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Business
Bill to ban Canadian trash
A new congressional bill is aimed at preventing Canadian trash trucks from crossing the border and depositing garbage in U.S. landfills.
April 24, 2011
Business
Study IDs truck drivers likely to crash
Drivers with certain records are more susceptible to being involved in a future truck crash than their peers with clean driving records.
April 21, 2011
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Business
Forecast: $4-plus diesel through summer
Diesel prices averaged $2.98 a gallon last summer.
April 21, 2011
Business
U.S. Xpress teams on military project
During April and May, U.S. Xpress will donate five dollars for every experienced qualified driver who applies online to U.S. Xpress
April 20, 2011
Business
Roadcheck set for June 7-9
Last year, vehicle compliance rates were about 80 percent, while drivers had a 95.6 percent pass rate.
April 20, 2011
Business
Forecast: Good times won’t last long
Trucking companies should take advantage of today’s economic recovery because it will be relatively brief, FTR economist predicted.
April 19, 2011
Business
Jamey Johnson to perform at GATS
Singer-songwriter Jamey Johnson will headline a free concert at the Great American Trucking Show Aug. 26 in Dallas.
April 19, 2011
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Channel 19
Truckster app ‘by and for drivers’
From the Maine Morning Sentinel newspaper comes news of the former hauler, 42-year-old Leigh Gagnon, who created and launched in 2009 the Truckster app for the iPhone and Android phones. Available for $3.99 in the Android market and iTune App Store, the multifunction app provides a searchable platform to the majority of truckstops the nation […]
April 19, 2011
Truckster
Business
Diesel averages $4.10
The national average price is at its highest level since Sept. 1, 2008, when it was $4.121 and $1.03 a gallon higher than the same week last year.
April 19, 2011
Channel 19
TA Petro: ‘For drivers by design’
Last week when I wrote about my brief meet-up with expediters Phil and Diane Madsen, I mentioned the pair’s assessment of updated showers at TravelCenters of American locations systemwide, with particularly high marks for the La Vergne, Tenn., location where we met. As I noted in that post, the improvements were begun last year, as […]
April 18, 2011
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Business
DeFazio criticizes cross-border proposal
Congressman said Mexico’s safety standards do not equal those of the U.S. and Mexican carriers operating beyond the border zone will hurt jobs.
April 18, 2011
Business
Con-way donates antique tractor
The Iowa 80 Trucking Museum received a 1983 Ford Model 8000 cabover tractor from Con-way Freight Tuesday.
April 18, 2011
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