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Commercial truck dealer Jack Saum of Maryland recently visited Indiana University's Kelley School of Business as a featured speaker, an annual honor bestowed upon the winner of the Truck Dealer of the Year award presented by American Truck Dealers association and Heavy Duty Trucking magazine. View the full article -
Industry experts report an increase in a tool known as transloading on the West Coast over direct shipping to the Midwest via intermodal rail, View the full article
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Fontaine Fifth Wheel has hired Mike Caggiano to serve dual sales management roles as OEM sales manager responsible for Daimler Trucks North America and PACCAR, as well as key account manager for the Midwest region. View the full article
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Melton Truck Lines, a flatbed carrier based in Tulsa, Okla., announced the promotion of Brice Peters to vice president of sales and marketing. View the full article
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During discussions about the coming driver shortage, one fact that has been frequently mentioned is that during the last driver shortage, many trucking companies relied on immigrants to fill trucking seats. View the full article
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When asked about whether regulatory uncertainty has caused them to rethink the future of their company, more than half of fleet managers surveyed said they were staying the course. Smaller carriers, however, were more likely to be thinking of selling the company or at least some assets. View the full article
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The Truckload Carriers Association announced it will for the third year in a row honor the TCA Highway Angel of the Year during the uDrove Humanitarian Bowl. View the full article
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A new era in truck safety enforcement is going to begin in December, but so far relatively few carriers have taken an active interest in what the new regime will mean to them. View the full article
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When it looked at the most common activities going on in the cab before a crash, SmartDrive Systems found that operating a handheld device, like texting on a phone or operating a GPS, was the most common. Eating/drinking/smoking came in second, and talking on a mobile phone came in third. View the full article
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AxleTech International officially unveiled its new world headquarters facility in Troy, Mich., last week. View the full article
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Organizers of TMW Systems' annual TransForum users conference had to add additional overflow housing at hotels in Dallas as the 24th annual event attracted more than 1,400 attendees, up significantly from the approximately 1,000 last year. View the full article
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Xata Turnpike, a division of Xata Corp., has added Glentel, a leading wireless provider in Canada, to its list of value-added resellers. View the full article
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Fourteen private fleet truck drivers who have demonstrated high performance standards against their peer drivers throughout the country have been honored by the National Private Truck Council as National Driver All-Stars. View the full article
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Dupré Logistics' Energy Distribution Services group announced a 3- to 6-percent pay increase for its professional drivers. View the full article
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Donald Kilfin has joined Noregon Systems as a consultant for fleet sales. View the full article
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Ford Motor Co. has begun celebrating the 50th birthday of the Econoline cargo van, which was introduced in 1961 as a more economical alternative to pickup-based "panel trucks" of that day. View the full article
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I wouldn't trust my own mechanical aptitude any farther than fixing a flat tire or changing the oil on my motorcycle, but it's fun to pretend View the full article
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The world truck market is predicted to grow more than 50 percent by 2015, said Daimler Trucks chief executive Andreas Renschler, speakiing at a press event on the eve of the 2010 Hannover truck show in Germany. View the full article
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August net orders of heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicles were up 15 percent from August of 2009, according to ACT Research. View the full article
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Diesel prices rose for the second week in a row, according to weekly figures from the U.S. Department of Energy. View the full article
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A new Illinois task force is looking at the issue of truckers straying off of truck-friendly routes when using consumer GPS routing systems. View the full article
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In honor of National Truck Driver Appreciation Week this week, Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab is offering truckers free health and wellness checks. View the full article
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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will convene a second National Distracted Driving Summit in Washington, D.C., today. View the full article
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Tim Rogers has been named president of the Polk business unit at R. L. Polk & Co. View the full article
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Paccar Leasing Co., known as PacLease, announced 23 new locations throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. View the full article
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