Revenue totals have Knight riding forward
, from staff and wire reports

Phoenix AZ-based truckload carrier Knight Transportation Inc, whose operations include the Knight Refrigerated subsidiary, announced its financial results for the quarter and nine months ended Sept 30, 2004....

Safeway remains in strike recovery mode
, from staff and wire reports

Safeway Inc, the Pleasanton CA-based supermarket chain, reported net income of $159.2 million for the third quarter ended Sept 11, 2004. ...

Covenant's operating margin improves
, from staff and wire reports

Covenant Transport Inc, the Chattanooga TN-based truckload carrier, announced financial and operating results for the third quarter and nine-month period ended Sept 30, 2004....

Kidron sees advantages of using Eagle Eye
, from staff and wire reports

Kidron, provider of refrigerated trailers worldwide, will immediately begin marketing and supporting the Eagle Eye obstacle detection system from Indianapolis IN-based Transportation Safety Technologies Inc (TST)....

Landstar revenue accelerates 30% in 3Q
, from staff and wire reports

Landstar System Inc reported a 30% increase in revenue to a record $527 million in the 2004 third quarter, up from $407 million in the 2003 third quarter. ....

Body offers 3 different temperature zones
, from staff and wire reports

Johnson Truck Bodies is offering specially designed multi-temperature refrigerated foodservice truck bodies that provide logistical distribution efficiency for packaged frozen, fresh, and dry product from the same vehicle....

A&P rings up slightly higher sales numbers
, from staff and wire reports

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co Inc (A&P) supermarket chain announced unaudited fiscal 2004 second quarter and year-to-date results for the 12 and 28 weeks ended Sept 11, 2004....

Acquisition makes Dole a ‘berry’ strong player
, from staff and wire reports

Dole Food Co Inc has completed the acquisition of Coastal Berry Co LLC, a leading producer of fresh California coastal strawberries and bushberries (raspberries and blackberries). ...

Werner puts 3Q figures in the record books
, from staff and wire reports

Werner Enterprises Inc, the Omaha NE-based truckload transportation company, reported record revenues and earnings for the third quarter ended Sept 30, 2004. ...

Port AMPs up container ships, spares the air
, from staff and wire reports

The largest “AMP-outfitted” China Shipping container ship to date steamed into the Port of Los Angeles recently, switching off its diesel exhaust-emitting engines and plugging in to clean electric power at the port’s Alternative Maritime Power source at Berth 100....

Windsor plans to acquire Specialty Brands
, from staff and wire reports

SBI Holdings Inc, parent of Specialty Brands Inc, has reached agreement to be acquired by Windsor Quality Food Company Ltd. ...

Container stacks, delays grow at CA ports
, by Terrence Nguyen

Carriers operating at the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles CA are facing considerable delays as skeleton teams of longshoremen scramble to organize mounting stacks of containers to let truckers do their job. ...

Royal Ahold reaches settlement with SEC
, from staff and wire reports

Netherlands-based Royal Ahold NV has obtained a settlement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, concluding a 20-month probe into accounting fraud charges....

Landec subsidiary, Caito enter agreement
, from staff and wire reports

Landec Corp’s food subsidiary, Apio Inc, has entered into an agreement with Caito Foods Service Inc of Indianapolis IN to regionally process, package, and distribute Apio’s specialty packaged fresh-cut vegetable products....

SuperValu earns a record in fiscal 2Q
, from staff and wire reports

SuperValu Inc reported record results for the second quarter of fiscal 2005, which ended Sept 11, 2004. ...

Teamsters seek independent leaders at Swift
, from staff and wire reports

In a letter to independent members of Swift Transportation’s board of directors, the Teamsters union asked the board to appoint an independent chairman of the board who is not also the executive officer of the company....

Landstar among top 10 in customer respect
, from staff and wire reports

Landstar System Inc, the Jacksonville FL-based transportation service provider, is among the top 10 transportation and logistics companies ranked in a customer respect study. ...

Though battered, Florida has plenty of juice
, from staff and wire reports

The Florida Department of Citrus (FDOC) announced that, despite a reduced crop estimate, Florida juice and fresh fruit will still be readily available throughout the nation this year. ...

USDA issues new food security guidelines
, from staff and wire reports

The United States Department of Agriculture has released a new voluntary security guidance document for truck transporters of agricultural and food products....

Food sales momentum helps nurture BJ's
, from staff and wire reports

BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc has reported that sales for September 2004 increased 12.1% to $676.8 million from $603.5 million in September 2003. ...

Parmalat sues Bank of America for $10 billion
, from staff and wire reports

Enrico Bondi, the government-appointed administrator for Parmalat, has filed suit against Bank of America Corp, accusing the bank of assisting executives at the Italy-based dairy giant to conceal its debt and insolvency from investors....

Tyson, Wal-Mart join SmartWay partnership
, from staff and wire reports

Mike Leavitt, federal Environmental Protection Agency administrator, announced that Wal-Mart and Tyson Foods have joined the SmartWay Transport Partnership. ...

House vote seen as produce industry victory
, from staff and wire reports

The United States House of Representatives has voted to approve the Specialty Crop Competitiveness Act (H.R. 3242) in an historic victory for the nation’s produce industry....

Spartan triples its net earnings in fiscal 2Q
, from staff and wire reports

Spartan Stores Inc, the nation’s eighth-largest grocery distributor, reported financial results for its fiscal 2005 second quarter ended Sept 11, 2004....