All of the Atlanta division’s 185 tractors and 210 trailers began using biodiesel fuel recently after its first 7,500-gallon delivery of B5, a blend of diesel containing 5% biodiesel, a form of diesel fuel made from vegetable oils, animal fats, or recycled restaurant greases. Biodiesel is a sustainable, renewable alternative to diesel fuel that can reduce greenhouse gases and other emissions.

Small number of fleets buying
trailers negatively affects index
The Q4 2009 FSR Equipment Buying Index as reported by CK Commercial Vehicle Research fell 23% from the previous quarter to a reading of 68.7. The Q4 2009 index was severely impacted by the small percentage of fleets planning trailer purchases.

Only 21% of respondents to the Q4 Fleet Sentiment questionnaire indicated they planned to place orders for trailers in the next three months, while 46% planned to place power unit orders in the same period.

Revised FDA Food Code includes
enhancements in safety, efficiency
The Food and Drug Administration has published the new FDA Food Code, a model code and reference document that provides a scientifically sound technical and legal basis for regulating the retail food and foodservice segment.

State, city, county, tribal, and territorial agencies regulate more than one million restaurants, retail food stores, and vending and foodservice operations in institutions such as schools, hospitals, nursing homes, and child care centers. The model FDA Food Code provides a basis for most of those agencies’ licensing, inspection, and enforcement activities, and offers a model for food statutes, regulations, and ordinances.

Brookshire Grocery chooses
XATANET onboard technology
XATA Corporation has announced that Texas-based Brookshire Grocery Company selected XATA as its preferred provider of onboard computer technology.

Brookshire Grocery chose the XATANET fleet operations software platform and services for its fleet of more than 75 vehicles. XATA is also providing implementation and training services to ensure a smooth adoption of the system. Implementation rollout is expected to be completed by the end of November 2009.

Nash Finch Co’s total sales
advance 15.3% in fiscal 3Q
Nash Finch Company announced financial results for the 16 weeks (fiscal third quarter) ended October 10, 2009.

The food distribution company’s total sales for the third quarter 2009 were $1.633 billion, compared with $1.416 billion in the prior-year quarter, an increase of 15.3%. Sales for the first 40 weeks of 2009 were $3.990 billion, versus $3.445 billion in the prior-year period, a gain of 15.8%.

Net earnings for third quarter 2009 were $21.9 million, in contrast to net earnings of $7.7 million in the prior-year quarter.

Smart Lamps integrate strobing
LEDs, signal override functions
OEMs and fleet operators will find a lot to like in Peterson’s latest additions to its patented line of Piranha LED Smart Lamps—warning light technology that combines strobing LEDs and automatic turn signal override functions in one self-contained lamp.

The new 10-diode, 4-inch Round models are SAE J845 Class Two-compliant and DOT-approved, and offer rugged wiring options plus the economy of only 10 diodes.

Dole harvests 95% energy
savings with Albeo high bay
Albeo Technologies Inc announces the retrofit of a Dole cold storage warehouse with Albeo’s C-Series solid-state high bay. Dole, the world’s largest producer and marketer of fresh fruit and fresh vegetables, replaced 400W metal halide fixtures with Albeo C-Series high bay fixtures. Light levels nearly doubled in the cold storage warehouse with the fixtures mounted at 28 feet and temperatures below 0° F. Albeo’s high bays with integrated motion sensors delivered 95% energy savings.

Since the Dole installation in January 2009, Albeo has upgraded the C-Series high bay to deliver more than 13,000 lumens at 175 watts.

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Online
Refrigerated LTL Routing
Guide provided online!
The refrigerated LTL (less-than-truckload) routing guide has been posted online as a PDF (the 2008 edition is currently available; check our website in December for the updated 2009 edition.)

Please update your company’s info now!

If you are currently listed, watch the mail for your listing forms. The deadline is Nov 20, 2009. Basic listings in this directory are free of charge. If you would like to be listed and did not receive a form, download a blank listing form on the website and submit by the deadline.

