R-O-M enhances DuroLumen system

R-O-M Corporation announces the next generation of DuroLumen, the amp-saving LED interior trailer lighting system....

Quick Connect HFC1 helps power doors

Hörmann Flexon has introduced the Quick Connect HFC1 plug-and-play control box, which provides a convenient plug-in system for powering up Hörmann Flexon high-performance doors....

Maersk Line readies new reefer service

Maersk Line plans to begin a new “multi-trade” reefer service in January 2009 that combines intra-European cargoes with worldwide feeder traffic....

ATA, Codega offer safety training program

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) and Codega LLC have introduced the ProTraining Safety Series 1 program to educate truck drivers—particularly new and younger professionals—about basic truck safety concepts, rules, and practices....

Washington Produce Railcar Pool growing

Since beginning service in August 2006, the Washington Produce Railcar Pool program has been steadily growing....

Americans driving less;
decline sets a record

Americans drove more than 100 billion fewer miles between November 2007 and October 2008 than the same period a year earlier, making it the largest continuous decline in American driving in history....

ISO gives RFID common
international framework

The ISO (International Organization for Standardization) has revised the ISO/IEC 18000-1:2008 standard, Information technology—Radio frequency identification for item management....

Ryder rolls out RydeGreen
Hybrid straight truck line

Ryder System Inc. has announced the launch of its RydeGreen Hybrid straight truck line, now available for order by lease customers....

Coalition supports
truck weight reform

With the U.S. Congress taking up the matter of increasing overall gross vehicle weight limits of commercial vehicles, the Agricultural Transportation Efficiency Coalition (AGTEC) is supporting the effort....

Kenworth T270 hybrid
to aid needy Canadians

Kenworth Truck Company delivered a new Kenworth T270 diesel-electric hybrid truck to Food for Life Canada during a special ceremony recently in Burlington, Ontario....

CARB revises
Fleet Calculator

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has revised the Fleet Calculator, a tool designed to assist fleet owners in determining compliance with the proposed statewide emission regulation requirements for on-road diesel vehicles....

Wabash National
announces layoffs

Wabash National Corporation’s Lafayette IN manufacturing operations will commence an extended holiday shutdown for the period December 22, 2008 through January 5, 2009, at which time certain operations will be restarted....

Volvo thanks truck drivers
with a free holiday dinner

Some truck drivers end up on the road over the holidays rather than being with their families. Volvo Trucks North America salutes these drivers and will show its appreciation by providing them a free holiday dinner on Christmas Eve....

C.H. Robinson expands to Corpus Christi

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, one of the world’s largest third-party logistics (3PL) providers of transportation and supply chain services, has expanded its operations into Corpus Christi TX....

Matson to raise rates for Hawaii service

Matson Navigation Company will raise its rates for the company’s Hawaii service by $120 per westbound container and $60 per eastbound container, effective January 4, 2009....

Del Monte Foods reports fiscal results

Del Monte Foods Company reported net sales for the second quarter fiscal 2009 of $901.0 million, compared with $808.2 million a year ago, an increase of 11.5%....

AVANZA stores donate 50 tons of food

Nash-Finch Company, a Minneapolis MN-based food distributor, announced the donation of 50 tons of food through its AVANZA supermarkets in Denver-Greeley CO and Omaha NE....

Cal-Maine to acquire Tampa Farm Service

Cal-Maine Foods Inc. has reached an agreement to acquire the egg production and marketing assets of Tampa Farm Service Inc., based in Dover FL....

ReeferTrak offers dual-mode capability

StarTrak Systems, a subsidiary of Alanco Technologies Inc., has introduced the ReeferTrak RT6000 wireless monitoring and control system with dual-mode communications....

LED flashlight detects refrigerant leaks

Spectronics Corporation has unveiled the Spectroline OPTIMAX 365, a cordless, rechargeable, true ultraviolet LED flashlight ideal for refrigerant leak detection in all types of air-conditioning and refrigeration systems....

CARB updates status
of TRU standards

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has posted an update on the status of its Transport Refrigeration Unit (TRU) Airborne Toxic Control Measure (ATCM) In-Use Performance Standards....

SmartWay program
going international

Representatives from 12 nations gathered earlier in December 2008, along with major big box retailers and freight carriers, for the first SmartWay International Summit....

KLLM helps keep Stewpot
simmering with generosity

Since 1998, KLLM Transport Services has sponsored a Christmas party for children in the after-school program at Stewpot Community Center in Jackson MS. This year’s party will be held December 11....

Carrier PrimeLINE unit
rides wave of success

At the recent Intermodal 2008 container exposition and conference in Hamburg, Germany, Carrier Transicold reported that in the PrimeLINE container refrigeration unit’s inaugural year, it has already received more than 20,000 orders....

Mitsubishi Fuso
consolidates ops

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), one of Asia’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturers, is consolidating North American operations at Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America (MFTA), based in Logan Township NJ....