Thermo King helps
Nebraska National Forest
safely transport seedlings

The Nebraska National Forest began in 1902 as an experiment to produce trees and plant them in what is now the largest human-made forest in the United States....

Fresh Trax-2 tracking unit
monitors temps in real time

All-Trax LLC announces the addition of a new product to its temperature tracking line-up....

Navistar launches first trucks
for India with partner Mahindra

Navistar Inc recently celebrated the launch of its first commercial trucks for the Indian market...

Penske Truck Leasing
agrees to acquire
Bright operations

Penske Truck Leasing Company LP has entered into an agreement with the Bright family to acquire Bright Truck Leasing & Bright Distribution, providers of full-service truck leasing, truck rental, maintenance, and logistics operations...

Summary judgment sought
in Port of Los Angeles case

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) filed its final response brief seeking summary judgment in certain aspects of its challenge to the Port of Los Angeles Concession Plan mechanism...

Florida officials relax
transport restrictions
due to freezing temps

In response to unusually frigid temperatures menacing the state’s produce industry, Florida Gov Charlie Crist has signed an order temporarily easing weight, height, length, and width restrictions for commercial vehicles transporting perishable crops to processing sites....

Hino Trucks engines excel
in customer satisfaction

Hino Trucks engines rank highest in customer satisfaction for a second consecutive year according to the JD Power and Associates 2009 Medium-Duty Truck Engine and Transmission Customer Satisfaction Study....

FDA seizes food products
from Nashville warehouse

At the request of the US Food and Drug Administration, US marshals seized bulk restaurant food products at Won Feng Trading Company, a food processor and warehouse in Nashville TN....

Commercial trailer net
orders drop in November

November 2009 net orders for commercial trailers declined 27% from a strong October performance, but posted a 73% gain over November 2008, according to ACT Research Co....

Fleet equipment purchase
plans stabilize, survey finds

Transport Capital Partners’ (TCP) fourth quarter Business Expectations Survey shows carriers are stabilizing on fleet replacement, with a pre-buy unlikely and more interest in buying and selling shown by carriers...

Thermo King extends
Espar heater rebates

Thermo King is extending a promotion for customers purchasing select Espar heaters from participating dealers....

CARB offers $11 million
to truckers serving port

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced $11 million in compliance assistance funding that will partly pay for more than 1,200 retrofits and more than 100 new trucks serving the Port of Oakland....

Aleco catalog showcases
line of ImpacDor products

Aleco, manufacturer of impact doors, strip doors, and flexible barrier products for light- to heavy-duty industrial, commercial, institutional, and foodservice applications, announces that its new ImpacDor catalog is now available....

Kraft Foods agrees to sell
pizza business to Nestlé

Kraft Foods announced that, after several months of discussions, it has agreed to sell the assets of its North American pizza business to Nestlé for a total consideration of $3.7 billion....

FDA takes action against
New Jersey cheese maker

The US Food and Drug Administration announced intentions to ask a federal court to shut down a New Jersey cheese manufacturer with an alleged history of operating under unsanitary conditions and producing cheese contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes....

Smithfield Foods
completes sale
of RMH, Maverick

Smithfield Foods Inc has completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of RMH Foods LLC to a group of investors led by the Rocke family....

Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation
emerges from bankruptcy

Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation and six of its subsidiaries have emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after a 13-month restructuring....

Ford helps Reddy Ice Holdings
service van fleet get greener

Reddy Ice Holdings, the Dallas TX-based manufacturer and distributor of packaged ice, recently purchased 17 Ford Transit Connect vans for use by technicians servicing Ice Factory ice-dispensing machines throughout the country....

ATA Truck Tonnage Index
jumps 2.7% in November

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 2.7% in November 2009, following a 0.2% contraction in October....

McLane, Holiday Companies
renew supply chain contract

McLane, a supply chain services firm wholly owned by Berkshire Hathaway Inc, recently announced a contract renewal with Holiday Companies for supply chain services to 458 Holiday convenience stores....

Kloosterboer Dutch Harbor
forecasts a very busy 2010

Since its opening in July 2009, Kloosterboer Dutch Harbor in Alaska has met with several major fishing companies that are seeking to use the facility as a one-stop logistical hub for the 2010 season, according to the facility’s general manager....

Spring brake chamber debuts
in TRP’s aftermarket offerings

TRP Aftermarket Parts is introducing the TRP spring brake chamber manufactured for use in all Class 6, 7, and 8 trucks, trailers, and buses. ...

Affiliate of CI Capital
Partners acquires Transplace

CI Capital Partners LLC, a New York-based private investment firm; J B Hunt Transport Services Inc; Swift Transportation; US Xpress Enterprises; and Covenant Transportation Group Inc announced that an affiliate of CI Capital Partners has acquired Transplace....

General Produce Company
receives $30,900 fine
from CARB for violations

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) fined General Produce Company $30,900 recently for violations reported during 2006 at its Sacramento CA facility. ...