GreenRoad earns award
from Frost & Sullivan

GreenRoad has received the 2010 Technology Innovation and Green Excellence of the Year Award from Frost & Sullivan. The firm was selected for its groundbreaking use of technology to improve sustainability of fleets and reduce emissions from vehicles worldwide...

Henningsen Cold Storage
has solar-electric system
installed to reduce costs

Solar Nation has announced the installation and commissioning of a 200-kilowatt solar-electric system on the Henningsen Cold Storage Company facility in Gresham OR....

FedEx Custom Critical
enhances Temp-Assure

FedEx Custom Critical Inc, a subsidiary of FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX), is enhancing its core Temp-Assure ground service....

Spot market freight level
sets record for May: index

Spot market freight availability increased by 216% in May 2010 compared with the same month in 2009, according to TransCore’s North American Freight Index....

Wabash National starts
producing 350 ArcticLites
for Frozen Food Express

Wabash National Corporation (WNC) has started production on 350 new ArcticLite refrigerated van trailers for Frozen Food Express Industries Inc (FFEX) to be completed by September 2010....

Detroit Diesel will
invest in engine plant

Detroit Diesel Corporation (DDC) will invest approximately $194 million to expand operations at its manufacturing facility in Redford Township, Michigan. The announcement was made in an all-employee town hall meeting...

Truckers report high
optimism, survey says

Transport Capital Partners, LLC (TCP) has recently completed its Business Expectation Survey for the second quarter of 2010, which found that 88% of carriers surveyed expect volumes to increase over the next year, and 84% of the carriers expect rate increases over the same period...

PAN 22 provided
on three suspensions

Meritor WABCO Vehicle Control Systems has announced the availability of its patented single piston PAN 22 Series air disc brake on three Meritor trailer suspensions: the new Meritor Trailing Arm air suspension 23,000-lb unit...

Integration of EOBR software
is critical to maximizing
IT infrastructure: research

New research by Optipoint Custom Tracking shows that integration of electronic onboard recorders and other asset management systems with existing information technology infrastructure increases efficiencies and returns on investment...

Dean Foods, Thermo King
unveil vehicle that has
eco-friendly reefer system

Dean Foods (NYSE: DF), a leading dairy processor and owner of a large refrigerated direct-store delivery distribution network, has unveiled a delivery vehicle equipped with a new prototype truck refrigeration system developed by Thermo King....

Seneca Foods acquiring
Unilink, Lebanon Valley
Cold Storage affiliate

Seneca Foods Corporation (NASDAQ:SENEA and SENEB) has signed a letter of intent to acquire Unilink LLC and its affiliated company, Lebanon Valley Cold Storage LP....

LNG fueling station serves
trucks in California ports

Speedy Fuel held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its first full-service liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueling station to serve heavy-duty Class 8 trucks in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach CA recently....

Delivering a slice of home
to US troops overseas

Pizzas 4 Patriots, a non-profit organization, is teaming up with delivery and logistics company DHL Express and AT&T to send thousands of Edwardo’s Natural pizzas to US servicemen and women overseas in time for July 4....

Blueberry shippers choose
Purfresh Transport system

Purfresh announced results of side-by-side testing that show enhanced quality and freshness in blueberries when using Purfresh Transport for global shipments recently....

Sysco’s new warehouse
showcases hydrogen fuel
cell use in trucks, forklifts

More than 100 business leaders and government representatives attended the official ribbon-cutting for the new Sysco Corporation (NYSE:SYY) 585,000-square-foot food distribution facility in north Houston TX recently....

Gordon Food Service
expanding in Michigan

Gordon Food Service (GFS), a family-owned foodservice distributor, plans to invest $24.2 million to consolidate several business operations throughout Canada into a new 100,000-square-foot facility in Wyoming MI....

NOAA, FDA ramping up
efforts to ensure safety
of Gulf of Mexico seafood

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are taking additional steps to enhance inspection measures designed to ensure that seafood from the Gulf of Mexico reaching America’s tables is safe to eat....

Diamond Ranch completes
seafood firm acquisition

Diamond Ranch Foods Ltd (OTC BB: DRFO) has officially concluded the acquisition of all customer accounts of Executive Seafood....

Peterbilt delivers first
Paccar MX engine

Peterbilt Motors Company recently celebrated the delivery of the first 2010 EPA-certified Paccar MX engine. A Peterbilt Model 386 equipped with the first production MX engine was delivered to McClymonds Supply & Transit Company ...

Cargill, Meyer Natural
Foods enter agreement

Cargill’s US beef business and Meyer Natural Foods have entered into a multi-year agreement that creates a joint “go-to-market” approach....

ConAgra Foods to acquire
American Pie LLC assets

ConAgra Foods Inc (NYSE: CAG) has agreed to acquire the assets of American Pie LLC, based in Woodbury NY. American Pie manufactures frozen fruit pies, thaw-and-serve pies, fruit cobblers, and pie crusts under the licensed Marie Callender’s and Claim Jumper trade names, as well as frozen dinners, pot pies, and appetizers under the Claim Jumper trade name....