associates reported that “recent data suggests that the worst of the recession is over.”...

ARB verifies Dinex DiSiC
diesel particulate filter

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has verified the Dinex DiSiC (Level 3 Plus) diesel particulate filter for use on most trailer Transport Refrigeration Units (TRUs) using 1999–2005 model year engines....

ATA supports drug,
alcohol clearinghouse bill

American Trucking Associations (ATA) supports the Safe Roads Act, S.1113, introduced recently by Sen Mark Pryor, (D-AR)...

Capacity of Texas
to offer MaxxForce 7

Capacity of Texas Inc, a manufacturer of terminal tractors worldwide, announced the availability of the Navistar MaxxForce 7 Diesel Engine in its terminal tractor product line beginning this autumn...

Getloaded.com adds PC*Miler program

Getloaded.com has launched a new PC*Miler feature that allows truckers and brokers to get exact route direction and the corresponding toll charges with every load....

ATA provides Practical Cargo Securement

American Trucking Associations’ (ATA) Safety Management Council has released Practical Cargo Securement, a 405-page resource for drivers, carriers, shippers, and law enforcement on how to properly secure cargo for transport....