TrukSafe America has tools for driver safety

The United States Department of Transportation counted 4,732 fatal large-truck crashes nationwide in 2006...

OBITUARIES

Richard A. Simpson, an international cargo transportation leader and 23-year employee of Crowley Maritime Corporation, died January 27 after a long illness in Jacksonville FL...

Sysco honors Randall five years in a row

Randall Manufacturing was recently awarded Sysco Corporation's Overall 2007 Supplier of the Year Award for the Warehouse and Transportation divisions...

DocuDent Kit a vital witness in an accident

DocuDent USA announces the debut of its revamped flagship product, the DocuDent Accident Documentation Kit...

Large-truck fatality rate at an all-time low

Three of the primary measures of large-truck safety fell to record lows in 2006, according to the United States Department of Transportation...

Prime Inc. names 2007 Drivers of the Year

Prime Inc. has announced its 2007 Drivers of the Year...

Performance Food Group to be acquired

Performance Food Group Company signs merger agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of The Blackstone Group and Wellspring Capital Management...

Anthony will distribute ANTEO tail-lifts

Anthony Liftgates Inc. teams up with ANTEO of Bologna, Italy, becomes the exclusive sales network for ANTEO products, accessories, and spare parts...

Continual fine-tuning
, By David A Kolman

Englander Transport specializes in team driver deliveries from the Mid-Atlantic region to the West Coast, as well as single driver deliveries to points all along the East Coast...

Wal-Mart adopts GFSI safety standards

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. becomes first grocery chain to require suppliers to have their factories certified against Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) standards...

Keller introduces Client Information Center

J. J. Keller & Associates Inc. Client Information Center provides a link between fleet operators and Keller's Vehicle Outsource Services area by giving users access to real-time fleet data...

Log-ic temperature sensors are certified

Intelligent Devices Inc. announce that the entire line of Log-ic ThermAssureRF devices have received EN12830, IP68, and COFRAC certifications from the French Institute Cemafroid...

Winn-Dixie selling
two dairies to SMI

Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. plans to sell the two dairies it operates—one in Plant City FL and the second in Hammond LA—to Southeast Milk Inc. (SMI)....

Quest Global selects
GlobalWave system

Quest Global, a refrigerated truckload carrier based in Atlanta GA, has selected TransCore’s GlobalWave trailer tracking system and will install more than 250 Sense & Track units throughout its fleet....

Fresh Del Monte has
its best 4Q to date

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. announced strong financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 28, 2007....

PFG winds up 2007
with positive fiscal tally

Performance Food Group Company (PFG) announced results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended Dec. 29, 2007....

DuPont, USDA ARS
partner to battle E. coli

E. I. du pont de Nemours and Company and the Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture are partnering to find new ways to detect an E. coli strain in beef....

Nash Finch Co., Roundy’s
dispute heads to court

Efforts by food distributor Nash Finch Company and Roundy’s Supermarkets Inc. to resolve their disputes concerning Nash Finch’s 2005 acquisition of Roundy’s Lima OH and Westville IN distribution centers have failed....

Winn-Dixie rings up
an ‘outstanding quarter’

Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. reported a significant year-over-year improvement in financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2008, the 16-week period that ended Jan. 9, 2008....

Richmond Cold Storage
takes ‘HighJump’ forward

HighJump Software, a 3M company, announced that third-party logistics provider Richmond Cold Storage (RCS) has selected the HighJump warehouse management system (WMS) to support nationwide distribution....

Beef taken off menu
in largest recall so far

In the largest recall of beef in United States history, Chino CA-based Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing will voluntarily take back more than 143 million pounds of raw and frozen meat discovered to be in violation of inspection rules....

DHL's ops in full bloom
for Valentine's Day '08

Global express delivery and logistics company DHL is exporting an estimated 15 million fresh cut flowers from Latin America this Valentine’s Day season, for delivery to customers in the United Strates and around the world....

Dean Foods endures
‘most challenging year’

Dean Foods Company’s net income from continuing operations for the 2007 fourth quarter totaled $32.6 million, compared with $76.3 million in the 2006 fourth quarter....

Highway Hero finalists
for 2007 defy danger

As finalists for Goodyear’s 25th annual North America Highway Hero Award, two truck drivers dove into chilly, murky waters to pull victims to safety in separate incidents; a Canadian driver made a lightning-quick decision and died to save other lives; and a New Mexico driver rescued a pregnant woman from a brutal attack after she was run over by her boyfriend’s truck....

Pierre Foods closes
Cedartown GA plant

Pierre Foods Inc. has closed its Cedartown GA plant, effective Feb. 8, 2008. The company expects to transition a majority of the production to its other facilities....