Investors to acquire
Greatwide Logistics
Oct 22, 2008

Greatwide Logistics Services—a Dallas TX-based national provider of non-asset-based transportation and third-party logistics services—intends to enter into an agreement to be acquired by an investor group comprised of its first lien secured lenders....

Forklift safety practices
vary, survey discovers
Oct 20, 2008

Limb, pedestrian, and other worker injuries seem to be the most common safety problem associated with lift trucks, found a recently completed survey on lift truck safety by the International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses (IARW)....

Produce group program
to enhance supply chain
Oct 20, 2008

United Fresh Produce Association will establish a new Supply Chain Technology & Logistics Program to serve its members in all areas of supply chain management, including transportation, cold chain quality control, information technologies and systems for traceability, facilities management, packing and packaging needs, and related areas....

Ford, Newman’s Own
donate reefer trucks
Oct 16, 2008

Feeding America (formerly named America’s Second Harvest) announced that Ford Motor Company and Newman’s Own will extend their partnership with Feeding America called the Partnership for Hunger Relief....

FleetCards tool calculates
fuel card savings for fleets
Oct 16, 2008

FleetCards USA announces the launch of its new Fuel Savings Calculator on FleetCardsUSA.com. With three steps, the Fuel Savings Calculator evaluates the basic business structure of each user that has two to 50 vehicle fleets and instantly shows potential annual savings when using a fleet fuel card....

Operation Safe Driver
focus: decision-making
Oct 15, 2008

Each year, more than 44,000 people die on roadways throughout North America, often the direct result of unsafe and aggressive driving practices by passenger and commercial vehicle drivers. During the week of October 19-25, law enforcement across North America will respond by targeting these drivers during the Operation Safe Driver campaign....

DTNA's strategy brings
an end to Sterling Trucks
Oct 14, 2008

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) announced a comprehensive plan to adjust and strengthen company operations in response to continuing depressed demand across the industry and structural changes in the company’s core markets....

APUs become exempt
from federal excise tax
Oct 13, 2008

The National Automobile Dealers Association and American Truck Dealers led a successful effort to exempt auxiliary power units (APUs) from the 12 percent federal excise tax (FET)....

New president can’t solve
all challenges: analyst
Oct 13, 2008

Given the unpredictability of this presidential election, it’s still too close to call, even though Democratic nominee Barack Obama has been leading Republican nominee John McCain for the past two weeks in the Gallup Poll....

Fresh & Easy taps the sun
to help ease energy bills
Oct 10, 2008

Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market announced the solar panel installation at its California distribution center is providing nearly three quarters of the facility’s energy....

CSX, Union Pacific begin
produce train service
Oct 10, 2008

CSX Transportation and Union Pacific have begun a perishable-produce service between California and New York to offer Southern California perishables shippers a high-speed transportation alternative....

Fuel cost, economy
top truckers’ concerns
Oct 8, 2008

The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), a not-for-profit research institute, has unveiled its list of the top 10 critical issues facing United States truckers....

SmartWay awards salute
environmental stewards
Oct 8, 2008

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SmartWay Partnership has presented SmartWay Excellence Awards to 27 freight industry organizations that have made significant contributions to protecting the environment through participation in the partnership....

Ryder aims to acquire
reinforced capabilities
Oct 7, 2008

Ryder System Inc. has reached an agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of Transpacific Container Terminal Ltd. (TCTL) and CRSA Logistics Ltd. (CRSA)....

OSHA online resource
can boost forklift safety
Oct 6, 2008

The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) has a new online resource for forklift safety in the workplace....

Congress approves fuel
surcharge pass-through
Oct 6, 2008

The United States Congress enacted a fuel surcharge pass-through provision in the Department of Defense Authorization Bill recently, and the legislation is expected to be signed into law by President Bush....

Advisory covers hybrid
cryogenic temp control
Oct 1, 2008

The California Air Resources Board has issued an advisory to explain how transport refrigeration units (TRU) equipped with hybrid cryogenic temperature control systems may be used to comply with the in-use performance standards of the TRU Airborne Toxic Control Measure (ATCM)....

EPA clean diesel project
financing gets into gear
Sep 25, 2008

To improve air quality and protect public health, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the first $3.4 million in funding for clean diesel projects under the $50 million Diesel Emission Reduction Program....

FRA, railroads agreement
will enhance bridge safety
Sep 25, 2008

Enhanced bridge safety will be the result of the first standard railroad bridge inspection and maintenance agreement between railroads and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), announced FRA Administrator Joseph H. Boardman....

Brake Safety Week strives
to halt dangerous problem
Sep 24, 2008

This week, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) is launching its annual Brake Safety Week, a program to promote commercial vehicle brake safety across North America....

ATA thanks Mack Trucks
for its support of safety
Sep 23, 2008

Bill Graves, president and chief executive officer of the American Trucking Associations, thanked executives and employees of Mack Trucks Inc. for the company’s continuing support of the ATA’s Share the Road highway safety initiative....

Green Edge offers HACCP
wireless temp monitoring
Sep 22, 2008

Green Edge Systems’ HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) wireless temperature monitoring system permits the constant monitoring of refrigerated products....

Exel orders ReeferTrak
systems for its fleet
Sep 22, 2008

Alanco Technologies’ StarTrak Systems subsidiary has received an order from Exel Transportation Services valued at more than $750,000 for ReeferTrak system hardware and five years of data subscription services....

Feds announce financing
for Hurricane Ike recovery
Sep 18, 2008

The United States federal government is making $5 million available immediately to begin funding work to repair roads, bridges, and airports damaged by Hurricane Ike, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters announced during a September 17 visit to the Houston TX region....

Hurricane-related waivers
gain approval from EPA
Sep 18, 2008

As the result of the disruption in the supply of fuel caused by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, EPA has exercised its authority under the Clean Air Act to temporarily waive certain federal clean gasoline requirements for parts of Kentucky and Texas....

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