TMC installs Thrift
as general chairman

Jerry Thrift, manager for new product development for Ryder System, was installed as the Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) 2010-11 general chairman and treasurer during the TMC’s 2010 Annual Meeting and Transportation Technology Exhibition, held February 9-12 in Tampa FL...

TRALA backs Iowa bill
limiting recordkeeping
for use tax exemption

The Truck Renting and Leasing Association (TRALA) is supporting legislation in Iowa that would limit to three years the amount of time an owner of a commercial motor vehicle would be required to retain records for a use tax exemption...

ArvinMeritor opens expanded
distribution center in Mexico

ArvinMeritor Inc officially opened its new aftermarket parts distribution center in Cienega de Flores, a suburb of Monterrey, Mexico, part of the manufacturing facility that houses the company’s commercial vehicle business operations in Mexico...

Domestic container volume
shows December ‘09 increase

The improvement in the US economy during fourth quarter 2009 translated into modest gains for intermodal shipments. Domestic container volume increased 9.0% during the quarter compared with Q4 2008. All but two IANA regions recorded domestic container volume gains...

RFID technology helps
port enforce regulations

Zebra Enterprise Solutions (ZES), a division of Zebra Technologies, announced that the container terminals at the Port of Oakland CA are using its radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to comply with the port’s ban on polluting trucks....

Aleco’s ImpacDor AIS-175
brings toughness, versatility

The tough, flexible design of Aleco’s ImpacDor AIS-175 door makes it a suitable choice for a variety of manufacturing, cold storage and warehouse, food processing plant, and retail store applications....

C&L Refrigeration completes
reefer system for facility

C&L Refrigeration announced the completion of an environmentally friendly, energy-efficient design/build industrial refrigeration system for a new 570,000-square-foot distribution center in Fontana CA....

Frozen Food Express pulls
through bleak 2009, puts
focus on moving forward

Frozen Food Express Industries Inc announced its financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009....

CSX, Union Pacific create
UMAX container program

UMAX, a new domestic interline container program created by CSX Intermodal and Union Pacific Railroad, will provide customers access to more than 20,000 containers and expanded market reach across North America....

Thermo King commends
its outstanding dealers

Thermo King recently announced the company’s top-performing individuals and dealerships for 2009 at its annual Dealer Meeting....

Purfresh expands global
reach, adds three partners

Agroasa, based in the Dominican Republic; Post-Harvest Solutions Ltd, based in New Zealand; and Post Harvest Services, based in South Africa, are now certified partners and authorized to market and sell Purfresh Transport services and Purfresh Cold Storage systems....

ATA endorses Vigillo’s
CSA 2010 Scorecard

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) has announced its endorsement of Vigillo LLC’s Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA) 2010 Scorecard as an effective program to help large and small trucking companies manage their responsibilities under the current CSA 2010 regulations...

US freight railroads face
obstacles threatening
ability to aid recovery

Edward R Hamberger, Association of American Railroads president and chief executive officer, said freight railroads are at a critical point in their history as the industry is facing new challenges from overburdensome federal regulatory mandates that could seriously undercut the industry’s ability to aid in US economic recovery...

Western Star provides
Cummins ISX15 engine

Western Star Trucks Sales Inc announced the availability of the Cummins ISX15 EPA 2010 engine for the North American market. Combined with Detroit Diesel’s powertrain options, the Cummins ISX15 completes a full line of engine systems that meet the demand for Western Star customers...

Hanson Logistics
expanding Chicago
Consolidation Center

Hanson Logistics is expanding its temperature-controlled Chicago Consolidation Center in Hobart IN....

Hamburg Süd upgrades
reefer container fleet
with PrimeLINE units

Hamburg Süd Group recently upgraded its refrigerated fleet with 3,000, 40-foot high-cube integrated containers with Carrier Transicold’s PrimeLINE system. ...

Jake’s Finer Foods opens
new distribution center,
corporate HQ in Houston

Jake’s Finer Foods has officially opened its new 180,000-square-foot distribution facility and corporate headquarters in northwest Houston TX....

Dot Expressway's Virtual
Warehouse is enhanced

Dot Foods is unveiling a new portal on its Dot Expressway website with an enhanced version of the Dot on Demand Virtual Warehouse program....

Entrepreneurial
pioneer John Ruan dies

John Ruan, founder of Ruan Transportation Management Systems, died February 13, 2010. He was 96. Born Feb 11, 1914, Ruan began a company in 1932 with only one truck and grew it into Ruan Transportation Management Systems, now one of the nation’s largest transportation management companies...

Study shows consequences
of continuing to restrict
domestic energy exploration

America’s reliance on foreign energy will grow by 19% over the next 20 years, expanding the transfer of US wealth to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) by more than $600 billion, according to a report by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). The two-year study broadly examined the social, economic, and environmental impacts of continued restrictions on developing America’s oil and gas resources...

US Foodservice division
in San Francisco begins
fueling fleet with biodiesel

US Foodservice¨CSan Francisco, which says it is the only green-certified broadline food distributor in California, is now running its entire delivery fleet on biodiesel fuel....

Greatwide Logistics
reduces its collision
rate by 26% since 2006

Greatwide Logistics Services, a provider of third-party logistics services, has announced continued improvement in safety performance results....

Vortex’s ‘green’ XS-Flo systems
can save fleets a lot of green

Various trucking companies have engaged Vortex Green Energy Technologies LLC to supply and supervise test installations of Vortex XS-Flo fuel saver and emission reduction systems in selected metropolitan fleet vehicles and support equipment including refrigeration units....