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....

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....

Pilot Flying J opening
two new travel centers

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

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....

Yogurt-producing plant
being built in Batavia NY

New York Gov Andrew Cuomo joined Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo Inc chairman and chief executive officer; and Theo Müller Group CEO Heiner Kamps in the Genesee Valley Agri-Business Park in Batavia NY to celebrate construction of a new yogurt-manufacturing facility....

LED lighting upgrade
helps Iowa Cold Storage
turn on to energy savings

Iowa Cold Storage, a provider of temperature-controlled warehousing, logistics, and transportation for food products in the midwestern United States, is saving more than $30,000 per year in total lighting costs....

HIG Capital affiliate
acquires Arctic Glacier
Income Fund assets

HIG Capital LLC, a global private equity investment firm, announced that an affiliate completed the acquisition of substantially all the assets of Arctic Glacier Income Fund....

Frozen Food Express
reports results for Q2

Frozen Food Express Industries Inc has reported its financial and operating results for the quarter ended June 30, 2012....

BIOmed XpressPDF label simplifies
cold chain temperature monitoring

PakSense Inc has launched its next-generation BIOmed XpressPDF temperature monitoring label....

PrimeLINE units set
a new distinction
in sustainability

The PrimeLINE unit from Carrier Transicold has become the first container refrigeration system with a UL Environment validation for recyclability....

Knight selects EFS
as payments provider

Electronic Funds Source LLC, (EFS), provider of customized payment systems, has announced its newest partnership with Knight Transportation Inc....

Allison transmissions exclusively offered in Freightliner’s natural gas vehicles

Allison Transmission Inc has announced that its transmissions are the exclusive offering in Freightliner’s natural gas vehicles, including the new Cascadia 113 Natural Gas day cab tractor...

Compli expands training course offerings

Compli has partnered with ethics and compliance training provider WeComply to provide Compli clients with unlimited access to a suite of WeComply training courses, with the purchase of a subscription plan...

M853 all-position radial tire resists wear

Bridgestone Commercial Solutions (BCS), a division of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, announced the launch of the M853, a new on/off highway all-position radial tire for regional hauls that combines wear resistance with extra load capacity for longer service...

ConAgra to acquire
Bertolli, P F Chang’s
ops from Unilever

ConAgra Foods Inc has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Bertolli and P F Chang’s Home Menu frozen meals businesses from Unilever PLC for a total cash consideration of $265 million....