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The need for total control of the “cold chain” — every point in a refrigerated shipment’s environment — is driving demand for more efficient ways of maintaining cargo temperature during the transfer of goods between dock and trailer.

YRC Worldwide said Monday that joint committees representing the company and the Teamsters union are being formed to address YRC’s “competitiveness and reentry into union pension plans.”

Existing home sales rose in April to the highest level in five months, the National Association of Realtors said.

Flatbed carrier Boyd Bros. Transportation has ordered 325 trucks with 2010 engines from Navistar Inc., the manufacturer said Thursday.

By now, everyone involved in trucking has experienced in some way a shortage of truck availability — and we’re only in the beginning of the second quarter. Transport Topics’ April 26 issue had a front-page story on fleet failures that quoted some interesting statistics: More than 7,100 carriers have been lost since the middle of 2008, with 730 failing during the first quarter of 2010.    

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Canadian truckers called on their federal government to junk its plan to implement a national 2% biodiesel mandate, saying that a government study found the cost of the mandate would be nearly five times greater than the benefit.

U.S. registrations of used Class 8 trucks jumped to 69,474 vehicles in the first quarter of the year, nearly 54% more than the same period in 2009, R.L. Polk & Co. said.