BNSF hails Los Angeles
harbor board’s decision
to approve SCIG project

BNSF Railway called the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners’ decision to recommend approval of the Southern California International Gateway project a significant vote for both a greener environment and jobs....

Report contains
US warehousing,
storage information

Research and Markets has added the 2013 US Refrigerated Warehousing & Storage Industry–Industry & Market Report to its offering....

PTI plans to offer
comments on FDA
tracing pilot report

The Produce Traceability Initiative is developing a response to the Institute of Food Technologists’ 10 recommendations released by the Food and Drug Administration....

C R England orders
fuel-saving wheel
covers for its trucks

A de F Ltd, a privately held entrepreneurial company based in St Paul MN, has announced a partnership with C R England, the Salt Lake City UT-based transportation company....

Transplace’s 11th Shipper
Symposium slated for May

Transplace has announced the speakers and topics for its 11th annual Shipper Symposium....

Garden Fresh Vegetables enhances
food safety by integrating AiroCide

KES Science & Technology Inc announced that Garden Fresh Vegetables has integrated the NASA-developed AiroCide food safety preventive controls air sanitation technology into its greenhouse in O’Neill NE....

Cold Train expanding
service area, opening
new Chicago office

Cold Train, an express intermodal service for rail transport of perishable cargo including fresh produce and frozen foods, is opening a new office in downtown Chicago IL in 2013....

Mexican tomato growers
sign import accord with US

A consortium of Mexican tomato growers and the US Department of Commerce signed a new agreement on the import of fresh Mexican-grown tomatoes into the United States....

Carrier Transicold
approves Blue Tree’s
R:COM system

Blue Tree Systems Inc announced its R:COM Temperature Management System has been approved for both one-way and now two-way communication with all DataTrak-equipped Carrier Transicold transport refrigeration units operating in North and South America....

United Fresh requests
nominations honoring
women in produce

United Fresh Produce Association is accepting nominations to help select an honoree to speak at the annual Reception Honoring Women in Produce, set for May 15....

Four finalists are chosen
for Highway Hero Award

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company will announce the winner of the 30th Goodyear North America Highway Hero Award during the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville KY....

CombineNet, Transplace
extend their partnership

CombineNet Inc and Transplace have extended their partnership agreement for at least three more years....

Ben E Keith Co to deploy
DriveCam’s driver risk
management system

DriveCam Inc announced that Ben E Keith Company plans to deploy DriveCam’s driver risk management system across its food division fleet....

Henningsen Cold Storage
wins award from NWFPA

Henningsen Cold Storage was recognized as a winner of the 2013 Premier Employer Award at the Northwest Food Processors Association Annual Expo and Conference....

Swedish armed forces
expand reefer container
order from Klinge Corp

Klinge Corporation announced that after delivery and extensive testing of its prototype container, the company’s project with the Swedish Defense has expanded to nearly twice the size of the initial contract....

REC Solar slashes energy
costs for California farms

REC Solar Inc has completed solar energy systems for two California farms totaling one megawatt of electricity....

DFDS Logistics turns to Gray
& Adams for reefer trailers

When Northern Europe’s largest integrated shipping and logistics company needed another batch of refrigerated trailers for its thriving Irish operation, it charted a course straight back to Gray & Adams....

Dean Foods Co meets
Energy Star Challenge

Dean Foods Company has met the requirements for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) “Energy Star Challenge for Industry” by reducing its energy intensity by 10% or more at 18 manufacturing locations....

California trucking group
honors Utility Trailer CEO

Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company announced that Paul Bennett, the company’s chief executive officer and chairman of the board, has been honored by the California Trucking Association....

TMC accepting scholarship applications

The Technology & Maintenance Council of American Trucking Associations is accepting applications for its 2013 scholarship programs available for diesel technician studies at WyoTech, the University of Northwestern Ohio (UNOH), and Lincoln Technical Institute/Lincoln College of Technology/Nashville Auto Diesel College...