Running on Ice: A partnership for the ages

All thawed out (Photo: Chiquita Brands International) Bananas for all is something that Chiquita takes very seriously. Its ongoing partnership with Daikin Reefer has been holding strong since 2018. That’s nearly six years of collaboration to give bananas to the world, more specifically North America. Chiquita uses Daikin’s ZeSTIA reefer units, which Chiquita says are…

California gets another pot of money for ZEV trucks, courtesy of Volkswagen

More than $109 million of California’s share of the money for cleaner vehicles funded by the giant settlement in the Volkswagen diesel scandal will be used to buy, among other things, zero-emissions vehicles (ZEVs) for drayage. The South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) announced earlier this month that it was releasing about $109.3 million…

FreightTech Friday: Heale incentivizes complete, accurate data sharing

Heale Labs plans incentives to data sharing The logistics industry has traditionally struggled with effectively managing and utilizing data. In an interview with FreightWaves, Todd Haselhorst, founder and CEO of blockchain startup Heale Labs, highlighted the problems he experienced in data management in his past supply chain work.“We spent 35% of our budget just focusing…

Paving the way for trucking’s next generation — Taking the Hire Road

On a recent episode of Taking the Hire Road, Lindsey Trent, President and Co-Founder of Next Generation in Trucking, joined Jeremy Renner to highlight her work in creating a pathway to attract younger workers to the trucking industry. One of the inspirations Trent highlights for creating Next Generation in Trucking was persistent shortages in skilled…