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Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations will invest $36.6 million in its Warren County, Tenn., plant to increase production capacity by an additional 900 truck and bus tires per day. View the full article -
FTR Associates' Shippers Condition Index edged lower in July to a current reading of -3.8, meaning conditions were favorable for higher rates for truckers. View the full article
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Greg Lehmkuhl has been named president of Con-way Freight, Con-way's regional and national less-than truckload subsidiary and largest operating unit. View the full article
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Prime inc. is renovating its Plaza terminal at its Pittston, Pa., location. View the full article
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Love's Travel Stops opened a new travel stop in Napavine, Wash., located at Interstate 5, Exit 72. View the full article
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Humped torque curves were the norm in North American heavy-duty on-road diesel engine power maps for decades. Today's torque curves are much flatter, but the height and width of the torque curve remain limited. Volvo Trucks has broken that mold in dramatic fashion with its new XE13 powertrain option. View the full article
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is providing more than a quarter million dollars for two trucking-related projects in Massachusetts that will improve air quality through rapid deployment of clean diesel technologies. View the full article
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The intersection of I-290 at I-90/I-94 in Chicago is the most congested freight-significant highway interchange in the country, according to the new annual report from the American Transportation Research Institute and the Federal Highway Administration. View the full article
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The TMC SuperTech competition's 2011 Grand Champion is the same technician who won last year: Jeff Schlecht of Omaha Truck Center's branch in Norfolk, Neb. It felt "good" to win, he said, and though "I knew more what to expect after last year, I felt more pressure this time." View the full article
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Commercial vehicle orders held up reasonably well in August, despite a proliferation of bad news about the economy that led to a meaningful collapse in consumer confidence. View the full article
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Only 45% of the carrier executives responding to a new survey expect volume increases in the next 12 months, compared with 80% in May. View the full article
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The leadership of Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week 2012 has announced six education sessions for the event, which will be held Jan. 23-26 at the Mirage in Las Vegas. View the full article
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Con-way Freight launched its newly enhanced Con-way Freight Tools app for web-registered users. View the full article
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Arkansas Best, Fort Smith, Ark., announced that Wesley B. Kemp, current president and CEO of its largest subsidiary, ABF Freight System, will retire on Dec. 31. View the full article
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Greatwide Logistics, Dallas, announced the deployment of three alternative-fuel vehicles in its fleet. View the full article
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Maine and Vermont senators have won preliminary approval of a measure to permanently allow 100,000-pound trucks on state interstates. The measure, pushed by Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, was included in the annual transportation funding bill that the Senate Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee approved Tuesday. View the full article
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Schneider Logistics unveiled a new service for shippers with reoccurring less-than-truckload moves. Integrated Delivery Services (IDS) uses Schneider's Supply Chain management technology, cross-docking abilities and dedicated trucking experience to provide a new, cost-effective supply chain solution for shippers willing to share the ride. View the full article
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Gordon Trucking, Pacific, Wash., has begun drug screening all applicants via hair samples with the goal of reducing new driver accidents within the first crucial months of employment. View the full article
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Peterbilt Motors named Peterbilt of Sioux City in Sioux City, Iowa, the 2011 Peterbilt Parts and Service Dealer of the Year. View the full article
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Blue Tree Systems, a provider of trailer tracking, reefer monitoring and fleet management solutions, announced that Steve Katz has joined its North American division as director of sales, U.S. Markets. View the full article
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Webb Wheel Products promoted Adam Wiechmann to engineering manager for the OEM Business Unit. View the full article
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That commercial vehicles have been getting old has become an adage in the last few years, and here are more numbers to support it. View the full article
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Duane Reade, a retail pharmacy, announced a partnership with Smith Electric Vehicles to add Newton zero-emission, all-electric commercial trucks to its delivery fleet. View the full article
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According to an ongoing survey by Arsenault Associates, 56% of fleets that employ maintenance software use it first and foremost to automate preventive maintenance scheduling. View the full article
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Diesel prices fell for a second straight week, dropping 2.9 cents to $3.833 a gallon average nationwide, according to the Department of Energy's weekly report. View the full article
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