Federal agency issues
final rule revising
PACA Trust provisions

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a final rule revising Perishable Agricultural Commodity Act (PACA) provisions regarding post-default agreements for payments....

Dot Foods employees
donate to Japan relief

Dot Foods Inc and its employees are donating $51,636 to the American Red Cross, Global FoodBanking Network, and Habitat for Humanity to support their efforts in aiding Japan as it recovers from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami....

Freightliner will offer Telogis
telematics pre-wire option

Freightliner Trucks will provide its vocational customers with a Telogis telematics pre-wire option....

J B Hunt signs agreement
with SleepSafe Drivers Inc

J B Hunt Transport Services Inc (NASDAQ–JBHT) has signed a multi-year agreement to make SleepSafe Drivers Inc’s On-Site Diagnostic Ambulatory testing and Sure Compliance treatment programs available to the carrier’s drivers....

Truck-involved fatalities
drop to record low in 2009

The rate of truck-involved fatalities on US highways fell to 1.17 per 100 million miles in 2009, making that year the trucking industry’s safest since the federal government began keeping track in 1975....

Mack Trucks launches Dealer Locator app

It’s now easier than ever to find a Mack Trucks Inc dealer or service location while on the road. Customers can use the free Mack Dealer Locator app, available for the iPhone and iPad through the iTunes App Store...

Volvo boosts output, recalls 700 workers

Volvo Trucks in North America, in response to increased demand, will ramp up production at its New River Valley, VA, plant, and recall approximately 700 employees....

ATA’s Windsor says Congress
needs to pass a highway bill

Barbara Windsor, president and chief executive officer of Hahn Transportation Inc, and chairman of American Trucking Associations, told members of the US House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Highways and Transit that the trucking industry needs Congress to quickly pass a new surface transportation bill with a focus on highways....

Preliminary Class 8 orders rise in March

A preliminary reading of heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicles net orders for North American markets rose to 29,200 units in March 2011, according to ACT Research Co. Net orders in March were up 159% from March 2010 and represented the largest monthly order intake since May 2006. Preliminary net order numbers are subject to revision and are typically accurate to within 5% plus or minus....

ATA focuses on outdated rules
needing reconsideration by DOT

Responding to President Obama’s call to help reduce the regulatory burden on US businesses, the American Trucking Associations highlighted nine outdated, obsolete, or onerous rules that the US Department of Transportation should reconsider....

ATA supports electronic logging
devices to monitor driver HOS

American Trucking Associations announced that its membership has endorsed a policy supporting federal laws and regulations that would require trucking companies to use electronic logging devices to monitor driver hours-of-service....

US Foodservice acquires
WVO waste vegetable oil
operation to produce B20
fuel for delivery trucks

US Foodservice has purchased the assets of Bluffton SC-based WVO Industries. WVO collects and removes water, food particles, and other impurities from waste vegetable oil then ships the bio feedstock to a processing company that produces an 80/20 diesel/biodiesel blend known as B20 that will be used to fuel hundreds of food delivery trucks at the US Foodservice–Columbia Division in Lexington SC....

Labatt Food Service
deploys Toughbook

Panasonic Solutions Company has published a new case study highlighting the successful deployment of a Toughbook U1-based system by its customer Labatt Food Service....

AFFI applauds actions
advancing US-Colombia
free trade agreement

Kraig R Naasz, American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) president and chief executive officer, issued a statement applauding a recently completed package of judicial and labor reforms that will help accelerate final implementation of an already-negotiated free trade agreement between the United States and Colombia....

Integrated Freight
Corporation acquires
Cross Creek Trucking

Integrated Freight Corporation (OTCBB: IFCR) has acquired Cross Creek Trucking, a Medford OR-based refrigerated freight hauler....

Bland Distribution
Services expands cold
storage, dock areas

Bland Distribution Services (BDS) of Donna TX announces the expansion of its cold storage and dock areas....

Racin’ for a Cure: D’Arrigo
Bros takes fresh approach
in breast cancer campaign

Fresh produce grower and shipper D’Arrigo Brothers Company of California has partnered with 2Xtreme Racing, placing its pink ribbon logo prominently on the side of The Bounty Hunter Monster Truck driven by owner Jimmy Creten....

CryoPort Inc integrates
with DHL for shipping

CryoPort Inc (OTCBB: CYRX) has completed the integration of its order entry and tracking web portal with DHL’s ordering and billing systems....

Commercial trailer orders surge in February

Net orders of commercial trailers rose to 21,990 in February 2011, a gain of more than 25% from January. ACT Research Co also reported solid factory shipments in February, posting a 105% gain versus the same month in 2010....

NBB applauds energy independence effort

The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) has welcomed President Obama’s call for boosting production of domestic fuels and said the US biodiesel industry stands ready to help the nation achieve greater energy independence....

Volvo Trucks, UAW agree on five-year pact

Volvo Trucks North America announced that employees represented by the United Auto Workers have ratified a new five-year agreement covering about 1,300 members of UAW Local #2069 at the New River Valley VA, plant. The contract took effect March 17, 2011, and will expire March 16, 2016....

Volvo Trucks to sell heavy hybrid vehicles

As part of the Volvo Group’s focus on hybrid vehicles, Volvo Trucks is now commencing sales of heavy hybrid trucks, under the name Volvo FE Hybrid, to selected European markets. The hybrid trucks permit fuel savings of up to 30% and will be used primarily in distribution and refuse operations in an urban environment....