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TravelCenters of America, owner of Petro Stopping Centers, has opened its newest Petro full-service travel center. View the full article -
Two thirds of carriers expect driver wage increases of 1-5% in the recent Second Quarter Business Expectations Survey by Transport Capital Partners. View the full article
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Echo Global Logistics has acquired substantially all of the assets of Advantage Transport, a truckload transportation brokerage firm based in Phoenix. View the full article
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Repeating the pattern that has been established over the past decade and longer, opponents of long-distance trucking across the Mexican border moved quickly yesterday to restrain the latest plan to open the border. Within hours of the Department of Transportation announcing that U.S. Secretary Ray LaHood and Mexican Secretary Dionisio Perez-Jacome had signed an agreement to go ahead with the pilot program, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association reported that it has sued to halt the program and several congressmen introduced legislation to limit the program. View the full article
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A preliminary reading of commercial vehicle net orders in June for North American markets indicated continued strength in demand for medium and heavy-duty vehicles according to ACT Research. View the full article
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Marten Transport opened a new terminal facility in Kansas City, Kan., a good location for drivers, according to the company. View the full article
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FTR's May Trucking Conditions Index remained basically flat month over month with a reading of 7.3. The Index appears to have stabilized in solidly positive territory after April's sharp one-month drop in response to softened economic conditions. View the full article
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Fontaine Trailer named Randy McGuire president of the Fontaine Heavy-Haul business unit based in Springville, Ala View the full article
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The price of on-highway diesel dropped significantly again last week, although not quite as steeply as the previous week. View the full article
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Paccar Leasing will hold a webinar on Thursday, July 14 at 9 a.m. PDT to provide an update on the proposed FASB and IASB accounting standard changes regarding the financial treatments of leasing. View the full article
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Michael Reardon has been named vice president of sales for Mack Trucks. View the full article
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TransCore released its first in a series of free monthly Produce Season Reports, which shows rates have been rising in most areas of the country. View the full article
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Marangoni Tread North America added Williams Tire Service located in Fullerton, Calif. View the full article
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Old Dominion Freight Line promoted Greg C. Gantt to executive vice president and chief operating officer effective June 30. View the full article
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Dupre Logistics added Dedicated Cryogenic Transportation to its menu of services. View the full article
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In three weeks' time, new, shorter federal stopping distance limits go into effect for three-axle tractors, most of them over-the-road power units that pull semitrailers. View the full article
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As the debate over longer and heavier trucks simmers in this country, to our north, the Canadian province of Saskatchewan is about to begin a pilot project that will see triple 53-foot trailers in turnpike configuration operated on limited routes. View the full article
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If you've been wondering why Congress has not be able reauthorize the federal highway program, take a look at what's happened in Arkansas. There the anti-tax fervor that currently reigns on Capitol Hill has been taken to an instructive extreme. View the full article
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APL, the world's seventh largest container shipping carrier, plans to develop its latest U.S. intermodal container terminal in Joliet, Ill. View the full article
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ExxonMobil will begin to sell biodiesel-blended ultra-low-sulfur diesel for the first time at four rack terminals in Texas this summer, View the full article
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Gary W. Cummings has been appointed as president and CEO of FleetNet America. View the full article
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Ryder System says it's expanding its full-service lease contract with a major logistics firm by ordering 1,044 van trailers from Utility Trailer Manufacturing. The order for the 4000D-X Composite dry vans is the largest single order it's ever received, Utility says. View the full article
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According to a study by J.D. Power and Associates, a coming ramp-up in production plus the release of new 2010 EPA-compliant engines may negatively impact truck quality. Overall quality of heavy-duty trucks has improved substantially in 2011, compared with 2010, but whether these quality gains can be sustained in the face of greater production and new emissions regulations remains in question, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 U.S. Heavy-Duty Truck Customer Satisfaction Study. View the full article
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Iowa 80 Truckstop, Walcott, Iowa, has added a Caribou Coffee to its list of offerings at the food court. View the full article
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GITI Tire USA has opened a distribution center in Portland, Tenn., to help support the company's growing footprint in the U.S. View the full article
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