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Business
Canada implements electronic shipment system
In September, Canada will begin phasing in the third stage of its Advance Commercial Information for highway carriers.
July 22, 2011
Business
Carriers dangle incentives for owners
Over the last year, several carriers have increased per-mile and fuel rates, posted bonuses and reduced truck-lease payments.
July 21, 2011
Companies compete for contractors.
Channel 19
Tonight on American Trucker — Gully Transportation’s antique trucks
Gully Transportation will be featured on tonight’s edition of the American Trucker television show. The episode will air on the Speed Channel at 10 p.m. Eastern. The program will show the production of one of the Quincy, Ill.-based regional hauler’s newest trucks – a 2011 Freightliner Cascadia – in the manufacturer’s Cleveland, N.C., facility. “My father started […]
July 21, 2011
Gully
Business
Minnesota ends shutdown
The state has not said when the public safety department’s Driver and Vehicle Services will reopen.
July 21, 2011
Business
New state laws affect owner-operator status
Trucking supported changes affecting owner-operators and workers’ compensation are subject of laws in Tennessee, Pennsylvania and Maine.
July 21, 2011
Business
Court orders Long Beach port to do more work
The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Sierra Club went to court over the port’s plan to cut out some provisions.
July 20, 2011
Channel 19
Suspecting foul play in trailer deck collapse, car hauler vows vigilance
File this under “lessons learned,” folks. On May 9, 2011, after an afternoon loading cars in Shreveport, La., car hauler Marc Pogrebneak wheeled over to the Petro off I-20 for a quick shower, dinner and a call to his wife. He was set to roll into West Texas to stage near his load’s destination, and […]
July 20, 2011
Carhauler
Business
Dart cuts 67 nondriving jobs
The Minnesota-based company will focus resources on recruiting and retaining truckers.
July 20, 2011
Dart Od
Business
PACCAR Financial used truck center opens in Salt Lake City
A third used truck center opened in Salt Lake City, PACCAR Financial announced. Others centers are located in Hickory Hills, Ill., and Spartanburg, S.C. At the grand opening, Jason Skoog, PFC’s director of operations said the company sold 88 used Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks, adding to the more than 28,000 trucks the company has sold […]
July 20, 2011
Business
Congress gets letter to back heavier trucks
Law would offer each state the authority to open portions of its Interstate network to six-axle trucks that can ship more freight.
July 19, 2011
Business
Interstate Distributor Co. updates tractor fleet
Interstate Distributor Co. and McCoy Freightliner have entered into a multi-year agreement to replace IDC’s fleet of older tractors with 1,200 new Freightliner Cascadia tractors, the first of which will arrive in late August, the companies announced. The new tractors will be designed to create an ideal working environment for IDC’s company drivers and will […]
July 19, 2011
Business
Throngs celebrate at Walcott Jamboree
Nearly 30,000 drivers and their families from 23 states and Canada joined festivities at last week’s Walcott Truckers Jamboree at the Iowa 80 Truck Stop. For this year’s 32nd jamboree, visitors were entertained with more than 175 exhibits, a Super Truck Beauty Contest with 59 contestants, an antique truck display of more than 200 vehicles, […]
July 19, 2011
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