Transite whitepaper covers
turning shipping into profit

Transite Technology has released a whitepaper, Transportation and Logistics: Are You Managing a Cost Function or Driving a Strategic Profit Center? that describes easy and inexpensive ways to turn the shipping function into a profit center....

Carrier introduces first single-temperature trailer hybrid refrigeration unit

North America’s first single-temperature trailer refrigeration unit to use hybrid diesel-electric Deltek technology has been introduced by Carrier Transicold....

ICE turns to the sun
to cut cold-storage costs

In a dedication ceremony March 19, Hamann Construction, Innovative Cold Storage Enterprises Inc. (ICE), San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), and SunPower Corporation are celebrating completion of ICE II, ICE’s new 134,511-square-foot cold-storage building....

Thermo King unveils
products, services

An all-new T-Series of temperature control units for straight trucks and an enhanced guaranteed refrigeration unit maintenance program were among the new offerings announced by Thermo King at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky, which runs through March 21....

Thermo King announces 2008 award winners

Thermo King recognizes top performers in 2008 with Dealer and Corporate Awards at the recent dealer meeting....

Cummins unveils
its SCR engines

Cummins Inc. (NYSE:CMI) used the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky, to unveil its on-highway engine lineup ready to meet the new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations for the North American market....

Fresh Facts on Retail report issued

The United Fresh Research & Education Foundation has released its quarterly research report, Fresh Facts on Retail, for the fourth quarter of 2008....

DOT upgrades ODAPC website

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Drug & Alcohol Policy & Compliance has updated the links and appearance of its home page at www.dot.gov/ost/dapc....

DOT moving quickly to use transportation funding for economic recovery

The US Department of Transportation is keeping its promise to use its economic recovery funding to invest in the nation’s transportation system and create jobs, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said...

President Obama blinks in NAFTA truck dispute

President Obama has tasked the Department of Transportation (DOT) and others to propose legislation to meet the NAFTA agreement that mandates allowing Mexican-licensed trucks to travel beyond commercial zones along the US-Mexico border....

TCA honors McCorkle Truck Line chief

David McCorkle, chairman of the board for McCorkle Truck Line, Oklahoma City OK, has been honored with the Truckload Carriers Association’s Past Chairman’s Award....

Save Mart retrofitting TRUs
with Rypos filtration systems

Save Mart Supermarkets and its wholly owned subsidiary, SMART Refrigerated Transport, plan to purchase Rypos LETRU (Low-Emission Transport Refrigeration Unit) exhaust filtration systems to bring its transportation refrigeration units (TRU) into compliance with the diesel TRU engine emissions levels required by the California Air Resources Board (CARB)....

Initiative to advance wireless data technology

Lockheed Martin’s Savi Technology, Michelin, Texas Instruments, and others are forming the DASH7 Alliance, a cross-industry initiative to expand the use of a wireless data technology commonly used in the global defense industry but increasingly used by commercial customers. ...

PA grants to fund anti-idling law education

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has awarded grants to three regional air quality organizations to help the trucking industry comply with the state’s anti-idling law...

ATA files motion in HOS
legal challenge reponse

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) has filed a motion to intervene in response to the latest challenge to the hours-of-service (HOS) rules....

California summit to address
key transportation issues

The 2009 Southern California Transportation and Logistics Summit will address key issues facing the transportation and logistics industry in Southern California and the nation....

New law blocks Mexico trucks in US

Language in the 2009 appropriations act signed into law by President Obama will prevent Mexican-licensed trucks from traveling beyond commercial zones along the US-Mexico border...

CARB revises TRU advisory
on six-month grace period

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has revised its TRU Advisory 08-15, which discusses the six-month administrative enforcement grace period for the first phase of the Transport Refrigeration Unit (TRU) Airborne Toxic Control Measure’s (ATCM) in-use performance standards....

ALDI Inc. selects RedPrairie
for distribution management

RedPrairie Corporation has announced ALDI Inc.’s selection of its Transportation Management (TMS) system to coordinate shipments across ALDI’s network of North American distribution centers....

Pennant Foods to acquire
frozen bread dough business

Pennant Foods, a provider of specialty bakery products to the foodservice and retail industry, has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase a portion of the General Mills Bakeries and Food Service frozen bread dough business....

Smith Dairy churns out
one century of success

Smith Dairy Products Company, an Orrville OH-based regional maker of dairy products, beverages, and ice cream, is looking back in 2009 during its year-long 100th anniversary celebration....

Nash Finch tallies fiscal results for 4Q, 2008

Nash Finch Company has announced financial results for the 53 weeks (fiscal 2008) ended January 3, 2009....

PakSense expands South American presence

PakSense Inc. has established a direct sales and distribution presence in South America....

Obama names FDA leaders,
creates food safety group

President Barack Obama has appointed Dr. Margaret “Peggy” Hamburg as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and Dr. Joshua Sharfstein as principal deputy commissioner. The president also announced the creation of a new Food Safety Working Group....