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Diesel prices dropped for the third week in a row and are the lowest they've been since late February. Weekly figures from the Department of Energy show the average retail price of on-highway diesel is $3.937 a gallon, down 6.2 cents from last week and down more than 11 cents over the past three weeks. View the full article
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Mack Trucks and Volvo Trucks North America will work on developing technologies to improve the freight-moving efficiency of heavy-duty trucks and reduce greenhouse gas emissions as part of a $19 million SuperTruck contract the Volvo Group landed with the U.S. Department of Energy. View the full article
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Fifty-four roadside inspectors representing jurisdictions across North America competed in Orlando, Fla., last week in the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's North American Inspectors Championship. View the full article
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Law enforcement officials are cracking down on aggressive car and truck drivers on Interstate 5 in the Salem area this week. View the full article
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FTR Associates' Shippers Condition Index edged up in June to a current reading of -3.1. The SCI sums up all market influences that affect shippers; a reading above zero suggests a favorable shipping environment, while a reading below zero is unfavorable. View the full article
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Meritor Wabco Vehicle Control Systems is continuing its series of ride-n-drive vehicle demonstrations at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga., on Sept. 14. View the full article
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Fyda Freightliner, a truck dealership with offices in Ohio and Pennsylvania, recently earned a first-place finish in a national wellness competition. View the full article -
Red Dot Corp. has reached an agreement to acquire JBAR A/C Inc. of Valley View, Ohio. View the full article
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NewWorld Capital Group has acquired Cleaire Advanced Emission Controls, which provides emissions retrofit equipment for heavy-duty diesel vehicles. View the full article
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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation requiring local governments to provide the most up-to-date truck route information for the Illinois Department of Transportation to post online. View the full article
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Paul Phillips, a Con-way Freight driver from Coarsegold, Calif., was named the 2011 Bendix National Truck Driving Championships Grand Champion in Orlando, Fla., over the weekend, beating 428 other professional drivers from all across the United States in the American Trucking Associations' 74th annual National Truck Driving Championships. View the full article
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Ron Hughes, vice president National Accounts with Xtra Lease, and a long-time trucking industry figure, passed away recently following a short illness at the age of 63. View the full article
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The Missouri River flooding has undermined the south bridge approaches of dual Interstate 29 bridges at mile post 1.4 in the southwestern corner of Iowa, and is threatening the bridges. The seriousness of the damage is expected to delay the eventual reopening of the interstate when the waters recede. View the full article
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Wayne Grundmeier has joined American LaFrance as director of sales for the recently announced Commercial Truck Division. View the full article
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The NAFA Fleet Management Association disputes the Environmental Protection Agency's two partial waivers under the Clean Air Act that allow E15 to be sold for use in model year 2001 and newer cars and light trucks. View the full article
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The Board of Directors of the Commercial Vehicle Solutions Network announced that J. Richard Schien, president and founder of Karmak, is the 2011 CVSN President's Award winner. View the full article
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Canada's Environment Minister released a consultation paper on the development of proposed regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new on-road heavy-duty vehicles. View the full article
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The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is working on self-inflating tire technology with help from a U.S. government grant. View the full article
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Central Freight Lines, a less-than-truckload for-hire common carrier, announced its founder, William Woody Callan, has been inducted posthumously into the Texas Transportation Institute Hall of Honor. View the full article
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Kinedyne has added a national OEM account manager. View the full article
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The Colorado Department of Transportation, in coordination with the Colorado State Patrol, and Silverthorne Police Department, will pace vehicles on I-70 in an effort to reduce congestion using a technique sometimes called "rolling roadblocks." View the full article
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Fleet Maintenance of Northwest Florida in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., signed on as a new Commercial Vehicle Solutions Network member. View the full article
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The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry rose 2.6% in June from May, after two monthly declines, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' Freight Transportation Services Index. View the full article
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Truck drivers may not have a solid understanding of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's new CSA enforcement program, and a majority are concerned that it could cause them to lose their jobs, according to a new survey from he American Transportation Research Institute. View the full article
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The Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index dipped 0.2% in July, offsetting some of the relatively strong 1% gain posted in June. View the full article
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