Volvo provides XE13 powertrain package

Already delivering up to an 8% fuel efficiency improvement over EPA 2007 engines, Volvo Trucks announced a powertrain package for its VN series tractors aimed at reducing fuel consumption....

State legislators
tour Port of Quincy
terminal operations

The Washington state Joint Transportation Committee visited the Port of Quincy Intermodal Terminal, the Cold Train, and the Columbia Colstor International Intermodal Warehouse recently....

Johnson appoints Cote

Johnson Refrigerated Truck Bodies has appointed Dolores Cote leasing manager/regional sales manager in the Northeast....

RouteSync lets users
synchronize truck routes

ALK Technologies Inc’s newest innovation, RouteSync, enables users to synchronize PC*MILER routes planned in the back office with the CoPilot Truck GPS navigation system....

Flex-to-Green simplifies
adding alternative fuel
vehicles to truck fleets

Ryder System Inc has launched its new Flex-to-Green lease offering, making it easier for private fleet operators to jump-start their sustainability programs with the option of incorporating alternative fuel vehicles into their fleets....

Sysco Corp promises
to improve sustainability
of seafood product supply

Sysco Corporation has pledged to assess its current seafood supply and to develop ways to improve the sustainability of its seafood-buying practices and standards by 2015, as part of a multiple-stage World Wildlife Fund (WWF) commitment....

Gordon Trucking uses hair
samples to screen drivers

Gordon Trucking has begun drug screening all job applicants via hair samples with the goal of reducing new driver accidents within the first crucial months of employment....

Smart phone app enables users
to record business expense data

Equinox Owner-Operator Solutions, a provider of business services for trucking professionals, introduces a new smart phone application. ...

PE works to consolidate
Dole sustainability data

Dole Food Company Inc has partnered with PE International to consolidate the company’s sustainability data into one software system....

Martin-Brower Co agrees
to acquire Keystone Foods
distribution, logistics ops

Martin-Brower Company LLC has signed a letter of intent with Marfrig Alimentos SA to acquire the Keystone Foods distribution and logistics businesses in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific....

Xata Turnpike runs on Intermec devices

Xata Corporation announced that three additional Intermec devices are available for use with Xata Turnpike....

PTDI-certified training programs expecting benefits from driver shortage, stricter rules

Five truck driver training programs that recently received course recertification from the Professional Truck Driver Institute (PTDI) expect the driver shortage and increased regulations will benefit their programs and the driving public....

ACT seminar participants remain optimistic

Despite a softening economy, participants at the recent seminar held by ACT Research Co remained optimistic about the commercial vehicle and transportation industries. ACT held its 45th seminar September 12-14 in Columbus IN. It was attended by personnel from more than 100 companies, some of whom went on to tour a large package consolidation hub and intermodal facilities in Chicago IL. ...