SmartWay awards salute
environmental stewards

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SmartWay Partnership has presented SmartWay Excellence Awards to 27 freight industry organizations that have made significant contributions to protecting the environment through participation in the partnership....

Ryder aims to acquire
reinforced capabilities

Ryder System Inc. has reached an agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of Transpacific Container Terminal Ltd. (TCTL) and CRSA Logistics Ltd. (CRSA)....

OSHA online resource
can boost forklift safety

The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) has a new online resource for forklift safety in the workplace....

Congress approves fuel
surcharge pass-through

The United States Congress enacted a fuel surcharge pass-through provision in the Department of Defense Authorization Bill recently, and the legislation is expected to be signed into law by President Bush....

Advisory covers hybrid
cryogenic temp control

The California Air Resources Board has issued an advisory to explain how transport refrigeration units (TRU) equipped with hybrid cryogenic temperature control systems may be used to comply with the in-use performance standards of the TRU Airborne Toxic Control Measure (ATCM)....

EPA clean diesel project
financing gets into gear

To improve air quality and protect public health, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the first $3.4 million in funding for clean diesel projects under the $50 million Diesel Emission Reduction Program....

FRA, railroads agreement
will enhance bridge safety

Enhanced bridge safety will be the result of the first standard railroad bridge inspection and maintenance agreement between railroads and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), announced FRA Administrator Joseph H. Boardman....

Brake Safety Week strives
to halt dangerous problem

This week, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) is launching its annual Brake Safety Week, a program to promote commercial vehicle brake safety across North America....

ATA thanks Mack Trucks
for its support of safety

Bill Graves, president and chief executive officer of the American Trucking Associations, thanked executives and employees of Mack Trucks Inc. for the company’s continuing support of the ATA’s Share the Road highway safety initiative....

Green Edge offers HACCP
wireless temp monitoring

Green Edge Systems’ HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) wireless temperature monitoring system permits the constant monitoring of refrigerated products....

Exel orders ReeferTrak
systems for its fleet

Alanco Technologies’ StarTrak Systems subsidiary has received an order from Exel Transportation Services valued at more than $750,000 for ReeferTrak system hardware and five years of data subscription services....

Feds announce financing
for Hurricane Ike recovery

The United States federal government is making $5 million available immediately to begin funding work to repair roads, bridges, and airports damaged by Hurricane Ike, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters announced during a September 17 visit to the Houston TX region....

Hurricane-related waivers
gain approval from EPA

As the result of the disruption in the supply of fuel caused by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, EPA has exercised its authority under the Clean Air Act to temporarily waive certain federal clean gasoline requirements for parts of Kentucky and Texas....

FHWA rejects PennDOT
Interstate 80 toll proposal

The Federal Highway Administration announced that it did not approve an application from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission to place tolls on Interstate 80....

U.S. Foodservice shutting
two South Carolina sites

U.S. Foodservice Inc. plans to halt its North Star of the Carolinas operations in Greenville SC effective November 9....

EPA GreenChill honors
Giant Eagle, Harris Teeter

Giant Eagle and Harris Teeter are the first winners of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership Environmental Achievement Award....

Penn Traffic expands
procurement contract

The Penn Traffic Company has signed a new procurement contract with C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc., building on the services the nation’s second-largest food wholesaler already provides the Syracuse NY-based operator and supplier of more than 210 northeastern United States supermarkets....

Stater Bros. delivers
to new distribution center

Stater Bros. Markets reports the first delivery of refrigerated product to its 2.1 million-square-foot Norton Distribution Center....

RedPrairie adds RFID
to yard management

RedPrairie has integrated radio frequency identification (RFID) technology into its yard management system, a module of the company’s warehouse management system (WMS), to provide users with a new level of visibility and control over yard operations and asset management....