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Business
Mid-Atlantic states seek to replace older drayage trucks
The Mid-Atlantic Dray Truck Replacement Program will offer $15,000 to short-haul truckers to cover the down-payment on a new vehicle.
June 29, 2011
Business
Survey: Economy top concern
About 65 percent of U.S. executives say the economy is their number one concern, followed by fuel costs (23 percent).
June 29, 2011
Channel 19
A trucking Western thriller ends run on Chicago stage
It wasn’t exactly going for contemporary industry realism, but it’s called “Mother Bear,” named for the handle of a leader in a band of not-exactly-savory Utah haulers a young lawyer and “salt man” for an upstart truckers’ union seeks out to enroll in his new organization, knowing minions will follow him. Rough-and-tumble Western in tone […]
June 29, 2011
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Business
States diesel tax rates set to change July 1
Connecticut will increase its diesel tax, while Nebraska truckers will pay a slightly smaller tax and Georgia has delayed its increase.
June 29, 2011
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Business
ACT: Used truck sales, trailer orders drop
Used truck sales dropped about 15 percent in May from April, due to a lack of available inventory.
June 28, 2011
Business
England becomes SmartWay partner
England Logistics has partnered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the SmartWay Transport program, the Salt Lake City-based carrier announced. The SmartWay program helps carriers try to save fuel and reduce carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide and particulate emissions. Learn more at SmartWay and at England Logistics.
June 28, 2011
Business
Lighting compliance website launched
A new website on the new regulatory Compliance, Safety and Accountability program is available for use, lighting manufacturer Truck-Lite Co., announced. The site, at truck-lite.com/CSA, is designed to provide users with answers to frequently asked questions regarding lights and lighting regulations, as well as other onsite customer training materials, Jamie Lindemuth, Truck-Lite marketing coordinator, says. […]
June 28, 2011
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Business
$5 million in DOT funds for North Dakota
Funds will begin restoring federal-aid highways damaged by flooding.
June 28, 2011
Business
ATA tonnage index falls
Seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 2.3 percent in May.
June 28, 2011
Business
Oregon to restrict idling
Commercial vehicles are limited to five minutes of idling an hour on property open to the public, with exceptions.
June 28, 2011
Channel 19
Get your Ice Road Truckers DVDs while the roads remain
Yes, it was only a matter of time, I’d say, before a newspaper in the Great White North did a long feature on the potential impact melting sea ice in the Arctic and changing climate patterns due south of it could have on an important part of the Canadian economy — and our own television […]
June 28, 2011
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One trucker’s video of April flooding on I-29 in North Dakota
File this one under “Old news” if you like (or under “Don’t try this at home” or “Not the greatest decision”), but to get the week started here I thought I’d share a vid from the April flooding of I-29 near the North Dakota/Minnesota border, as shared by the folks at the N.D. Grand Forks […]
June 27, 2011
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