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Business
Long Beach port time study results released
Report made recommendations to improve efficiency, including reviewing the Traffic Mitigation Fee structure
May 1, 2011
Business
Delaware opens rest area electrified truck parking
State has opened an electrified truck parking area at the Smyrna rest area on U.S. Route 13.
May 1, 2011
Business
3 movers cited in federal enforcement sweep
Three companies are facing fines of $25,000 each after a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration enforcement sweep.
April 29, 2011
Channel 19
Tornado caught on owner-operators’ webcam
Owner-operators Randy Moyano and Ann Burt (pictured) run in a 1998 Peterbilt pulling a Fontaine RGN with Superior stinger axle for heavy/overdimensional loads, leased to Greentree Transportation. I met the pair a week ago today in Lebanon, Tenn., where I took this picture. They were deadheading west then all the way to Oklahoma to pick […]
April 29, 2011
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Trucking History
Electronically controlled unit injector anticipates the future
The 1985 electronically controlled unit injector was ahead of its time in anticipating the reduction of diesel emissions.
April 29, 2011
Business
Used Class 8 prices rise 6% in March
ACT Research said the average used truck price in March was $38,516 for sales in all channels.
April 29, 2011
(Courtesy of Arrow Truck Sales)
Business
Thieves pose as carriers to pick up freight
Fraudulent pickups of freight are increasing in California and other states.
April 29, 2011
Channel 19
Braving the storm — two haulers’ Birmingham tornado stories
“I just spent all day yesterday cleaning up tornado damage,” Overdrive Trucker of the Year Dan Heister told me this morning. Heister (pictured) was loaded heading south on I-65 bound for Saginaw, Ala., Wednesday afternoon, when he could see the big tornado that made its way into Cullman, Ala., around 3 p.m. that afternoon. “I […]
April 29, 2011
Behindthewheel
Business
Proposal to ban cell phone use by hazmat drivers
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has proposed to restrict the use of all handheld mobile telephones.
April 29, 2011
Business
Crete raises starting driver pay
New drivers can earn from 41 cents to 44 cents a mile depending on experience.
April 28, 2011
Business
Killer tornadoes smash Southeast
Alabama has been declared a federal disaster area and the governor has sought expedited federal assistance.
April 28, 2011
Trailers were thrown about during a tornado that struck Boyd Bros. Transportation in Birmingham, Ala. (Courtesy of Boyd Bros.)
Business
Trailer orders rise in March
ACT noted that shipments for the first quarter of 2011 were more than double compared with the same quarter last year.
April 28, 2011
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