United Fresh accepting
scholarship applications

The United Fresh Foundation is accepting applications for the 2012 Frieda Rapoport Caplan Family Business Scholarship Program....

Ice cream producer
PLM transitions
distribution in CA

Paleteria La Michoacana (PLM), the Modesto CA-based manufacturer of Hispanic ice cream treats, has completed the transition of its distribution to independent distributors....

Canadian Blood Services
deploys Descartes system
for transport management

Canadian Blood Services, a charitable organization that manages the blood supply in all Canadian provinces and territories except Quebec, has successfully implemented Descartes Systems Group’s cloud-based transportation management system....

IFCO assists Foodshare
by providing it with RPCs

IFCO Systems, provider of reusable plastic containers (RPCs) for fresh products, will provide containers to Foodshare, a Connecticut-based charity....

Dean’s dairy prowess
wins Gold as Sysco’s
top supplier for 2012

Sysco Corporation recently named Dean Foods and its Morningstar Foods business unit as its top Gold Supplier across all categories and a Gold Supplier in the dairy category for 2012....

Delightful Quality Produce
deepens its commitment
to using CHEP’s pallets

Delightful Quality Produce has signed a new multi-year contract with CHEP, a provider of pallet and container pooling systems....

NAPTWG provides Spanish versions
of best practices, guidance documents

The North American Produce Transportation Working Group (NAPTWG) has posted a Spanish version of the comprehensive best practices document on its website....

Thermo King will honor
E A Sween Company’s
fuel-saving truck design

A new truck design developed by E A Sween Company is improving fuel economy by nearly 50% while increasing fleet sustainability, productivity, and cost-effectiveness for the company....

Choptank Freight Lines
earns 2011 safety award

Choptank Freight Lines LLC has been presented a Platinum award by Great Western Casualty Company as part of the 2011 National Safety Awards Program....

PrePass truck enrollment reaches new high

More than 426,000 commercial motor carriers have enrolled in the PrePass weigh station safety screening system, bringing participation to an all-time high...

Manhattan, Vocollect help
Nature’s Best streamline

Nature’s Best has gained significant payback including a 60% accuracy boost from its deployment of Manhattan Associates Inc’s Warehouse Management system (WMS) integrated with Vocollect Voice....

Schwan’s picks Cooltrax
to monitor reefer trailers

Schwan’s Global Supply Chain Inc has selected Cooltrax Fresh inTransit to equip its private fleet of refrigerated trailers with real-time reefer management. ...

Meijer joins GreenChill

Grand Rapids MI-based retailer Meijer recently joined the US Environment Protection Agency’s GreenChill Partnership....

BrightFarms, A&P join
forces in produce venture

The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Inc (A&P) and BrightFarms Inc have partnered to deliver the freshest local produce to A&P’s family of stores....

Truckstop open house
guests get turned on
to power of plug-ins

Trucking and clean air aren’t usually associated, but plug-in power brought them together recently at Sapp Bros Travel Plaza in Omaha NE....

NDCP picks Transplace
to manage its shipments

The National DCP LLC (NDCP), the distribution and purchasing cooperative for Baskin Robbins and Dunkin’ Donuts outlets, has selected Transplace as its third-party logistics provider....

Blue Spark teams with IDS
to promote RFID sensors

Blue Spark Technologies has formed a strategic technology partnership with Swiss RFID chip producer IDS Microchip to jointly promote new battery-assisted passive BAP RFID sensor systems....

IRTA names Paul Kramer
2012 Executive of the Year

The International Refrigerated Transportation Association named Paul Kramer, director of logistics at Sheboygan WI-based Johnsonville Sausage, as the recipient of the 2012 IRTA Executive of the Year award....

ATA Truck Tonnage Index
decreases in May 2012
for second straight month

The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index declined 0.7% in May 2012 after falling 1.1% in April....

PeopleNet integrates Google Earth views with Onboard Event Recording information

PeopleNet announced that Google Earth views of Onboard Event Recording events are now available within the PeopleNet Fleet Manager...

Class 8 build forecast is lowered slightly

ACT Research in its June 2012 issue of the ACT North American Commercial Vehicle OUTLOOK lowered its Class 8 build expectations for the second half of the year due to continuing softness in demand...

Class 8 sleeper tractor prices keep rising

Retail pricing for Class 8 sleeper tractors continued to increase from January through April 2012, despite average mileage near-record highs, said Chris Visser, senior analyst with the American Truck Dealers’ Commercial Truck Guide, a division of the National Automobile Dealers Association...

Meritor’s Vehicle Dynamics mobile lab enables advanced field-testing capabilities

Traveling throughout North America, Meritor Inc’s Vehicle Dynamics mobile laboratory tests on location various products and capabilities...

Safeway expands use
of RPCs to ship produce

Safeway Inc has transitioned to using reusable product containers (RPCs), rather than corrugated boxes, to ship many types of produce from the farm fields, through the distribution channel and to final store destination....

CARB posts notice
of access to text
for TRU proposed rule

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has posted a second 15-day notice of public availability of modified text, and modified text for proposed amendments to the Airborne Toxic Control Measure for In-Use Diesel-Fueled Transport Refrigeration Units and TRU Generator Sets, and Facilities where TRUs Operate....