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SelecTrucks Now Offering 30-day Satisfaction Guarantee
BMT Forum Bot posted a topic in Trucking News
SelecTrucks is introducing a new pre-owned truck certification that will provide the industry's most grueling and comprehensive inspection and reconditioning process. View the full article -
Equinox Owner-Operator Solutions and OnRamp Transportation Services now offer a package of roadside assistance services for carriers, contractors and owner-operators. View the full article
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Meritor Mobile, a sales and service information tool, is now available for free download through the Apple App store and iTunes. The application will enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of sales and service personnel in the commercial vehicle industry. View the full article
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International's ProStar+ and TranStar models are getting some driver comfort upgrades, along with some performance and safety enhancements. View the full article
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TransCore's September North American Freight Index rose 3.2% compared to August and 45% compared to September 2010. September marked the highest same-month spot-market freight availability since the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. View the full article
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While the road for trucking ahead is "long and inviting," the American Trucking Associations needs more buy-in from the trucking industry to help it improve its chances of winning the legislative and regulatory battles it's fighting, ATA President Bill Graves told members during the opening session of the group's annual Management Conference and Exhibition in Dallas yesterday. View the full article
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Safety-centric company cultures and outstanding performance records earned Roehl Transport and Stagecoach Cartage and Distribution the 2011 Volvo Trucks Safety Award. View the full article
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Pete Selleck, a 29-year Michelin veteran, has assumed the positions of chairman and president of Michelin North America. Selleck succeeds Richard "Dick" Wilkerson, who is retiring to become chairman emeritus. View the full article
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The average price for diesel fuel at pumps across the country leapt 8 cents this week, putting the brakes on a five-week slide. Meanwhile, fears of a slowdown in the global economy and renewed uncertainty over European debt drove oil prices 42 cents lower on Monday. View the full article
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Mack, Volvo to Sponsor Key Outreach and Image Programs
BMT Forum Bot posted a topic in Trucking News
Mack Trucks, Inc. will once again sponsor the Share the Road highway safety outreach program in 2012, while Volvo will continue its sponsorship of America's Road Team. View the full article -
HDT's 2011 Truck Fleet Innovators were honored for their industry leadership in areas such as driver safety, logistics and maintenance View the full article
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Drivers facing threats to their livelihoods from undeserved tickets and citations now have access to expert guidance to challenge those tickets. The experienced staff and attorneys at Fix-A-Ticket, Inc. handle legal issues for their driver clients on a case-by-case basis. View the full article
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DeKalb County, Ga., has ordered 24 Freightliner Business Class M2 112 compressed natural gas (CNG) trucks. The county will use the CNG trucks for sanitation and maintenance applications. View the full article
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There's something in a convoy of trucks that seems to stir a driver's imagination. It's being a part of something. A cog in something turning, as the Woodstock song goes. The convoys I'm referring to are the various fund-raising convoys that take place around North America each fall. View the full article
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Daimler Trucks North America is dropping "Diesel" from the venerable Detroit Diesel name, leaving the brand free to include other powertrain components and perhaps other types of engines. View the full article
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The Agricultural and Food Transporters Conference of American Trucking Associations has hired veteran agricultural lobbyist Jon Samson as its new executive director. View the full article
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Russell Gerdin, the founder and longtime time chairman and CEO of Heartland Express, passed away Friday, Oct. 15. He was 70. View the full article
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The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry rose 0.4% in August from July, reaching the highest level since July 2008, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics' Freight Transportation Services Index, released late last week. View the full article
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The Truckload Carriers Association conducted several business meetings in conjunction with the American Trucking Associations' Management Conference & Exhibition at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, Texas, over the weekend. One of the most popular items on the agenda was a live demonstration of TCA's newest member benefit, "Issues Update." View the full article
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Wallstreeters are wondering if billionaire investor, Carl Icahn, has set his sights on an amalgamation between Navistar and Oshkosh. Icahn, has a history of buying positions in companies he considers to be underperforming and then pushing for change. View the full article
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One of the fun things about researching articles is how you can end up in a totally different place than where you started. View the full article
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Recycling waste is an integral part of sustainable living in both small-scale homes and large-scale industrial operations. Fair Oaks Farms, a dairy farm in northwestern Indiana, is taking this concept to a new level. View the full article
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J.B. Hunt Transport Services announced record third-quarter net earnings of $68.7 million and operating revenue of $1.17 billion, up 19% from a year ago, led by growth in its intermodal business. View the full article
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If you count all the money spent on highways in the last federal transportation program, each state got more than it put in to the Highway Trust Fund. That's because Congress had to make substantial cash infusions from the General Treasury into the trust fund, which did not have enough money to meet its obligations. View the full article
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Transportes Olympic SA de CV has been cleared to be the first Mexican carrier in the Department of Transportation's cross-border trucking pilot program. However, another Mexican carrier that has cleared a pre-authorization audit, Grupo Behr de Baja California, must undergo additional review before it gets permission to operate. View the full article
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