Global public refrigerated warehousing giant Versacold,  Vancouver, B.C., said it earned awards for outstanding supplier service from Unilever United States, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., The Dannon Company, White Plains, N.Y., and Danone, Inc.

To lower interest expenses and overall debt, global shipping and logistics services provider Hf Eimskipafelag Islands, Reykjavik, Iceland, said it expects by the end of 2008 to sell VersaCold Atlas.

If experience is indeed the best teacher, then Steve Williams may be considered a professor of public refrigerated warehousing.

Hanson Logistics, St. Joseph, Mich., said it hired industry veteran Matt Luckas as vice president of supply chain services.

Public refrigerated warehousing operator Merchants Terminal Corp., Baltimore, said it hired F. Brooks Royster III as vice president, responsible for new facility construction, international marketing, acquisitions and new facility development.

Logistics Execs on the Move: SCS Refrigerated Services, Algona, Wash., said it hired Jeff Jones, a 20-year-plus sales and operations veteran, as company president.

Third-party logistics companies acknowledge McCain Foods USA efforts to become "America's Best Food Company."