Rite-Hite updates website

Rite-Hite, provider of loading dock equipment, industrial doors, safety barriers, and HVLS fans, recently unveiled an all-new website. ...

Ryder expands, refreshes
its fleet of rental vehicles

Ryder System Inc (NYSE: R) is expanding and enhancing its North American rental fleet with 6,700 new trucks, tractors, trailers, and vans to meet accelerating demand as the economy continues to rebound....

Klinge Corp acquires
Norfrig Equipment

Klinge Corporation has completed its acquisition of Norfrig Equipment....

Eclipse Berry Farms
renews CHEP contract

Eclipse Berry Farms LLC has signed a new contract with CHEP, provider of pallet and container pooling systems....

TransCore reports highest freight volume since October on spot market

Truckload freight availability increased nationwide for the fourth straight week on the spot market, as indicated by traffic on TransCore’s DAT Network of load boards in the week ending February 5...

Canadian Freight Index exits 2010 on high

TransCore’s Canadian Freight Index recorded an annual average of 233 points, exceeding the annual average volumes from each of the previous five years...

Used Class 8 vehicle sales rebound 21%

The unit volume of sales of used heavy-duty (Class 8) commercial vehicles increased 21% in December 2010 on a month-over-month basis, according to ACT Research Co...

Dana completes SPL U-joint upgrades

With the recent completion of key product improvements to its Spicer Life Series (SPL) Model 170 universal joint assembly, Dana Holding Corporation has upgraded the performance and durability features of its entire lineup of SPL heavy-duty universal joints...

DTNA builds 1,000th hybrid electric vehicle

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) marked the production of its 1,000th hybrid electric vehicle with a celebration at its Mount Holly NC plant. The 1,000th vehicle—a Freightliner Business Class M2 106 Hybrid truck—is manufactured at the Mt Holly location...

Teletrac releases Fleet Director 8.2 system

Teletrac has released the Fleet Director 8.2 fleet management telematics system. Fleet Director 8.2 gives flexible new at-a-glance dashboards and safety scorecards to help monitor driving behavior and safety performance for individual drivers, user-defined groups of vehicles, and the fleet as a whole...

Fleet Sentiment Report Buying Index surges to new high in January 2011

The 1Q 2011 Fleet Sentiment Report Buying Index as reported by CK Commercial Vehicle Research rose to a new high of 102.3 in January 2011, with 58% indicating they were planning to place orders for power equipment during the next three months and 42% planning to place trailer orders during the same period...

TQL Freight Finder mobile
phone app free of charge

Total Quality Logistics (TQL), the nation’s fourth-largest freight brokerage firm, announces the TQL Freight Finder mobile phone application....

From Latin America
with love: DHL makes
Valentine’s Day rosy

Logistics company DHL has been making sure that spouses, sweethearts, and friends have fresh flowers for Valentine’s Day....

US Foodservice–Memphis
expands its operations

The Memphis TN division of US Foodservice Inc has agreed to purchase the building it occupies at 5900 Holmes Road from Belz Enterprises....

DTNA leads in sales
of Class 6-8 vehicles

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) announced that it is the Class 6-8 segment leader for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and United States markets....

Purfresh provides
Intellipur service
packages to carriers

Purfresh has announced a series of subscription packages for its Intellipur web-based informatics that give ocean carriers the option to choose the level of visibility and control that best matches their risk management profile and business objectives....

Fresh Perform simplifies
foodservice inventory

Airclic has launched its Fresh Perform product, which automates in-store inventory processes for foodservice operators, resulting in savings, efficiencies, and traceability....

Aleco’s aluminum ImpacDor
suitable for various applications

Aleco, manufacturer of foodservice and industrial traffic doors, announces the addition of the new ImpacDor AL-125-1 for use wherever a lightweight, economical traffic door is required....

Colorado’s food banks
to receive beef donation

Greeley CO-based JBS USA and cattle farmers and ranchers from around the nation are making the largest-ever donation and delivery of 16,000 pounds of beef to Colorado’s Feeding America Food Banks....

Trade mission to connect
US-India cold chain execs
and government officials

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) is organizing a two-week trade mission to the United States that will provide senior private sector executives and public sector officials from the Indian cold chain industry an opportunity to connect with US cold chain suppliers and equipment manufacturers, as well as high-level executives from some of the world’s largest public refrigerated warehousing companies....

Eaton marks 100 years
of industry innovation

Eaton Corporation this year celebrates its 100th anniversarys. Founded as a small axle business in 1911, Eaton has evolved to become a global power management company and a leader in energy-efficient technologies that help its customers use power more safely and effectively. ...

IANA Operations & Maintenance Seminar

The Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) announced the dates of the 2011 IANA Intermodal Operations & Maintenance Seminar. This intermodal operations and maintenance event will be held May 4-5, 2011, in Oak Brook IL at the Oak Brook Hills Marriott Hotel....