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After two rounds of fierce competition, the "2nd Annual TCI Tech Challenge" competition yielded a new champion: James Krikie, of TCI-Mt. Vernon, Ill. View the full article
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration wants to change its approach to putting together a Unified Registration System, but intends to stick with the key components it already has proposed in this sweeping overhaul of the way it keeps track of the entities it regulates. View the full article -
Eaton's UltraShift Plus automated transmission is now available for all Detroit Diesel DD13-equipped Western Star 4900 day-cab configuration truck models. View the full article
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The American Trucking Associations announced the recipients of the fifth-annual Mike Russell "Good Stuff" Trucking Image Award at its annual Management Conference & Exhibition held earlier this month in Grapevine, Texas. View the full article
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FreightWatch recorded 263 cargo theft incidents from July to September, showing a marked increase in cargo theft activity over the previous quarters this year. View the full article
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Fighting corrosion in trucks, ships, tanks, planes and equipment costs the Pentagon $22.9 billion a year. View the full article
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The Arizona Department of Transportation is looking at tolling the segment of Interstate 15 that cuts across the northwestern corner of the state. View the full article
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American Trucking Associations' advance seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 1.6% in September after falling a revised 0.5% in August 2011, the group's economists announced. View the full article
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Production has begun on the Reach lightweight, aerodynamic walk-in van, said the two companies involved. Utilimaster Corp. is assembling the vehicle and Isuzu Commercial Truck of America provides the chassis. View the full article
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Auction action and healthy wholesale activity pushed sales volumes of used Class 3-8 commercial trucks in September after an extended summer slump, reported ACT Research. Retail markets fell, however. View the full article
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Paccar reported the highest quarterly revenues in its history and doubled its net income in the third quarter of 2011. View the full article
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Given all the uncertainly regarding the economy, volumes, rates, drivers, and regulation, more carriers, especially small ones, are thinking about leaving the industry or liquidating in the next six months, according to Transport Capital Partners' Third Quarter Business Expectations Survey. View the full article
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Cummins reported strong third quarter sales growth and earnings, and is headed for "its best year ever," said Tim Solso, chairman and CEO. Sales were $4.6 billion, up 36% from the same period last year. View the full article
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A new air deflector being offered by Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc. is designed to reduce drag while boosting fuel economy. View the full article
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The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee plans to debate and vote on its two-year surface transportation bill Nov. 9. The committee's strategy is to produce a two-year measure funded at current levels, plus inflation. This will require about $12 billion more than will be available from the Highway Trust Fund, a difference that Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., a member of EPW and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, has said he believes can be found. View the full article
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American Trucking Associations has reached an agreement on a new three-year contract with association President and CEO Bill Graves. View the full article
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The deadline for meeting California's Truck and Bus regulation diesel particulate filter retrofit requirement is January 1, 2012, but fleets can still apply for staggered implementation schedule or flexible phase-in option. View the full article
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Job growth at the Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC wheel-end production facility in Bowling Green, Ky., earned the company a 2011 Business Expansion Award from the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce. View the full article
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Company drivers and owner operators may nominate their trucking companies as one of the Truckload Carriers Association's (TCA) Best Fleets to Drive For, an annual evaluation of the best employers in the trucking industry. View the full article
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The walk-in vans used during the driver safety and skills competition were provided Morgan Olson. Considered the "Super Bowl of Safety," the competition is open to step van drivers in any industry. View the full article
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12 Things You Should Know About Oil & Coolant Analysis
BMT Forum Bot posted a topic in Trucking News
Oil and coolant are like your blood and your sweat, respectively, and they have to work together to keep you alive View the full article -
Prophesy Transportation Solutions, Inc. has released an Advanced Fuel Card Manager module for the DispatchSeries solution. View the full article
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Plans for a new bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ont., hit a dead end after the Michigan Senate rejected a $5.3 billion funding bill needed get construction started. View the full article
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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is urging Sen. Kelly Ayotte not to proceed with her amendment to block the rewrite of the hours of service rule. In a letter yesterday, LaHood defended the work of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in drafting the revised rule. View the full article
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Right to Repair Question Makes it to 2012 Mass. Ballot
BMT Forum Bot posted a topic in Trucking News
The Massachusetts Right to Repair Coalition has collected 106,658 voter signatures after just 19 days of effort, easily exceeding the 68,911 required for the pro-consumer initiative to appear on the 2012 ballot. View the full article
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