FG Products Inc
celebrates 50 years

From a garage shop in an unincorporated Wisconsin town, Sylvester Severson crafted the industry’s first insulated bulkhead in 1962....

NOR-AM turns on savings
with LED lighting retrofit

SmartWatt Energy has helped NOR-AM Cold Storage Logistics achieve savings of 218,761 kilowatt-hours at its facility in Schuyler NE after a LED lighting retrofit....

NOx emissions decrease
by 99% in past 10 years
for diesel trucks, buses

New clean diesel technology is powering America’s freight movement in the most environmentally friendly manner anywhere in the world, according to Allen Schaeffer, executive director of the Diesel Technology Forum....

Bay Grove Capital
invests in improving
FRS Savannah facility

Bay Grove Capital LLC, a principal investment firm based in San Francisco CA, has made operational improvements and a significant investment at its Flint River Services (FRS) Savannah facility....

Rebates remain available
for anti-idling equipment
purchases—but buy soon

The Shorepower Truck Electrification Project (STEP) still has money available to provide rebates on anti-idling equipment that cuts fuel costs as well as noise and air emissions....

December Shippers Conditions Index rises

FTR Associates’ Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) for December 2011 edged up roughly 1½ points from the previous month to a reading of –4.6, which still reflects a somewhat adverse environment for shippers....

ACT stays bullish on Class 8 demand

ACT Research Co remains bullish on Class 8 in the medium to longer term, according to the February issue of the ACT North American Commercial Vehicle Outlook, published by ACT. ...

Doran, SafetyTrax integration project
helps fleets to reduce tire repair costs

Doran has successfully completed a collaborative integration project with SafetyTrax AVL to provide fleets with a dynamic web-based software application that provides real-time updates for global position and vehicle tracking indicators along with tire pressures and temperatures for every vehicle in a fleet....

Performance Team shows
it’s a Proudly Green 3PL

Performance Team (PT) has integrated its Proudly Green program on the road, at ports, loading docks, and warehouses as well as in its headquarters and offices....

ATA Truck Tonnage Index
slips 4.0% in January 2012

The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 4.0% in January 2012 after surging 6.4% in December 2011....

Sysco Corporation
agrees to acquire
European Imports

Sysco Corporation has reached an agreement to purchase European Imports Ltd, which is headquartered in Chicago IL....

Swift signs with Internet
Truckstop service, RMIS

Swift Transportation has signed with Internet Truckstop and Registry Monitoring Insurance Service (RMIS) to implement Carrier Registration Service Plus (CRS Plus)....

Container tracking unit
total expected to reach
million mark by 2016

Research and Markets has announced the addition of analyst firm Berg Insight AB’s new report Container Tracking and Security to its offerings....

Klinge wins contract
for delivery of reefer
units to Swedish military

Klinge Corporation has won a firm and fixed-price contract with the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration (Försvarets materielverk) to deliver refrigerated ISO container systems....

Testa Produce celebrates
taking the LEED as food
distribution company

Joined by city dignitaries, partner organizations, and employees, officials at Testa Produce have put the crowning touch on the company’s new sustainable distribution center in Chicago IL....

Excellence Industries
opens Ohio warehouse

Excellence Industries, provider of commercial refrigeration for the food and foodservice industries, has opened a 55,000-square foot warehouse facility in the Cleveland OH suburb of Brook Park....

DQ Platinum service aids CSA compliance

With continued focus on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) initiative, J J Keller & Associates Inc has launched a comprehensive outsource service for identifying and correcting driver-based deficiencies...

Freight index hits record high for January

TransCore’s North American Freight index marked a record high for the month of January, up 5% compared with January 2011. Month-over-month, January 2012’s spot market freight volume slipped 8% versus December 2011. The month-over-month seasonal decline is consistent with historic trends but less than the prior 10-year average decline of 14%...