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Volvo Trucks has started public field testing in Sweden of diesel trucks that can run on liquefied methane gas, or what is more commonly known in this country as liquefied natural gas or LNG. View the full article
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NC2 Global LLC, the global joint venture between Caterpillar and Navistar International, has launched operations in Brazil, where it will assemble and distribute commercial trucks under both the International and Cat brands. View the full article
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Sahling Kenworth has expanded its parts-only store in Columbus Neb. into a full-service dealership with seven service bays. View the full article -
Great Dane Trailers has reopened its Jonesboro, Ark., plant in response to a boost in dry freight demand. View the full article
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MacKinnon Transport, Inc. of Guelph, Ont., and Upper Lakes Foods of Cloquet, Minn, recognized for their high standards and demonstrated commitments to safety, were named winners of the 2010 Volvo Trucks Safety Award. View the full article
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Each year around this time, I usually get at least one press release in my in-box about a trucking company that is painting one of its rigs pink as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. View the full article
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The Norfolk Southern railway is set to begin construction of a $95 million intermodal facility in Greencastle, PA., located about 20 miles north of Hagerstown, MD. View the full article
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Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions (BBTS), a division of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations says it will discontinue sales of its Dayton brand truck and bus radial tire line View the full article
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Predicting the trucking industry will soon see a rebirth, much like the magical phoenix bird of legend that gives the Arizona city its name, American Trucking Associations President and CEO Bill Graves offered his views on the state of the industry during ATA's annual management conference this week. View the full article
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Ken Cummings, longtime sales representative for Newport Business Media, died Monday, Oct. 18, in Myrtle Beach, S.C. He was 69. View the full article
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The national average diesel price posted a seven-cent gain on Monday, hitting $3.073 per gallon as the Department of Energy released its weekly energy survey. View the full article
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Trailer merchants listened to good news about their immediate business prospects from forecaster Frank Stark, who predicted steady sales increases into 2011 and through '12 and '13, though he observed that a dismal 2009 will make percentages larger and better than actual production numbers. View the full article
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Union Pacific Railroad officially opened a 785-acre intermodal terminal at Joliet, Ill., expanding its international and domestic container capacity and improving rail traffic efficiencies throughout the Chicago region. View the full article
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Enforcement officials across the country this week are cracking down on unsafe fleets, unsafe truck drivers, and car drivers who drive unsafely around large trucks. Operation Safe Driver got an official kick-off during the American Trucking Associations' annual management conference Monday, with FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro, enforcement officials and ATA emphasizing the enforcement and education effort's team approach. View the full article
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Volvo Trucks North America and Mack Trucks Inc. have both signed on as exclusive OE sponsors of ATA's America's Road Team for 2011. View the full article
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One senator predicts that once we get past the mid-term elections and this fall's lame duck session, Congress will finally start seriously working on a highway reauthorization program. View the full article
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Annette M. Sandberg will join the law firm of Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary as of counsel in the firm's office to be established in Spokane, Wash. View the full article
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As the American Trucking Associations' Litigation Center celebrates its 25th anniversary, it finds itself in need of funding as it prepares to take on challenges such as attacks on independent contractor status and another likely court battle on hours of service regulations. View the full article
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Nebraska-based Crete Carrier and Shaffer Trucking now have home weekly fleets available in several areas throughout the country. View the full article
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Anyone who knows anything about dump trucks understands that specifications are very regionalized. View the full article
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It's nice to hear about a trucking lawsuit that went the way of the trucker for a change. View the full article
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Finally, a fatigue-related crash has come to the forefront that exposes the chasm that often exists between safety and compliance. View the full article
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The sluggishness of the economic recovery and the federal government's new CSA 2010 enforcement program are among the top concerns facing the North American trucking industry, according to an annual survey by the American Transportation Research Institute. View the full article
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Carlisle has agreed to acquire Hawk, a worldwide supplier of friction products for brakes, clutches and transmissions, for more than $400 million. View the full article
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The number of vehicles inspected during Operation Air Brake's "Brake Safety Week" reached a historic high this year, while also showing a significant drop in the number of out-of-service defects for brake components and overall out-of-service defects. View the full article
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