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Menlo Worldwide commits to safe handling of chemicals
Menlo Worldwide Logistics, the global logistics subsidiary of Con-way Inc., announced that its Chemical Group has been approved as a Responsible Care Partner by the American Chemistry Council. With this designation, Menlo’s Chemical Group joins leading companies who elect to adhere to recognized industry standards, promoting the safe storage, handling and transport of chemicals. As […]
September 27, 2011
Business
Kerry Logistics wins Ikea contract for Thailand services
Kerry Logistics, a leading global logistics services provider, announced that it has secured a contract with Ikea to provide a range of value-added services in Thailand focused on label printing and labeling prior to dispatch to the company’s stores across Asia. More than 7,500 SKUs of goods will be processed for labeling by Kerry. “We […]
September 27, 2011
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LeanLogistics, Topco to host technology session
LeanLogistics, a global solutions provider of transportation management system applications and supply chain services, and Topco Associates will present “Leveraging Technology to Expand Transportation Services” at the CSCMP Annual Global Conference 2011 in Philadelphia. The session will be held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, at 10 a.m. in room 202B. […]
September 27, 2011
Business
Safety Management Council honors award winners
The American Trucking Associations’ Safety Management Council announced its 2011 award winners at its Safety & Human Resources National Conference & Exhibition in Albuquerque, N.M. The ATA President’s Trophy recognizes the three companies whose fleets have been judged to have the best overall safety programs from the Truck & Industrial Safety Contests. These contests judge […]
September 27, 2011
Business
TMD acquired by Nisshinbo Holdings
TMD Friction Group announced that its shareholders have reached agreement with Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. on the terms of a recommended acquisition of TMD. The company says the combination of TMD with NISB will create one of the world’s largest automotive brake friction manufacturers with an extensive offering for passenger cars and commercial vehicles. The transaction, […]
September 27, 2011
Business
Kenworth offers Cummins ISX11.9 with rear engine PTO
Kenworth Truck Co. announced that it now offers the Cummins ISX11.9 engine with rear engine power takeoff on the T800 and W900S models. The option is suited for selected vocational applications such as concrete ready mix, construction, crane and cherry picker, mining and oil well field service, refuse hauler and packer, and wrecker service. “The […]
September 27, 2011
Business
FCCC to deliver 100 bus chassis for VA hospital patient transport
Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. announced that it receently secured an order to supply the U.S. General Services Administration with 100 FCCC MB-65 commercial bus chassis. Farber Specialty Vehicles, based in Columbus, Ohio, will customize the buses that will be built on the FCCC MB-65 and will be used for patient transportation at Veterans Administration hospitals […]
September 27, 2011
Business
All Truck and Trailer Parts joins Vipar Heavy Duty network
Vipar Heavy Duty announced that All Truck and Trailer Parts is the newest stockholder to join its network of distributors, providing service to all of Colorado. With more than 100,000 square feet of warehouse space at its headquarters in Commerce City, All Truck and Trailer Parts has an established and veteran management team lead by […]
September 27, 2011
Business
Beltway taps Begg to direct Idealease operations
Beltway Companies has named Brian Begg the director of Idealease of Baltimore and Idealease of Frederick, the company’s commercial truck lease and rental subsidiary. An experienced truck lease and rental professional, Begg worked for Penske Truck Leasing for 14 years starting on the rental desk and rising to the position of assistant district manager responsible […]
September 27, 2011
Business
Inland Truck Parts to open new store near Casper, Wyo.
Truck owners and the oil field industry in Wyoming now will have direct access to truck parts and remanufacturing services with the opening of a new Inland Truck Parts location in Evansville on Oct. 17. It will be managed by area residents Marshal Smouse and Greg Woodin, who between them have more than 50 years […]
September 27, 2011
Business
U.S. average diesel price falls 4.7 cents
The U.S. average price of a gallon of diesel fuel retreated for the third straight week during the week ended Monday, Sept. 26, falling 4.7 cents to $3.786, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. That price is 83.5 cents higher than the same week last year. Prices fell in every region. […]
September 26, 2011
Business
Court overturns Los Angeles port’s owner-operator ban
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday, Sept. 26, unanimously overturned a ban on owner-operators at the Port of Los Angeles, but also upheld several regulatory port requirements relating to truck parking, financial capability, maintenance and placard requirements. The American Trucking Associations, which brought the suit against the port, hailed the […]
September 26, 2011
Business
YRC Worldwide streamlines top management
YRC Worldwide Inc. on Monday, Sept. 26, announced the appointments of Jeff Rogers as YRC president and Mike Naatz as Holland president. Both will report directly to James Welch, chief executive officer of YRC Worldwide. The company also announced additional changes to its corporate organizational structure with the elimination of the following positions: chief operations […]
September 26, 2011
Business
Tom McLeod: Slow growth is an opportunity
The prospect of having the economy grow slowly for months, perhaps even years ahead, offers an opportunity for transportation companies to succeed by making incremental improvements, said Tom McLeod, chief executive officer of McLeod Software. During the opening session of McLeod Software Users’ Conference, September 25-27 in Chicago, Tom McLeod offered numerous suggestions for motor […]
September 26, 2011
Business
Qualcomm, McLeod integrate driver workflow
Qualcomm, a provider of integrated wireless systems, applications and services to transportation and logistics companies, and McLeod Software announced the integration of Qualcomm’s Circle of Service Workflow application with McLeod’s LoadMaster Enterprise trucking dispatch operations management system. When incorporated into the LoadMaster suite, the Circle of Service Workflow application will help both drivers and dispatchers […]
September 26, 2011
Business
Xata, McLeod announce joint projects
Xata Corporation, a provider of fleet optimization and compliance software, and McLeod Software, a provider of transportation software systems, announced joint-development projects to help fleets comply with hours of service (HOS) regulations and to more effectively collect, integrate, sort, share and view driver and vehicle data to improve fleet operations. The projects were announced at […]
September 26, 2011
Business
Treasury secretary visits UPS Worldport facility
Highlighting the need for Congress to pass President Obama’s American Jobs Act proposals to create jobs and invest in the nation’s infrastructure, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner on Monday, Sept. 26, toured UPS’s international air hub and met with local business leaders in Louisville, Ky. “One of the most important parts of the president’s American Jobs […]
September 26, 2011
Business
FedEx Corp. elects new directors
Shareowners of FedEx Corp. on Monday, Sept. 26, elected Brad Martin and Joshua Cooper Ramo to the corporation’s board of directors, each for a one-year term. The Board has appointed Martin as a member of its Nominating & Governance Committee and Ramo as a member of its Information Technology Oversight Committee. “We are delighted to […]
September 26, 2011
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