State highway conditions
are best in 19 years; traffic
congestion drops: study

We often hear the nation’s infrastructure is crumbling, but state highway conditions are the best they’ve been in 19 years, according to Reason Foundation’s 19th annual Highway Report....

Dorada Poultry operation
to create about 350 jobs

Oklahoma City OK-based Dorada Poultry will occupy the former 180,000-square-foot Tyson Foods facility at 2000 Hall Boulevard in Ponca City OK....

Vector technology helps
New England Produce
Center to clear the air

The air around the nation’s second-largest produce market, the New England Produce Center in Chelsea MA, is about to get cleaner thanks to the installation of 79 Carrier Transicold Vector 5100 all-electric trailer refrigeration units....

IRTA elects new leaders

New officers and directors of the International Refrigerated Transportation Association (IRTA) were recently elected by the group’s membership....

Hill Brothers Transportation
adopts MVASIST by Decisiv

Decisiv Inc announced that Hill Brothers Transportation has adopted MVASIST, the service management platform in use at Volvo Trucks North America dealer locations....

Food Perform improves delivery,
sharpens supply chain visibility

Software provider Airclic has launched Food Perform, an SaaS-based product for improved delivery and payment processing in the food distribution industry....

Class 8 net order
retreat mostly seasonal

July 2010’s net orders of 11,667 heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicles was 27% below June, but was still up 27% from July 2009, according to ACT Research Co. ...

ArvinMeritor offers
ProTec HMIS Series

ArvinMeritor Inc has launched its Meritor ProTec High Mobility Independent Suspensions (HMIS) Series....

Lane departure warning
optional on Kenworth T700

Kenworth Truck Company offers the Takata SafeTraK three-lane departure warning system as an option for the Kenworth T700. ...

Agro Farma will expand
Chobani yogurt production

Agro Farma plans to expand its South Edmeston NY manufacturing facility–production hub for Chobani, the company’s Greek yogurt brand....

Changes to PACA
regulations include
higher license fees

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is amending the regulations issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) to increase license fees....

Meritor 14X drive axles
drive Shamrock Foods

New Meritor 14X drive axles are outfitted on 105 new heavy-duty tractors being put into service by Shamrock Foods Company, a private motor carrier based in Phoenix AZ....

Delhaize Group upgrades
its fleet management
with XATA Corp tools

XATA Corporation (NASDAQ: XATA) announced that Delhaize Group is leveraging XATANET across its Food Lion, Hannaford, and Sweetbay Banners to maximize its fleet performance with one common technology platform....

Cummins EPA '10 engine
output reaches 26,000

After seven months' production of its EPA 2010-certified and compliant engines, Cummins has built and shipped more than 20,000 heavy-duty and MidRange engines with Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) exhaust aftertreatment...

Volvo recalls workers
to New River Valley

Volvo will recall about 270 people to its New River Valley assembly plant beginning the week of September 6 to meet increasing demand for orders. The recall, representing about 23% of the workforce...

TIMTC to facilitate
session at TMC meeting

The Trucking Industry Mobility and Technology Coalition (TIMTC) will facilitate a Truck IntelliDrive and Smart Roadside session at the Technology and Maintenance Council (TMC) 2010 fall meeting September 22 in Raleigh NC...

‘Cold Train’ intermodal
service rolls on fast track
to popularity with shippers

A new refrigerated intermodal container rail and distribution service between Quincy WA and Chicago IL is growing in popularity with produce shippers in the Pacific Northwest....

Partnership brings
food safety training
to small growers

A partnership involving the Produce Marketing Association (PMA), Sysco Corporation, and PrimusLabs.com is providing much-needed produce food safety training to small growers across America to help them boost produce sales....

ATA Truck Tonnage Index
increases in July 2010

The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 1.5% in July 2010, although June’s reduction was revised from 1.4% to 1.6%....

IRTA names a company
as Executive of the Year

The International Refrigerated Transportation Association (IRTA) named Maersk Sealand the recipient of its Executive of the Year award as part of the American Frozen Food Institute-Global Cold Chain Alliance (AFFI-GCCA) Food Logistics Forum in Lake Tahoe NV recently....

Americold announces opening
of Salt Lake City UT warehouse

Americold Realty Trust announces the August 30, 2010, scheduled opening of its new Salt Lake City UT facility....

Crown reach truck heats up
productivity in cold conditions

Crown Equipment Corporation has introduced the Crown SR 5000 Series moving-mast reach truck for cold-storage environments....

China approves purchase of Volvo’s joint venture share

Chinese authorities have approved an agreement in which Sinotruk (BVI) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Corporation (CNHTC), and CNHTC will purchase all of the Volvo Group’s equity interest in the Jinan Huawo Truck Corporation joint venture...

TransCore Canadian
Freight Index increases

TransCore’s Canadian Freight Index showed a 53% increase year-over-year. After registering continuous increases from January to June 2010, with June the highest recorded freight volume since June 2008, July 2010 freight volume dipped slightly by 19% compared with the previous month...