Driscoll finds CHEP ‘berry’
helpful for sustainability

Driscoll Strawberry Associates, distributor of fresh strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries, has formed a partnership with CHEP, provider of pallet and container pooling systems....

Normandin Transit prefers
fuel-efficient Kenworth
trucks for its operations

One of the 10 largest fleets in Quebec—and possibly the greenest—Normandin Transit operates 275 trucks, all Kenworths....

Port of Quincy terminal
success draws interest
from Port of Seattle

Several key members of the Port of Seattle WA’s Commission and Executive Team visited the Port of Quincy WA Intermodal Terminal recently....

US Foodservice
acquires Cerniglia

US Foodservice has purchased Cerniglia Products, a distributor of Italian specialty foods to the southern Wisconsin market....

SmartWatt finishes
another LED retrofit
at Americold facility

SmartWatt Energy Inc recently completed a LED lighting retrofit at Americold’s temperature-controlled storage facility in Allentown PA....

Trucking execs express
optimism, reservations
about outlook for 2011

Nearly three-quarters (71%) of trucking company executives surveyed by GE Capital, Transportation Finance expect business conditions to improve in 2011, but they are concerned about the impact of external and internal factors on their profit margins....

AIS forklift computer designed
for rugged WMS applications

American Industrial Systems Inc (AIS), an ISO 9001:2008-certified supplier, manufactures a 10.4” rugged forklift computer equipped with a user-friendly touch-screen user interface and wireless connectivity for Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)....

TQL seeks employees
for Lexington KY office

Total Quality Logistics (TQL), the fourth-largest third-party logistics brokerage in the United States, is hiring for its new Lexington KY sales office scheduled to open in August 2011....

Carrier Transicold honors
top dealers, celebrates
‘The True Power of Blue’

Midlands Carrier Transicold of Omaha NE was named 2010 Dealer of the Year, and Frío Servicio de Monterrey, Mexico, was named Latin America Dealer of the Year at the Carrier Transicold Truck/Trailer/Rail Americas annual dealer meeting recently in Orlando FL....

USDA backs proposed
National Leafy Greens
Marketing Agreement

The US Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service has formally recommended a proposed National Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement that was published in the April 29 edition of the Federal Register....

C R England screens
drivers via hair samples

C R England and Omega Laboratories Inc have announced a drug screening partnership that will test the hair samples of driver applicants....

Webb adds training toolbox to website

Webb Wheel Products Inc has added a new training toolbox to its website. The material at www.webbwheel.com clearly shows the proper procedures for maintaining wheel-end components for reliability, durability and performance. ...

March Canadian Freight Index sets record

TransCore’s Canadian Freight Index set a new all-time record in March 2011, topping the previous record from May 2008. Volumes for March 2011 were up 35% from the previous year and 36% from the prior month. ...

Study links future truck crash
involvement to driver history

In a study, the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) reveals that truck drivers with certain driving records (ie, prior crashes, violations, and convictions) are more susceptible to being involved in a future truck crash than their peers with clean driving records....

National Carriers chooses
Blue Tree USA’s R:COM
fleet management system

National Carriers Inc has signed a contract to install Blue Tree USA’s R:COM fleet management system on its entire fleet of tractors and refrigerated trailers. ...

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)....