AgTEC offers studies backing
truck weight limit increase

Agricultural Transportation Efficiency Coalition (AgTEC), which supports increasing the overall gross vehicle weight limits for trucks, has analyzed and made available 11 independent studies...

ArvinMeritor participates
in hybrid truck convoy

ArvinMeritor Inc participated in a June 11 hybrid truck convoy to Capitol Hill, sponsored by Hybrid Truck Users Forum (HTUF) and CALSTART...

ATA unveils 18 initiatives
for greater highway safety

American Trucking Associations (ATA) unveiled its new highway safety agenda at a Capitol Hill press conference...

Cap-and-trade program
will harm trucking: ATA

American Trucking Associations (ATA) told a congressional committee that a cap-and-trade program would impose significant costs on truckers and American consumers...

Volvo Truck agrees to carry
SAF-Holland’s spare parts

SAF-Holland SA is joining forces with the Volvo Truck Corporation in the aftermarket business. As part of this cooperation, Volvo Truck Corporation has started to include SAF-Holland spare parts in its European Truck Shop...

Union Pacific has greener
produce delivery on track

Union Pacific Railroad’s refrigerated boxcar fleet has been known for its ability to deliver fresh produce. The railroad now is delivering “greener” produce, too....

Volvo Trucks announces
Dealers of Year for 2008

Volvo Trucks North America recently announced its 2008 Dealers of the Year for the United States and Canada....

Foster Farms to acquire
two foodservice brands

Family-owned Foster Farms has reached an agreement to purchase the Fernando’s and El Extremo foodservice brands from ConAgra Foods....

Coldpack receives two
insulation certifications

Coldpack has received two new certifications substantiating its products’ ability to meet the industry’s highest insulating standards....

The Really Cool Food Co
merges with Renaissance

The Really Cool Food Company LLC and Renaissance Food Group LLC have announced a merger....

Psion Teklogix mobile devices
enhance efficiency for USCS

Psion Teklogix Inc announced that United States Cold Storage (USCS), a leading public refrigerated warehousing (PRW) company, has begun a nationwide implementation of new Psion Teklogix’ mobile devices at more than 30 sites....

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....

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....

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....

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....

Carrier Transicold redesigns
Container Products Group site

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

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....