TempTale4 multi-alarm monitors
provide range of alarm options

Sensitech’s new TempTale4 (TT4) multi-alarm temperature monitors offer a highly advanced and flexible range of configurable alarm options to help mitigate risk in the global supply chain by allowing for more precise, targeted monitoring of temperature-sensitive products....

Marine terminal operators
postpone TMF adjustment

The West Coast Marine Terminal Operator Agreement (WCMTOA) will postpone until August 1, 2011, its planned adjustment to the Traffic Mitigation Fee (TMF) at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach CA....

Dean Foods enhances
Southern California fleet
with Ryder CNG vehicles

Ryder System Inc (NYSE: R) has delivered five natural gas-fueled delivery vehicles to Dean Foods, Ryder’s first customer for NG commercial vehicles made available through its agreement with the San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG) in Southern California....

ATA Truck Tonnage Index
declines 2.3% in May 2011

The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 2.3% in May 2011 after decreasing a revised 0.6% in April 2011....

VT Hackney Inc begins
expanding Kansas plant

VT Hackney Inc, a unit of VT Systems Inc, has broken ground for a plant addition at its 27-acre Independence KS manufacturing site....

June Shippers’ Condition Index improves

Breaking a long-term decline, in a significant reversal the FTR Associates’ Shippers’ Condition Index (SCI) as reported in the firm’s June Shippers Update improved to a reading of -5.4 from -11.4 the prior month....

New super single tire tackles severe duty

The G278 MSD super single tire replaces Goodyear’s G178 Super Single and provides enhanced mileage, thanks to a one-inch larger footprint, deeper tread depth, and special compounding....

Peoplenet adds a new version of BLU

PeopleNet has introduced a more efficient, more compact version of its BLU in-cab computing system....

Most carriers expect volume increases
within the next 12 months, survey finds

The recent Second Quarter Business Expectations Survey completed by Transport Capital Partners LLC (TCP) found more than 80% of the carriers responding were expecting volume increases within the next 12 months....

Western Star adds two suspension options

Western Star Truck Sales Inc announced two new suspension options for its truck models and configurations. ...

Hendrickson provides technician training

The truck service market called, and Hendrickson answered....

Goodyear rolls out new wide-base tires

Goodyear has introduced its G392 SSD drive and G394 SST trailer wide-base tires for long-haul and regional-haul uses....

Industry task force brings clarity, flexibility to revised PTDI standards

High-level industry professionals representing labor, insurance, motor carriers, and driver training schools recently witnessed the culmination of their four-year process to revise the Professional Truck Driver Institute (PTDI) standards for entry-level drivers and driver training courses...

Quantum, Agility help
dairy trucks run cleaner

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc (Nasdaq: QTWW) has received a $434,000 contract for high-capacity natural gas on-board storage tanks from Agility Fuel Systems for use in Class 8 renewable natural gas-powered dairy trucks....

Alliance Shippers chooses
PAR’s monitoring system

PAR Logistics Management Systems (PAR LMS) announced that Alliance Shippers Inc will outfit its entire fleet of 1,700 refrigerated trailers with PAR’s Two-Way Monitoring and Control System....

North America’s largest
rooftop solar installation
begins at reefer facility

Gloucester Marine Terminal is partnering with solar technology leader SunPower Corporation to build the largest rooftop solar installation in North America—a 1.1-million-square-foot project on the roof of the terminal’s refrigerated warehouse near the Walt Whitman Bridge on the Delaware River....

Prime Inc starts deploying
StarTrak’s Sentry system

StarTrak Information Technologies LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of ORBCOMM Inc (Nasdaq: ORBC), announced that carrier Prime Inc has begun broad deployment of Sentry, StarTrak’s two-way communication refrigerated transportation management system....

Tropical Shipping USA enhances
ops via use of Cheetah Drayage

Cheetah Software Services Inc announced that Tropical Shipping USA LLC has implemented the SaaS-based Cheetah Drayage system to enhance its ability to provide on-time trucking services....

Hanson Logistics helps
put Michigan on the map
for agricultural excellence

Hanson Logistics’ deep freeze provides a way to capture the flavor of Michigan’s agricultural products, including berries, cherries, apples, carrots, peas, and other crops....

C R England receives
sustainability excellence
award from Transplace

C R England, a Salt Lake City UT-based global transportation provider, received the Transplace Sustainability Excellence Award at the 2011 Transplace Shipper Symposium....

Carrier Transicold gives
delegation from India fresh
ideas for hauling produce

Looking to increase opportunities in cold chain development, a delegation of 13 executives representing India’s public and private sector launched a trade mission to the United States aimed at improving the country’s quality and safety of transporting perishables....

Choptank Freight Lines
wins Great West award

Great West Casualty Company, as part of the 2010 National Safety Awards Program, recently presented to Choptank Freight Lines its “Gold” award....

Keller enables carriers to e-file HVUT

Keller enables carriers to e-file HVUT J J Keller & Associates Inc is prepared to assist carriers with the filing of their Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Heavy Vehicle Use Tax (HVUT) through its online service, 2290online.com. Launched in 2009, 2290online.com has helped nearly 8,000 carriers file their HVUT, a requirement for vehicles with a gross weight of 55,000 pounds or more. ...

DTNA will ramp up production at plants

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) plans to sharply increase production and employment levels at its Mt Holly NC and Portland OR truck manufacturing plants during the last half of 2011....

Ultima Foods selects
CHEP pallet program

Ultima Foods Inc, a Canadian producer and distributor of yogurt and fresh dairy products, has signed a new contract to transport its products on pallets from CHEP....