CarrierWatch can catch ‘chameleon’ carriers

TransCore has enhanced the fraud protection features and incorporated new federal carrier safety guidelines into its CarrierWatch service, an online tool helping brokers and shippers validate operating authority, insurance, and safety records of motor carriers they hire...

ATA hails plan to improve CSA component

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) applauds the announcement by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to make improvements to the Cargo-Related BASIC (Behavior Analysis & Safety Improvement Categories) component of CSA 2010...

HDA Truck Pride picks executive committee

The newly combined parts group, HDA Truck Pride, recently held its first board of managers meeting in St Petersburg FL. During the meeting, an executive committee was elected...

Penske Truck Leasing aims
to ‘Move Ahead’ with blog

Penske Truck Leasing Co has introduced its new corporate blog called “Move Ahead.”...

Dole Food Co division
selects Descartes system
to manage customs filings

Dole Ocean Cargo Express, a division of Dole Food Company, has selected Descartes Systems Group’s Global Filer to manage its import and export customs filings for the upcoming European Union (EU) regulations on advanced entry (ICS) and exit (ECS) summary declarations....

Luber-finer brand gains social media sites

Champion Laboratories Inc has launched social media sites for its Luber-finer brand of automotive, medium-duty, and heavy-duty lines of filtration products on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn....

Greatwide Logistics earns
CHEP’s Innovation Award

Greatwide Logistics Services, a national provider of third-party logistics services, has been chosen as the winner of the Innovation Award from CHEP....

Bay Grove Capital acquires
Flint River Services Inc

Bay Grove Capital LLC, a principal investment firm based in San Francisco CA, has acquired Flint River Services Inc, a Georgia-based cold storage company....

Campanelli to construct
cold storage facility
for Preferred Freezer

Campanelli Companies has been selected to design and build a 141,521-square-foot office and cold storage facility for Preferred Freezer Services, a provider of refrigerated warehouses....

Gordon Trucking chooses
sleep wellness provider

After a successful pilot program, Gordon Trucking has chosen Sleep HealthCenters to provide a nationwide sleep apnea screening and treatment program....

Accellos helps cold storage firm
boost order accuracy, cut costs

Accellos, a provider of supply chain execution software systems, has released a case study of its customer Newport-St Paul Cold Storage....

'The Talking Warehouse’ e-book
discusses voice-centric distribution

Vocollect Inc is offering its new e-book, The Talking Warehouse: Unleashing Higher Business Performance in Product Distribution through Voice, and the availability of its first chapter, also called “The Talking Warehouse.”...

TRANSFLO Now!
simplifies sending
of delivery documents

TRANSFLO Now!, anywhere/anytime scanning from Pegasus TransTech, lets long-haul truck drivers transmit delivery documents using their own PC and has resulted in decreased DSO (Days Sales Outstanding) for top fleets that have implemented the system....

Carrier Transicold offers
a natural innovation

Helping the shipping industry find increasingly sustainable systems for refrigerated transport, Carrier Transicold presented a natural refrigerant technology for container refrigeration at Intermodal Europe 2010....

Rush Truck Center assists Laredo college

The wheels are in motion for Laredo Community College to launch a Professional Truck Driving Training Program and upgrade its Diesel Engine Mechanics and Repair Program training curriculum at its South Campus in spring 2011, thanks to a donation from Rush Truck Center–Laredo....

Class 8 net orders climb 24% in October

October 2010 net orders of heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicles for North American markets were 18,914 units, up 24% month-over-month from September, according to ACT Research Co. Medium-duty Classes 5-7 net orders also gained sequentially, posting 19% month-over-month growth....

Danone subsidiary agrees
to merge with YoCream

YoCream International Inc has entered into a definitive merger agreement with fresh dairy products company Danone under which a Danone subsidiary will merge with YoCream....

Americold announces ISO
certification of facilities

Americold announced the ISO 9001 certification of its Atlanta GA (Westgate), Nampa ID, Albertville AL, Gadsden AL, and Rochelle IL facilities....

Central Storage
& Warehouse opens
Madison WI facility

Central Storage & Warehouse Co announces the opening of its newest refrigerated warehouse in Madison WI....

ReeferTrak Mariner system
provides global visibility

StarTrak Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alanco Technologies Inc, launched its new ReeferTrak Mariner system for worldwide tracking, monitoring, and control of refrigerated containers....

DHL partnership enhances
perishables supply chain

DHL Global Forwarding, Interstate Transport Inc, and Trans World Forwarding Inc (TWF) are teaming up to provide a complete perishables supply chain system starting from the point of consolidation at origin across Latin America to destinations across North America....

BATO announces increase in tire prices

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO) announced price increases in the United States across several of its divisions, including consumer replacement; consumer original equipment; truck and bus; agricultural; and off-road....

ATA Truck Tonnage Index
continues climb in October

The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 0.8% in October 2010 after increasing a revised 1.8% in September....

Dot Foods donation tour
shows a heart of gold
during golden anniversary

Dot Foods wanted to make an impact in honor of its 50th anniversary, so the food redistributor sent a commemorative golden trailer to deliver 270,000 pounds of food—equivalent to $315,000—to 11 FeedingAmerica.org food banks across the nation from May through October 2010....