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....

Reflect Scientific completes
corporate reorganization

Reflect Scientific Inc has completed an internal corporate reorganization....

Wal-Mart Canada to build
‘green’ distribution facility

Wal-Mart plans to spend $115 million Canadian (about US $108 million) to build a refrigerated distribution center in western Canada....

Cadec technology drives
truck fleet efficiencies
at grocery store chain

DeMoulas Supermarkets Inc, operator of the Market Basket grocery store chain, has implemented Cadec Global’s Mobius fleet management system for its entire private trucking fleet....

Government cites produce
firms for PACA violations

The US Department of Agriculture has cited BT Produce Company Inc, operating in Bronx NY, for willful, repeated, and flagrant violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA)....

Utility Trailer Mfg Co’s
side skirt designs receive
SmartWay verification

Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company has designed two new US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SmartWay-verified side skirts that have a special bracing system....

LeanLogistics will focus
on ‘Where’s My Stuff?’
at logistics conference

LeanLogistics, a global leader in Software as a Service (SaaS) transportation technology and supply chain services, will be co-presenting an educational session at the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) Logistics Conference 2010, set for February 22 in Orlando FL....

Supervalu to sell Shaw’s
stores in Connecticut

Supervalu Inc plans to sell all Shaw’s grocery stores in Connecticut....

Fuel-stingy hybrid truck
means bountiful savings
for California food bank

When Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo (CA) Counties delivers fresh fruits and vegetables to local neighborhood community centers with its new Kenworth diesel-electric hybrid tractor, the expected fuel savings could enable the food bank to provide an additional 14,000 meals annually....

Cheney Brothers Inc
to deploy ReeferTrak
in its 400-trailer fleet

Alanco Technologies Inc announced that its StarTrak Systems subsidiary has been awarded a contract by Cheney Brothers Inc for deployment of its ReeferTrak monitoring system on the company’s nationwide fleet of 400 refrigerated trailers....

Clean Power Technologies
signs CSS as consultant

Clean Power Technologies Inc, a developer of systems to reduce emissions and fuel usage by harnessing wasted exhaust energy, has signed a consulting agreement with Cascade Sierra Solutions (CSS. ...

Penske Corp donates trucks
to Clinton Bush Haiti Fund

Penske Corporation and its family of companies announced that it has donated more than $1 million worth of diesel-powered flatbed trucks to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund ...

Navistar pursues dual-fuel
MaxxForce big-bore engine

Navistar Inc has signed a concept development agreement with Clean Air Power Ltd to develop Navistar’s MaxxForce 13 big-bore engine to run on natural gas and clean diesel fuel for the North American market...

ACT continues to forecast
stronger second half, 2011

Trends in the economy and transportation sector continue to point to strengthening in the truck transportation sector in the second half of 2010, which will then lead to stronger demand for commercial vehicles late in the year and into 2011, according to ACT Research Co...

Rail carload traffic remains
down in January, AAR says

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported US carloads for January 2010 were down 0.7% at 1,056,684 carloads, compared with the same month in 2009, and down 17.7% versus 2008. The Rail Time Indicators report, available at www.aar.org, comprises monthly rail traffic data framed with other key economic indicators to show how freight rail is tied to the broader US economy...

Rytec’s Turbo-Seal Insulated
roll door fulfills need for speed

Rytec Corporation has introduced an insulated roll door for refrigerated and frozen food warehouses that offers a peak speed of 182" per second....

Fresh King bolsters customer
service by using CHEP pallets

Fresh King, a grower and shipper of tropical and exotic fruits and vegetables, plans to expand shipments on CHEP pallets in the near future....

IFDA members rank
Tyson Food Service
Group as top supplier

For the fourth consecutive year, Tyson Food Service Group of Springvale AR received the top ranking in a survey polling members of the International Foodservice Distributors Association (IFDA) on the performance of 45 leading foodservice manufacturers....