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Shippers Oppose FMCSA Efforts to Regulate Waiting Time
BMT Forum Bot posted a topic in Trucking News
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's five-year strategic plan calls for expanding its reach in the supply chain to shippers and receivers, and shippers' groups aren't happy about it. View the full article -
The non-profit organization Drivings-cool aims to encourage children to enter the driving profession through driving simulators. View the full article
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According to the latest America THINKS survey from HNTB Corp., people are fed up with congested, crumbling roads and are looking for decisions from local and regional officials about how to prioritize fixing them. View the full article
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Union Pacific Railroad began construction on an all-new rail facility just outside Santa Teresa, N.M., including an intermodal ramp. View the full article
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Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America promoted August "Gus" Wajda to technical support and quality assurance Manager for its heavy-duty business at its Northville, Mich., facility. View the full article
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Trucking companies are ready to move beyond merely surviving. They're ready to start growing again, which means they're also ready to resume borrowing. View the full article
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Teamster carhaulers have ratified a new National Master Automobile Transporters Agreement, securing wage increases for about 4,500 workers. View the full article
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Trucking interests are still poring through a nearly 1,000-page rule that sets first-of-their-kind fuel efficiency standards for trucks, buses, and other heavy-duty vehicles, but initial reaction has been largely positive. View the full article
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Clean Energy has opened for new compressed natural gas fueling stations: two in downtown Chicago, one at Las Vegas/McCarran Intl. Airport, and one at Austin-Bergstrom Intl. Airport. View the full article
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Import cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports will remain below last year's levels for the remainder of the summer before seeing year-over-year gains again this fall as retailers begin to stock up for the holiday season. View the full article
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TravelCenters of America announced financial results for the three months ended June 30, 2011. Earnings were over 17 times higher than the same period last year. View the full article
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Pegasus TransTech announced that 12 new locations for Transflo Express truckstop scanning have been added in Canada, tripling the number of Pilot Flying Js in the Transflo Express Canadian network. View the full article
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More than 400 top professional truck drivers from all across the U.S. are competing this week in the 2011 National Truck Driving Championships, August 9-13 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. View the full article
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TransCore released its second in a series of free monthly DAT Produce Reports. Rates this past month rose on the whole. View the full article
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President Obama is expected today to announce first-of-their-kind fuel efficiency standards for trucks, buses, and other heavy duty vehicles. He is scheduled to make the announcement at Interstate Moving Services in Springfield, Va. View the full article
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National on-highway diesel prices dropped 4 cents from last week, landing at $3.897, while crude prices fell Monday to their lowest this year. It was the second consecutive weekly drop for diesel prices, according to the Department of Energy's weekly fuel price report. Prices fell in every region. View the full article
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Old Dominion Freight Line opened a new container drayage site to serve ports and container yards in the Baltimore area. View the full article
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Volvo Financial Services named Nicholas Rocco vice president of Retail Operations for the United States division. View the full article
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If the situation weren't serious enough already, the international credit rating agency, Standard & Poors, warns that further bickering and infighting could result in further rating downgrades. Meanwhile, oil prices on Asian markets fell below $84 in Singapore at midday -- more than three dollars lower than Friday's New York close. View the full article
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The list of speakers is already impressive, and it continues to grow for the 2011 "Where Freight Matters" conference, hosted by FTR Associates Sept. 13-15 in Indianapolis, Ind. View the full article
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HDA Truck Pride announces the addition of Performance Truck and Trailer, LLC of Ontario Calif. to the HDA Truck Pride family. View the full article
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Caterpillar is not recalling 590,000 on-highway and off-road diesel engines, as reported previously. In fact, the number of engines actually recalled is just 925. The company will, however, pay a $2.55 million penalty to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations for shipping some 590,000 engines without the correct emissions controls. View the full article
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Officials in the province of Ontario say they will investigate to determine if Navistar breached any funding agreements with the province following the announcement that it would close the Chatham, Ont., assembly plant. View the full article
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Suite includes Premium Trainings in the areas of: Human Resources, Professional Development and Environmental Health and Safety, among other topics. Compli, a provider of HR and compliance management solutions for the trucking industry, has expanded its list of premium trainings within the Compli platform. View the full article
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This month in Heavy Duty Trucking magazine, I explained how carriers can comply with forthcoming hands-free-only regulations on mobile devices. View the full article
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