Horton expands Fan Drive
Core Exchange Program

Horton Inc has expanded its Fan Drive Core Exchange Program to include all DriveMaster and DM Advantage fan drive cores, including fan drives not currently in the Reman program....

Unilever to acquire EVGA
ice cream brands, network

Unilever and EVGA have formed an agreement in which Unilever will acquire EVGA’s ice cream brands (which include Scandal, Variete, and Karabola) and distribution network for an undisclosed amount....

Hendrickson will build suspensions
for CNHTC-built trucks, debuts HUV

Hendrickson has entered a strategic cooperation agreement with Sinotruk (Hong Kong) Ltd, an affiliate of China National Heavy Duty Truck Company (CNHTC), China’s largest heavy-duty truck producer. Under this agreement, Hendrickson will design, develop, and manufacture suspension systems for heavy-duty trucks built by CNHTC or its affiliates....

Keller provides $6 E-Logs
to assist with CSA 2010

J J Keller & Associates Inc announces $6 E-Logs. With CSA 2010 looming and the EOBR (electronic on-board recorder) mandate on the way from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, this E-Log system will help carriers of all sizes manage hours-of-service compliance....

Third-party logistics CEOs
identify top supply chain
industry trends in survey

Key findings from the 17th annual Survey of Third-Party Logistics Providers were recently presented at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Annual Global Conference by survey author Dr Robert Lieb, professor of supply chain management at Northeastern University, and Joe Gallick, senior vice-president of sales for Penske Logistics....

Diamond Ranch creates
re-distribution network

Diamond Ranch Foods Ltd has begun forming a re-distribution network within the tri-state area consisting of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut for several of its branded products....

Clean Energy Fuels teams
with Pilot to provide NG
truck fueling nationwide

Clean Energy Fuels Corporation has signed an agreement with Pilot Travel Centers LLC to build, own, and operate public access, compressed and liquefied natural gas (CNG/LNG) fueling facilities at agreed-upon Pilot Flying J truck travel centers nationwide....

PTDI-certified truck driver
courses stand to benefit
from economy, CSA 2010

Despite a slow-growth economy, driver training program administrators with recently certified or recertified Professional Truck Driver Institute (PTDI) courses are experiencing an increase in demand for their graduates and expect to benefit from the Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA) 2010 initiative....

Truckers stick by business
plans despite economy

Transport Capital Partners LLC (TCP) has completed its Business Expectation Survey for the third quarter of 2010. ...

inthinc enhances technology to combat distracted driving

inthinc Technology Solutions Inc has reinforced its commitment to preventing distracted driving by implementing cell phone and texting restrictions in both its commercial and consumer driving safety systems....

TransCore Canadian Freight Index
hits landmark volume in August

TransCore’s Canadian Freight Index showed a 50% year-over-year increase in spot market freight volume with a two-point increase from July 2010. Freight in August 2010 registered the highest volume ever recorded for the same month in the past five years. ...

Chamber of Commerce indexes show
transportation infrastructure decline

The US Chamber of Commerce has released the first nationwide and state-by-state “Transportation Performance Indexes” which show a significant decline over the past five years in how America’s transportation infrastructure is serving the needs of domestic commerce, international trade and the overall US economy....

VersaCold marks opening
of its distribution center
at Port of Tacoma WA

Public refrigerated warehouse company VersaCold recently celebrated the opening of its newest distribution center at the Port of Tacoma WA with a barbecue lunch and ribbon-cutting ceremony....

Allison’s fully automatic
transmission passes
fleet test with flying colors

A comparison trial of automated manual and Allison fully automatic transmission-equipped Renault Premiums by French distribution group sees the Allison transmission returning an average of 8.5-liter/100-kilometer fuel reduction (24% less) by using a smaller power-pack....

C R England adds
TempStack COFC
technology to services

C R England has added TempStack 53-foot temperature-controlled, container-on-flatcar (COFC) technology to its service offerings....

Giant Eagle receives
four awards from EPA
for its green practices

Supermarket retailer Giant Eagle Inc has received four awards from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its green practices and sustainability efforts, as well as special recognition for its environmentally friendly transportation initiatives....

Hanson Logistics gears up
for temperature-controlled
capacity demand upsurge

With refrigerated transportation indexes pointing to pending capacity restraints and Chicago IL-area warehousing needing additional deep-frozen, high-turn space, Hanson Logistics has taken several steps in its single-source marketing program....

ATA Truck Tonnage Index
plunges 2.7% in August

The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 2.7% in August 2010, which was the largest month-to-month decrease since March 2009....

Air-Weigh offers LoadMaxx
series in-cab display option

Air-Weigh announces a new in-cab display option for the LoadMaxx series of truck and tractor scales....

Rescuing a leaking reefer unit
before frozen mango load thaws

ServiPartes gave a whole new meaning to “wholesale customer service” when branch manager Karina Rodriguez reopened the heating, ventilation, air-conditioning/refrigeration (HVAC/R) distributor’s Mexico City store late one night just to retrieve emergency refrigeration supplies....

Class 8 commercial vehicle
net orders climb in August

August net orders of heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicles were up 15% from August 2009, according to ACT Research Co. ...

CTP hails Obama administration
inclusion of Maine, Vermont
truck weight increase proposal

The Coalition for Transportation Productivity (CTP), a group of more than 160 shippers and allied associations dedicated to responsibly increasing federal weight limits on Interstate highways, applauded the Obama administration for including a provision in the Fiscal Year 2011 Continuing Resolution that formally asks Congress make permanent two pilot programs that give heavier, six-axle trucks full access to Interstate highways in Maine and Vermont. ...