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Business
Report: Intermodal hits record high
Both total intermodal movements and movements of domestic intermodal equipment reached new market share highs in first quarter.
May 11, 2010
Intermodal movements hitrecord high in 1st quarter. (Photo Todd Dills)
Business
Diesel price rises again
Increasing for the 11th week in the past 12 weeks, the national price was the highest since Oct. 27, 2008, when it was $3.288.
May 10, 2010
Channel 19
Pink truck more than just pretty
When Daren Parker prepared to ask a senior driver in his Raleigh, N.C.-based Parker Gas propane-delivery fleet to drive a new medium-duty Kenworth T370 straight tanker, all bets were off as to what kind of reaction Parker could expect from said driver. The truck, after all, was painted pink. “You don’t see many trucks painted […]
May 10, 2010
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Business
Trio sentenced for fatal crash
The U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General said an investigation determined the crash resulted from faulty tractor-trailer brakes.
May 10, 2010
Business
Connecticut passes snow-removal bill
Truck drivers operating in Connecticut could face $75 fines for not removing snow and ice from their vehicles, beginning in 2013.
May 9, 2010
Business
Trucking jobs up in April, down in March
Payroll employment for the industry was 3,200 lower than what the government reported last month for March.
May 7, 2010
Trucking jobs increased by 1,000 in April.
Channel 19
Owner-operator assesses options for rig flooded at TA
The Cumberland River in and around Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, May 6, finally dropped below flood stage, and for many affected in the area, the cleanup process, if not already well underway, began in earnest. At the now-dry site of the inundated TravelCenters of America location downtown (the clean-up there, said sources at the site yesterday, could […]
May 7, 2010
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Business
Report: Trucker in van crash talking on cell phone
The Kentucky state police report says another truck driver estimated the driver was traveling at 80 mph.
May 7, 2010
Business
Trailer orders surge in March
Commercial trailer net orders have posted year-over year growth for six consecutive months.
May 6, 2010
Business
Wisconsin to ban texting
Now half of the states prohibit texting while behind the wheel in some form.
May 5, 2010
Channel 19
UPDATE: Scenes from Nashville trucking central
There’s been little to no coverage of a big portion of Nashville’s industrial and transportation base, much of it situated along rail tracks north and south of the Cumberland River and east of downtown, that was still, as of yesterday, under water. In my last post, I mentioned Vitran Express and intermodal carrier TCW, both situated, along […]
May 5, 2010
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Business
Diesel price surges to 18-month high
The national average price rose 4.4 cents to $3.122 in the latest week, the 10th increase in the past 11 weeks.
May 4, 2010
Fuel prices are at highest level since October 2008. (Photo Max Kvidera)
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