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....

CARB revises emissions
compliance materials

The California Air Resources Board Board (CARB) has revised the compliance assistance materials for its Transport Refrigeration Unit (TRU) Airborne Toxic Control Measure (ATCM) In-Use Performance Standards regulations....

DeNunzio’s Sausage
recalling products

DeNunzio’s Sausage of Elmira NY is recalling approximately 36,388 pounds of ready-to-eat Polish Kielbasa sausage products because they may contain an undeclared allergen—soy protein, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)....

Reed Boardall tracks
real-time trailer temps

Reed Boardall has been working with information technology consultants Waterstons and fleet management specialists Mix Telematics to develop a monitoring system that gives real-time location and internal temperature information for its refrigerated trailers....

Truck Tonnage Index decreases in October

The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 3.0 percent in October 2008, marking the fourth consecutive month-to-month drop....

Sabra Dipping Co. to open new plant

Sabra Dipping Company, formed in March 2008 as a joint venture between Strauss Group and PepsiCo, intends to open a plant in Richmond VA....

Hormel tallies fiscal 4Q, full-year figures

Hormel Foods Corporation reported its performance for the fiscal 2008 fourth quarter and full year....

Wabash makes Air-Weigh preferred option

The Air-Weigh 5802 trailer scale is now available as a preferred option on all Wabash National dry freight and refrigerated van trailers through the Wabash online ordering system....

TydenBrammall expands security seal line

TydenBrammall now offers a complete line of plastic security seals to complement its family of products....

Greatwide receives
financing approval

Greatwide Logistics Services, a national provider of non-asset-based transportation and third-party logistics services, has obtained final approval of its $73.6 million financing facility....

FMCSA improves medical
requirements for drivers

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has taken new steps toward improving standards and setting uniform requirements for medical examiners....

Pilgrim’s Pride files
for Chapter 11 relief

Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation, together with certain of its wholly owned subsidiaries, has filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas....

U.S. flex-fuel vehicle fleet
underperforming: study

Over the past 16 years, the federal government has invested billions of dollars to build a fleet of 112,000 alternative-fuel vehicles, intended to serve as a model for a national movement away from fossil fuels....

CARB delays enforcement
of TRU emission standards

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has announced it will delay enforcement of the Transport Refrigeration Unit (TRU) Airborne Toxic Control Measure (ATCM) In-Use Performance Standards....

Dutch Prime Foods
recalls ground beef

Dutch Prime Foods, a Long Branch NJ, firm, is recalling approximately 345 pounds of ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7....

Wal-Mart pitches in
to feed those in need

Wal-Mart announced that its Supercenters and Neighborhood Markets will partner with Feeding America, a charitable hunger-relief organization, to provide an estimated 90 million pounds of food annually—the equivalent of 70 million meals—to families in need by the end of 2009....

Lean Cuisine frozen
chicken dinners recalled

Nestlé Prepared Foods Company is recalling about 879,565 pounds of frozen chicken meals that might contain foreign materials, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service....

Hours-of-service final rule
provisions remain in place

America’s 3.5 million truck drivers will be limited to driving 11 hours and working no more than 14 hours each day under the new hours-of-service (HOS) rule issued November 18 by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)....

Hino Trucks, Chevrolet
lead satisfaction survey

Hino Trucks, a Toyota Group Company, ranks highest in customer satisfaction among conventional cab medium-duty trucks in its second model year of producing the vehicles, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Medium-Duty Truck Customer Satisfaction Study....