Access the LTL guide at http://refrigeratedtrans.com/directory/refrigerated-ltl-guide/.


An online opportunity:
RT’s Featured Product
Here’s an ideal opportunity to promote your new product—free of charge—right on Refrigerated Transporter’s website home page. Try running it in our Featured Product section.

Each Featured Product we choose will run by itself with a photo in a special section of RT’s home page for one week, then the article enters the section’s Featured Product archive for easy online access at any time thereafter.

Want to receive some valuable exposure for a new product? Just e-mail Jay Miller at jay.miller@penton.com with information about your product along with a photo file (JPEG, GIF, BMP, or TIF) of the item—and we’ll do the rest.

Products submitted should be used in refrigerated transportation, warehousing, supply chain management, or commercial trucking applications.

Now online:
Public Refrigerated
Warehousing
& Distribution Directory
Updated for 2009, the annual directory is a compilation of public refrigerated warehouses (PRWs) throughout North America that offer or arrange some type of transportation service. This list is arranged geographically by state and includes Canada. Listings include address, phone, and a comprehensive list of services offered. Access http://refrigeratedtrans.com/directory/warehouse-distribution/.

Access RT’s 2009
Refrigeration Unit
Repair Directory
Updated for 2009, the directory is the most all-inclusive listing of refrigeration unit repair facilities in North America. This list is arranged geographically by state (including Canada and Mexico). Listings include phone, fax, and a comprehensive list of services offered. Access http://refrigeratedtrans.com/refrigeration_repair/refrigeration_repair_directory/.

Photo gallery displays
industry’s images
Photo images can portray the essence of a company’s overall image, and can capture the core of any news event. Refrigerated Transporter’s online photo gallery has been enhanced, and is now being continually replenished with new images of companies highlighted in previous issues, as well as photographs of current news and events coverage. Access the photo gallery at http://refrigeratedtrans.com/photo_galleries.

Gross Revenue Reports available
Dating back to 2001, these annual revenue reports for the leading refrigerated carriers can be accessed online and downloaded as PDFs by clicking on www.refrigeratedtrans.com/ar/rtgrevrpts/.

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Coming Events

Nearly in view:

January 21-22, 2010
Traceability Institute, Food Traceability Interoperability Summit 2010, Denver CO. Phone 714-206-9800 or access www.traceinterop.com

January 31-February 3, 2010
International Foodservice Distributors Association (IFDA) Partners Executive Forum, Ritz-Carlton Grande Lakes, Orlando FL. Phone 703-532-9400 or access http://www.ifdaonline.org

January 31-February 3, 2010
World Food Logistics Organization (WFLO) Institute, University of Oklahoma, Norman OK. Access www.iarw.org

Webinars
Webinar on California
TRU emission regulations
Refrigerated Transporter recently put on a webinar entitled “California emissions regulations for transport refrigeration units.”

This webinar, with officials from the California Air Resources Board (CARB), covered all facets of CARB’s Airborne Toxic Control Measure for In-Use Diesel-Fueled Transport Refrigeration Units (TRU) and TRU genset regulations.

Particular attention was paid to how the phased-in compliance works, and to the various options for meeting engine performance standards.

There was also the opportunity for attendees to have their questions on the matter answered.

A recording of the webinar, which was sponsored by Johnson Truck Bodies, Proventia, and Reviva, is available at http://refrigeratedtrans.com/webinars/.

Johnson Refrigerated Truck Bodies offers a full line of refrigerated truck bodies and all-electric truck refrigeration solutions, including the new RouteMax clean and green refrigeration system.

Proventia develops diesel emission control systems to meet CARB regulations, including the CARB-approved Proventia Flow Through Filter for TRUs.

Reviva, the largest independent remanufacturer of gas and diesel engines in North America, is now offering CARB-approved remanufactured diesel-fueled TRU engines.