Bridgestone Everywhere Network debuts

Bridgestone Commercial Solutions (BCS), a division of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, recently launched a multi-platform mobile app for its Bridgestone Everywhere Network (ben), a dealer locator designed to connect truckers to the resources they need when they need them most...

Phillips adds Weather-Tite to Permaplug

Phillips has added a sealing component to its Permaplug to create the Weather-Tite Permaplug. It’s the same Permaplug, only now with a thick, rubberized protective seal...

Ryder System honors
top carriers for 2011

Ryder System Inc, a provider of transportation and supply chain management systems, announced its top carrier selections for the 2011 Ryder Carrier Quality Award....

Transplace, LLamasoft
establish partnership

Transplace has formed a partnership with LLamasoft that will integrate Transplace truckload benchmarking data into LLamasoft Supply Chain Guru software....

The Chefs’ Warehouse
acquires Michael’s ops

The Chefs’ Warehouse Inc, a distributor of specialty food products in the United States, has acquired all of the equity securities of Michael’s Finer Meats LLC....

Calavo completes
expansion of avocado
operations in Mexico

Calavo Growers Inc has completed a previously reported expansion of fresh avocado packing operations at its Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico, facility....

CARB advises reefer unit
owners to purchase their
compliance options soon

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) recommends taking immediate action to plan and order compliance options to ensure model year 2005 transport refrigeration units (TRUs or reefer units) comply by the end of 2012....

Xata changes its name,
adds all-mobile platform

Xata Corporation is changing its name to XRS Corporation and introduced an all-mobile platform of the same name for trucking compliance, performance, and fleet optimization....

Presswood pallets designed
for BP-free product transport

The use of bisphenol (BP)-free export pallets is important to ensure product safety in the food, produce, and pharmaceutical industries....

LeanLogistics serves
mid-market-size firms

LeanLogistics has introduced a cost-effective delivery mechanism for TMS into mid-market-size companies such as Request Foods....

Sysco Corporation
concludes fiscal 2012
on a profitable note

Sysco Corporation has reported financial results for its 13-week fourth quarter and 52-week fiscal year 2012 that ended June 30, 2012....

International intermodal growth
registers best quarter in a year

International growth accelerated during the second quarter of 2012, posting its best quarterly result in a year and improving from Q1’s 2.9% uptick...

West Liberty Foods
atop Subway’s menu
of vendor excellence

West Liberty Foods was named by the Subway brand and its Independent Purchasing Cooperative as the 2012 Vendor of the Year at the restaurant chain’s recent convention in Orlando FL....

Cadec deploys Verizon
M2M Management Center

Cadec Global Inc announced that its PowerVue system now uses Verizon Wireless’ M2M Management Center to deploy and manage devices for its fleet customers with devices on the Verizon Wireless Network....

Pilot Flying J opening
two new travel centers

Pilot Flying J recently announced plans to open two new travel centers in August 2012....

Dot Transportation
salutes Thermo King
as Vendor of the Year

Dot Transportation Inc presented Thermo King and dealer Capital City Thermo King its 2011 Vendor of the Year Award at its 2012 vendor golf outing....

Virtual Tech application
‘like having a ride-along
service technician’ aboard

Carrier Transicold introduces Virtual Tech, a diagnostic application that continually monitors trailer refrigeration unit operation to help avert potential system problems....

Port ESI welcomes aboard
first six shipping carriers

Six shipping carriers have become the inaugural participants in the Port of Los Angeles Environmental Ship Index (ESI), an international clean air program that rewards ocean carriers....

Roadrunner purchases
R&M, Sortino operations

Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc has acquired substantially all the operating assets and business of R&M Transportation and all the outstanding stock of Sortino Transportation....

Tosca acquires reusable
plastic container unit
of Georgia-Pacific LLC

Tosca Limited, a US-based provider of reusable container pooling and logistics services to the food supply chain, has acquired the reusable plastic container division of Georgia-Pacific LLC (GP RPC)....

Three-wire RTDs ensure accuracy
in critical temperature measurements

To prevent inaccurate temperature measurements, CAS DataLoggers recommends using three-wire resistance temperature detectors (RTDs)....

Thermo King establishes
new Precedent for control

Thermo King is launching the Precedent, a new trailer temperature control platform....

Briggs Equipment helps
provide economic lift
to New Orleans facility

Briggs Equipment is supplying state-of-the-art electric forklifts to New Orleans Cold Storage company’s new $40 million facility at the Port of New Orleans....

Xata Turnpike integrates with TMWSuite

Xata Corporation’s Xata Turnpike fleet management software is now integrated with TMWSuite transportation management software from TMW Systems...

C R England driver’s
fuel-saving actions
earn him a Harley

C R England Inc has awarded a Harley-Davidson 1200 Custom motorcycle to driver Stacy Scott for showing improvement in miles per gallon (mpg) average and average idle percentage for the second quarter 2012....