Vector reefer units qualify
as North America’s quietest

There are plenty of sound reasons for considering the hybrid Vector trailer refrigeration units from Carrier Transicold—and now sound itself is another....

Pilot Flying J will acquire
seven Bosselman facilities

Pilot Flying J and Bosselman Travel Centers Inc announced that Pilot Flying J will acquire seven Bosselman travel centers in Iowa, Kansas, South Dakota, and Nebraska....

North Texas Food Bank
opens cold storage center
to help ‘ReThink Hunger’

The North Texas Food Bank (NTFB) is announcing new initiatives at the grand opening of its Dan Morton campus and new cold storage distribution center in Dallas TX....

Ag groups praise legislation clarifying HOS exemption

The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA), the Agricultural and Food Transporters Conference (AFTC) of the American Trucking Associations, the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives (NCFC), and The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) voiced their support for legislation that would clarify transportation regulations critical to the agricultural sector’s ability to expeditiously distribute farm supplies...

Battelle employs smartphone technology to show mileage-based user fee feasibility

For nearly a century, America’s roads and infrastructure have been funded by a gasoline tax. Battelle scientists are conducting research to see if there’s a more innovative way to amass the needed money by demonstrating the feasibility of a mileage-based user fee based on smartphone technology...

Frozen Food Express
tallies Q3 2011 results

Frozen Food Express Industries Inc has reported its financial and operating results for the quarter ended September 30, 2011....

ArrowStream ITM software
boosts logistics savings

ArrowStream, a provider of supply chain management technology and logistics services for the foodservice industry, is offering its Inbound Transportation Management (ITM) software....

Glen McLeod & Son
shifts fuel savings
into a higher gear

It’s a notable achievement when a truck driver can get 8 mpg (9.6 miles per Canadian gallon) from a heavy-duty diesel engine. It’s something else entirely when that driver is the owner of the company....

Choptank ranks among
top Maryland companies

The Gazette of Politics and Business released its list of the 53 top businesses and organizations in Maryland. Choptank Transport ranked 11th out of more than 100 applications. ...

ComplianceConnect
lets fleets integrate
with Xata Turnpike

Xata Corporation has introduced ComplianceConnect, a new product that enables fleets to seamlessly integrate their driver productivity applications with the Xata Turnpike EOBR system....

NYSERDA awards $300K
to New West Technologies
for electric trailer project

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has awarded $300,000 to New West Technologies (NWT) of Utica NY to demonstrate the cost and environmental savings of investing in equipment to support electric-powered refrigerator trucks....

TQL workers raise nearly
$200,000 for United Way

Total Quality Logistics (TQL) employees recently reached into their pockets during the company’s annual internal United Way campaign and raised $198,089 for the charity....

Temperature monitoring label
automatically generates PDF

PakSense Inc has launched the XpressPDF temperature monitoring label....

Kenworth adds NavPlus system website

Kenworth NavPlus and all its features and benefits are now showcased on a special website (www.kenworth.com/navPlus.asp) within Kenworth’s home page....

Volvo Trucks continues sponsorship of America’s Road Team going forward

During the American Trucking Associations’ (ATA) Management Conference & Exhibition in Grapevine TX recently, Volvo Trucks announced its ongoing support of America’s Road Team, which uses professional drivers with outstanding driving records to deliver messages about highway safety and the essentiality of trucking....

Mack will sponsor Share the Road again

Mack Trucks Inc will once again sponsor the Share the Road highway safety outreach program in 2012, company officials announced. Kevin Flaherty, Mack senior vice-president–United States and Canada, made the announcement at the recent American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition....