Frozen Food Express
perseveres through
Q1’s bad weather

Frozen Food Express Industries Inc (Nasdaq:FFEX) reported its financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011. ...

Getting on track
for ‘next evolution’

As fuel prices ratchet up—and with higher prices expected for the near future—one logistics company is finding success by turning to rail transport of refrigerated containers instead. Indeed, Ike Brown, vice-chairman of NFI, calls rail transport of refrigerated containers “the next evolution in intermodal.” The results certainly support that claim....

IDFA embraces plan
to resolve US-Mexico
border trucking dispute

Outlining the need to regain full duty-free access to the US dairy industry’s largest export market, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) strongly supports the proposed cross-border trucking agreement between the United States and Mexico developed by the US Department of Transportation (DOT)....

Target joins GreenChill

Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) has joined the GreenChill program of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)....

Thermo King V-520 RT units
have low-profile condenser

Thermo King’s new roofline application cooling systems for light-duty commercial vans offer capacities 50% greater than can be found in similar units currently available....

Rians plans to acquire
Marin French Cheese Co

Marin French Cheese Company and Rians have entered into a final agreement in which the 146-year-old California cheese company will be acquired by Rians, a family-owned French cheese company....

ATA Truck Tonnage Index
climbs 1.7% in March 2011

The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 1.7% in March 2011 after falling a revised 2.7% in February....

England Logistics
enhances its technology
portfolio with McLeod FMS

England Logistics, a worldwide third-party logistics (3PL) provider, has enhanced its technology portfolio with McLeod Software’s Freight Management Solutions (FMS) application....

J & J Snack Foods Corp
plans to purchase ConAgra
frozen handheld business

J & J Snack Foods Corporation (NASDAQ-JJSF) has entered into an agreement to acquire the frozen handheld business of ConAgra Foods for an undisclosed price....

Goodyear’s fleetHQ goes for the gold

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has come up with a new “gold standard.”...

Shippers Condition Index continues to fall

FTR Associates’ Shippers Condition Index (SCI) as reported in the firm’s April Shippers Update continues to decline, reflecting tightening capacity in the trucking sector....

Increased hiring, rising turnover rate indicate recovery, ATA economist says

Hiring in the trucking industry picked up in the fourth quarter of 2010, which coupled with an increase in the turnover rate for linehaul truckload drivers portends increased demand for drivers as the economy recovers....

GCCA announces service
partnership agreement
with Cascade Energy

The Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) has signed a service partnership agreement with Cascade Energy Inc....

US Foodservice acquires
Ritter division of Pennfield

US Foodservice, the foodservice distributor headquartered in Rosemont IL, has purchased Ritter Food Service, a division of The Pennfield Corporation....

Marten Transport’s
net income improves
in 2011 first quarter

Marten Transport Ltd (Nasdaq/GS:MRTN), headquartered in Mondovi WI, reported a 5.2% increase in net income to $4.1 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011, from $3.9 million for the first quarter of 2010....

C R England wins
Transplace Platinum
Seal of Approval

C R England, a Salt Lake City UT-based global transportation provider, has received the 2011 Transplace Platinum Seal of Approval, demonstrating its leadership in environmentally friendly and efficient services....

FlashCheck detection kits screen
for presence of harmful bacteria

DeltaTRAK is offering its new line of FlashCheck real-time bacterial enzyme detection kits that include products that can screen for the presence of harmful bacteria on surfaces of equipment and food....

Pinnacle Foods plans
to consolidate operations

Pinnacle Foods Group LLC plans to further improve the efficiency and sustainability of its supply chain....

For durability, saving fuel,
rapid ROI, these skirts
impress reefer carrier

Bob Holman likes skirts on his trailers, and he has good reason to. The side skirts, or fairings, manufactured by Freight Wing and installed on most of the trailers in his fleet, are saving fuel and proving durable, even through a recent brutal winter....

SmartWatt Energy Inc
finishes lighting retrofits
at two Americold facilities

SmartWatt Energy Inc completed LED lighting retrofits at Americold’s cold storage facilities in Rochelle IL and Victorville CA recently....

Thermo King provides
new SB-30 reefer units

Responding to requests for more solutions to help reduce fuel expense, lower operating costs, and simplify driver involvement with refrigeration units, Thermo King announced the new SB-30 series reefer units....

Preliminary Class 8 orders rise in March

FTR Associates has released preliminary data showing March 2011’s Class 8 truck net orders for all major North American OEMs totaled 28,871, a 20% increase over February preliminary orders and a 155% increase over the same period in 2010. The March results are a continuation of the strong trend from previous months. The figure includes US, Canada, Mexico, and exports....

Freight volume up, margins down in 2010, TransCore survey indicates

The fourth annual TransCore Broker Benchmark Survey revealed that freight brokers on average moved 10% more freight in 2010, while their gross margins declined by 4% compared with the previous year’s survey respondents. Margins improved year-on-year for asset-based brokers, largely due to higher rates in 2010 that benefited their trucking divisions. ...

Fontaine Modification to open new center

Fontaine Modification Company will open its newest modification service center May 1 in Denton TX....

Canadian biofuel mandate will trigger even higher diesel prices, CTA warns

With the price of diesel fuel, like gasoline, already escalating—jumping almost 10% between February and March and more than 37% year-over-year—the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) is warning that come July 1st—the date the government proposes to mandate that on-road diesel sold in Canada must contain an average two per cent biofuel content—the pain felt at the pumps will only get worse....