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Big Red
, By Charles E Wilson

Food hauling has played an important role at Ruan Transport for more than 78 years. Liquid and dry bulk food products became a focal point for the Des...

ATA's Truck Tonnage
Index rises in July

The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 1.5% in July 2010, although June’s reduction was revised from 1.4% to 1.6%...

TIMTC to facilitate
session at TMC meeting

The Trucking Industry Mobility and Technology Coalition (TIMTC) will facilitate a Truck IntelliDrive and Smart Roadside session at the Technology and Maintenance Council (TMC) 2010 fall meeting September 22 in Raleigh NC...

NACD launches
new brand identities

The National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) is launching new brand identities for both the NACD and for the association’s bellwether safety and best practices initiative, Responsible Distribution. ...

TransCore Canadian
Freight Index increases

TransCore’s Canadian Freight Index showed a 53% increase year-over-year. After registering continuous increases from January to June 2010, with June the highest recorded freight volume since June 2008, July 2010 freight volume dipped slightly by 19% compared with the previous month....

Gadot completes ADPO
Ghent NV purchase

Ampal-American Israel Corporation announced that its subsidiary, Gadot, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, has completed the previously announced purchase of the entire issued and outstanding share capital of ADPO Ghent NV for a purchase price of approximately $38.1 million. ...

Price of diesel fuel sinks
for second straight week

The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel nationwide fell for the second straight week, dropping 2.2 cents to $2.957 a gallon, according to US Department of Energy information....

ATRI official describes
transportation industry
in trouble in interview

Dan Murray shares his view of the future of CSA 2010 as well as other challenges and solutions in the US transportation industry. ...

Trusted Truck initiative
sets standards for WRIs

A multi-year research partnership sponsored by the National Transportation Research Center Inc—with Volvo Trucks North America, Volvo Technology North America, and the University of Tennessee as partners—reveals an effective model for implementing wireless roadside inspections (WRIs) to improve transport efficiency and increase highway safety and security...

Defense Logistics Agency
plans supplier conference

Robert Hale, the undersecretary of defense (comptroller) and chief financial officer, will be one the keynote speakers at the Defense Logistics Agency’s Enterprise Supplier Conference and Exhibition set for August 23-25 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus OH...