Trucking associations
support campaign
to reduce vehicle idling

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) and several of its affiliates support the Diesel Idle Reduction Campaign headed by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG), in partnership with the District Department of the Environment, District Department of Transportation, and Maryland Department of the Environment....

Ready Pac Foods recalls
certain bagged salads

Ready Pac Foods Inc, based in Irwindale CA, is recalling 702 cases of the Baby Spinach variety of Spinach Temptations 6-ounce bagged salads with use-by dates of July 4 with Product Code I1707B, IR127121 and July 8 with Product Code I2007B, IR130373 because they could be contaminated by E coli O157.H7....

EPA salutes Detroit Diesel
plant for energy efficiency

Detroit Diesel’s Engine Manufacturing Center in Redford MI has been recognized by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as one of the first manufacturing facilities to meet the Energy Star Challenge for Industry...

Trilliant 36 version
for corrosive conditions

Grote Industries has introduced a new version of its Trilliant 36 LED WhiteLight conversion bulb. The product is designed to operate in adverse conditions where sodium chloride, high humidity, and other corrosive elements wreak havoc on most PAR 36 incandescent work lamps...

Rivetless front, rear
covers on S-ABAs

Haldex Commercial Vehicle Systems introduces rivetless front and rear covers for S-ABA...

Canadian Freight Index up
for fifth month in a row

TransCore’s Canadian Freight Index has climbed for the fifth straight month, showing significant improvement year over year with a 73% increase in spot market freight availability...

Commercial trailer orders
continue strong in May

May 2010 commercial trailer net orders were up 59% from the prior-year month, continuing a healthy rebound from a very weak 2009, according to ACT Research Co. Through May, year-to-date net orders for trailers are up 69%...

ATA applauds DOT efforts
toward safe truck parking

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) greatly appreciates the latest efforts by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) and Secretary Ray LaHood to provide professional truck drivers with safe places to stop and rest along the National Highway System ...

Wearable voice system’s
results are worth talking
about: Affiliated Foods

Vocollect Inc has announced continuing enhancements to its industrial wearable voice system for warehouses and distribution centers (DCs)....

Kool Pak helps crab shack
catch acclaim at cook-off

At this year’s 29th annual Knorr Great Chowder Cook-Off in Newport RI, Alaska made it onto the map....

SmartTail with WindTamer
satisifies CARB requirements

The Environmental Protection Agency’s SmartWay program says fleets installing Aerodynamic Trailer Systems’ new IAS Integrated Automated System (SmartTail with WindTamer) will satisfy California Air Resources Board (CARB) legislation....

Physicians worry about risks
of heat-damaged medicines

In a recent Harris Interactive survey of US physicians about proper storage and handling of temperature-sensitive medicines prescribed and administered to patients, physicians reported being concerned about this issue....

Class 8 truck owner
satisfaction peaks
in first nine months

Among Class 8 truck owners, satisfaction peaks in the first nine months the truck is in service, then decreases notably, according to the J D Power and Associates 2010 US Heavy-Duty Truck Customer Satisfaction Study....

Wholesale produce
distributor pitches in
to feed the hungry

Four Seasons Produce Inc, a wholesale distributor of produce, and its subsidiaries announce a fund-raising partnership with Feeding America....

Pilot Travel Centers
completes merger
with Flying J Inc

Pilot Travel Centers LLC and Flying J Inc have completed the merger of the two companies. This creates an expanded network of more than 550 Interstate travel centers and travel plazas focused on customer service and offerings for professional drivers and motorists....

OM HCL picks RedPrairie
warehouse management
system for 3PL facility

OM HealthCare Logistics (OM HCL), a new business unit of Owens & Minor, has adopted RedPrairie Corporation’s warehouse management system to direct operations of its flagship third-party logistics distribution center....

TMW teams with Roush,
KSM Transport Advisors

TMW Systems Inc has announced a strategic alliance with KSM Transport Advisors LLC (KSMTA). The alliance is built on TMW’s long-standing relationship with David Roush, newly appointed vice-president for KSMTA...

Truckers again face driver
shortage, survey indicates

Transport Capital Partners LLC (TCP) has completed its Business Expectation Survey for the second quarter of 2010, which found that two-thirds of carriers surveyed are experiencing a return of the driver shortage...

CSA 2010 needs further
improvements, ATA says

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) fully supports CSA 2010’s objectives of targeting unsafe operators, changing their behavior, and removing the most egregious actors from the road...

Sale of Michael Foods
to GS Capital Partners
affiliates is completed

Michael Foods Inc announced that its parent, Michael Foods Group Inc (formerly M-Foods Holdings Inc) closed a previously announced transaction under which its owners, affiliates of Thomas H Lee Partners LP (THL), and certain current and former members of management sold Michael Foods to affiliates of GS Capital Partners....

Carrier Corporation cuts
emissions more than 30%

Carrier Corporation, provider of high-technology refrigeration, air-conditioning, and heating systems, is reducing fuel usage and global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions after a systematic analysis of its fleet of trucks and cars....

ATA Truck Tonnage Index
dips slightly in May 2010

The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 0.6% in May 2010, which was the first month-to-month drop since February of this year....

Almac expands cold
storage capacity
for pharmaceuticals

Almac has greatly expanded its capacity at its new North American headquarters in Souderton PA by building a 271,000-cubic-foot 2°-8° C cold storage facility....

Green Shoots Distribution
breaks the traditional mold

After extensive research and development, Green Shoots Distribution breaks the traditional distribution mold by introducing an innovative and unique strategy. Green Shoots, an elite employee-owned refrigerated direct store delivery (DSD) distributor, provides a model that allows small and independent business owners to gain visibility in a sector oversaturated by big name brands....