Cold storage company
installs Digital Lumens
Intelligent Lighting System

United States Cold Storage Inc (USCS), one of the nation’s leading refrigerated storage and logistics companies, has selected and deployed the Digital Lumens Intelligent Lighting System in its Hazleton PA facility....

Nello Pistoresi uses
TeleNav to cut costs

Founded in 1929, Nello Pistoresi hauls food and other grocery items to 39 stores throughout Washington, Oregon, and northern Idaho....

J Knipper and Company
acquires Pharmagistics

J Knipper and Company Inc has acquired competitor Pharmagistics from Publicis Touchpoint Solutions....

Boboli selects PECO Pallet
as its exclusive supplier

Boboli International LLC announced that it will ship its specialty frozen pastry products exclusively on PECO pallets to retailers and participating foodservice distributors throughout the United States....

Airclic improves Courier Perform
via virtual cross-dock functionality

Airclic has upgraded its Courier Perform product to include virtual cross-dock functionality to shorten delivery times and reduce costs for couriers/3PLs (third-party logistics providers)....

Penske, Mission Heart Hug
salute military spouses

Penske Truck Rental is supporting Mission Heart Hug, a program dedicated to collecting and distributing shoebox gifts to military spouses....

High Liner Foods
plans to purchase
Viking Seafoods Inc

High Liner Foods Inc (TSX: HLF; HLF.A) plans to acquire Viking Seafoods Inc, a foodservice company based in Malden MA....

Performance Food Group
acquires Ledyard Company

Performance Food Group Company has announced the acquisition of Ledyard Co, a broadline foodservice distribution company based in Santa Cruz CA....

Worldwide Equipment
acquires WV dealer

Worldwide Equipment has increased its dealer network to 13 locations with the addition of General Truck Sales in Charleston WV....

Diesel fuel demand to drive global
refined product demand, margins

In the aftermath of the global recession, diesel fuel demand will rebound and again drive global refined product demand and margins, according to a new global report released by Hart Energy Consulting. Low-sulfur diesel markets will strengthen and remain strong for the foreseeable future....

Baucus to introduce repeal
of Form 1099 requirements

US Sen Max Baucus (D-MT), Senate Finance Committee chairman, has announced that he will introduce legislation that would repeal the requirements that businesses issue a Form 1099 to every vendor from whom they buy $600 or more worth of goods on an annual basis. ...

Greatwide driver earns
wings as Highway Angel

Antonio Cooper, an Oklahoma City OK-based driver for Greatwide Logistics Services, has been named a Highway Angel by the Truckload Carriers Association....

A&P files voluntary petition
for Chapter 11 protection

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company Inc (A&P) (NYSE: GAP) has filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code with the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York....

Fresh & Easy will install
roof-mount solar systems
on nine Arizona stores

Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market has established a partnership with REC Solar to install roof-mount solar systems on nine Arizona stores....

ATA congratulates Knipling
for international honor

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) congratulates Dr Ron R Knipling on receiving the Order of Merit, one of the highest recognitions given by the International Road Transport Union (IRU), a Geneva, Switzerland-based international organization representing highway users....

Supervalu agrees to sell
TLC to division of Ryder

Supervalu Inc has entered into a stock purchase agreement for the sale of Total Logistic Control (TLC), a wholly owned subsidiary that provides logistics and supply chain management systems to manage distribution, warehousing, and transportation operations for food, beverage and consumer packaged goods companies....

C R England increases
sustainability, innovation

While trucking companies nationwide grapple with high fuel costs, increased regulations, and other challenges, refrigerated carrier C R England remains committed to sustainability and innovation....

Food traceability a concern, but
cutting costs still top priority: survey

While establishing traceability strategies has become a priority for foodservice executives, cost-cutting initiatives remain at the top of the priority list for 2011, according to a survey released by Voxware....

Intelsius adds two new Category A
shipping systems to Biotherm line

Intelsius, a manufacturer and distributor of environmentally safe, temperature-controlled and regulatory-compliant packaging systems, has added two new Category A shipping systems to its line of Biotherm packaging systems....

Class 8 preliminary orders
surge in November 2010

November 2010 preliminary net orders of heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicles for North American markets totaled 26,300 units, according to ACT Research Co....

Panther’s president takes
the wheel for toy drive

Andrew Clarke, president and chief executive officer of Panther Expedited Services, will hit the road again the week of December 13th for the company’s annual “Drive to Fill the Truck” Toys for Tots campaign....

GCCA group promotes
new cold chain initiatives,
technologies in India

A high-level delegation from the Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) visited India in November 2010 to help advance new programs and technology to improve cold chain operations in what has become a leading food-producing nation....

Carrier optimism remains
high, TCP survey indicates

Transport Capital Partners LLC (TCP) has completed its Business Expectation Survey for the fourth quarter of 2010 and found that 66% of surveyed carriers expect volumes to increase over the next year....

Meritor WABCO will supply SCR valves

Meritor WABCO Vehicle Control Systems announced an agreement to supply Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) with advanced air and water management valves for commercial vehicles using SCR (selective catalytic reduction) aftertreatment to meet emission standards. ...

CSA Handbook an on-road driver reference

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) plans to roll out its new Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA) enforcement initiative soon. To help motor carriers and drivers succeed under the program, J J Keller announces CSA Handbook: A Complete Guide for CMV Drivers...