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  1. The Center for American Progress released a memo Wednesday advocating the use of natural gas in heavy vehicles and incentives for making the switch, citing reduced oil use, investment in American energy sources, boosting energy independence and national security and cutting air pollution as positives. View the full article
  2. The National Biodiesel Board has written a letter urging Congress to retroactively reinstate the biodiesel tax incentive, which expired on Dec. 31, 2009. View the full article
  3. Virginia has reopened the last seven of the 19 safety rest areas Wednesday, beating its April 15 deadline set by Gov. Bob McDonnell when he took office in January View the full article
  4. The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has changed the date of its annual Roadcheck to June 8-10. View the full article
  5. UPS has launched a new packaging program that will assess customers' shipments based on environmental standards View the full article
  6. Non-asset based supply chain provider Landstar System has recognized 10 of its owner-operators, which it calls business capacity owners, as Landstar Roadstars. View the full article
  7. Date Added: Today, 09:07 AM Vehicle Owner: 4751001 View this new addition to the Garage
  8. In a recent letter written to Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and U.S. Trade Representative Ronald Kirk, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and 78 members of Congress urge the administration to repeal the Mexican truck program View the full article
  9. The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) has increased for the second straight month, rising 0.3 percent from January to February View the full article
  10. Following a lagging fourth quarter 2009, non-asset based supply chain provider Landstar System reported first quarter 2010 revenue of $548.1 million, a gain of 17 percent over the 2009 quarter, when revenue was $469.2 million View the full article
  11. In testimony before Congress Wednesday, energy magnate T. Boone Pickens urged the passage of a bill that would offer incentives for the purchase of natural-gas trucks. View the full article
  12. Mack Trucks has tapped Carl Heikel to serve as senior vice president of international operations. Heikel joins from Arrow Truck Sales, where he has held the position of president and CEO since 2004. View the full article
  13. Tim Wicks, president and chief operating officer of less-than-truckload giant YRC Worldwide, has resigned from his post after just being promoted to president in November of last year View the full article
  14. Navistar has honored 28 International Truck dealers with its International Circle of Excellence award. During the awards ceremony held recently in Washington, D.C., Navistar also honored Roberto "Bob" Swaine View the full article
  15. Volvo Trucks North America has appointed three executives to new posts at the company. The changes took effect April 1. View the full article
  16. Less-than-truckload carrier Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. will launch its 17-city nationwide truck tour on April 21. View the full article
  17. Teamster members from Oklahoma, and parts of Texas, Arkansas and Missouri will have the opportunity to train to become instructors in a transportation security program sponsored by the Transportation Security Administration on April 18 View the full article
  18. Date Added: Today, 07:14 PM Vehicle Owner: A30Hamor View this new addition to the Garage
  19. "Houston, we have a problem," is a phrase you'll probably never hear from Houston-based Crane Cartage, which provides ground transportation and logistics services View the full article
  20. Interstate Transport has hired Timothy Duncan as its chief operating officer. Duncan joins from Sysco View the full article
  21. Truck drivers will no longer have to worry about a potential ban on heavy trucks on certain routes in New York's Finger Lakes area, as the New York State Department of Transportation said it will no longer pursue the restriction View the full article
  22. Following February's 0.7 percent drop, the Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index (PCI) by UCLA Anderson School of Management managed to gain 1 percent in March, growing from 107.4 to 108.5. View the full article
  23. On Feb. 10, Werner Enterprises driver Dave Nelson saved a 7-year-old girl who stopped breathing after her mother's car ran off the road and hit a sign. View the full article
  24. During its Annual Member Meeting held in conjunction with the Mid-America Trucking Show recently, the Heavy Duty Representatives Association elected a new Board of Directors of 2010. View the full article
  25. Decisiv, Inc., has integrated its Decisiv Service Management Platform with several dealer business systems, allowing dealers to streamline their business processes. View the full article
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