Fresh Del Monte reports 4Q, 2008 financial results

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. has reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 26, 2008....

Thermo King again wins Sysco supplier award

Thermo King was recently recognized as an “Operations Supplier of the Year” by Sysco Corporation, the Houston TX-based foodservice marketer and distributor....

TMC approves formation
of service dealer panel

The Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) of the American Trucking Associations approved the formation of a new service dealer committee during its recent annual meeting and Transportation Technology Exhibition....

Prohibiting engine power
for TRUs is workshop topic

The California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) is holding a public workshop to discuss regulatory concepts for prohibiting the use of internal combustion engines to power transport refrigeration units (TRUs) on trucks, trailers, shipping containers, and railcars for extended cold storage....

Pilgrim’s Pride closing
plants as it restructures

Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation says it will idle three of its 32 U.S. chicken processing plants by mid-May as part of its reorganization....

DOT unveils framework
for its fiscal 2010 budget

The Department of Transportation has unveiled the framework of its proposed fiscal year 2010 budget, and “it is a start toward setting the nation’s transportation system on a sustainable path,” said DOT Secretary Ray LaHood....

ATA assesses proposed
infrastructure financing

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) has commended the National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission for its thorough accounting of funding deficiency challenges facing the nation’s surface transportation systems....

Study finds 30% decrease
in 2008's traffic congestion

The second annual INRIX National Traffic Scorecard reveals a 30% decline in traffic congestion in 2008 during the peak periods on major roads in urban America....

Sainsbury supermarkets
add biogas-fueled trucks

Sainsbury’s supermarkets in the United Kingdom are adding five more trucks with hybrid systems that use a combination biomethane fuel and diesel fuel....

TRU website provides
compliance assistance

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has posted a Carrier Transicold compliance assistance document on the TRU website....

Hoffa lauds proposed ban
on unsafe Mexican trucks

Teamsters union General President James Hoffa has applauded the U.S. House Democratic leadership for including a ban on unsafe Mexican trucks in the Omnibus Appropriations Bill unveiled February 23....

New certification system
for logistics workers

A new credentialing system has been developed for “front-line workers” in supply chain logistics....

Hormel reports weaker fiscal 1Q earnings

Hormel Foods Corporation has reported its performance for the fiscal 2009 first quarter....

Nordic expands, adds its sixth NC facility

Nordic Cold Storage, an Atlanta GA-based provider of refrigerated supply chain services, announces the opening of its new Wilmington NC frozen distribution and import/export center....

Carrier ClearSky DPF approved for ComfortPro use

The new ClearSky diesel particulate filter (DPF) has been conditionally verified by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for use with Carrier Transicold’s ComfortPro auxiliary power unit (APU)....

ShockWatch TrekView recorders excel in the dark

When the doors of a transport vehicle close, perishable products are alone. With the darkness, warm temperatures can creep in on perishables and damage products’ integrity. With ShockWatch and its TrekView environmental recorders, the user and his temperature-sensitive goods have nothing to fear....

Highways, congestion top
infrastructure to-do list

Congested highways and crumbling overpasses headline a laundry list of problems described by the American Society of Civil Engineers in its recently issued “infrastructure report card.”...

Public meeting will focus
on contaminants in food

The Office of the Undersecretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration, and Department of Health and Human Services are sponsoring a public meeting....

ISO standard helps assess
risk in cold workplaces

A new ISO (International Organization for Standardization) standard provides a comprehensive method for assessing risk and managing work practices in cold environments....

Smithfield Foods plans
to restructure pork group

Smithfield Foods Inc. has announced a plan to consolidate and streamline the corporate structure and manufacturing operations of its pork group to improve operating efficiencies and increase utilization....

United Natural facility
achieves the LEED

United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) announced that its 259,729-square-foot Ridgefield WA refrigerated distribution center has been awarded LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)....