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Business
FleetPride acquires two Okla. companies
Aftermarket heavy-duty truck and trailer parts distributor FleetPride has acquired Cushing, Okla.,-based Cimarron Truck Parts and Muskogee, Okla.,-based Oklahoma Truck Supply, the company announced.
April 18, 2011
Business
Jacobson offers referral bonus, $5,000 prize
Jacobson drivers and owner-operators leased to the carrier can win bonuses and a prize of $5,000 in an incentive program that will continue through December, the Des Moines, Iowa,-based fleet announced. The so-called Amazing Referral Race contest will reward the Jacobson driver with the grand prize of $5,000 for referring the most new owner-operators. The grand […]
April 18, 2011
Overdrive Extra
Paying more for older trucks
It’s been clear for a year that certain things have been improving for trucking. Freight demand has increased, and with it demand for drivers. From the vantage of the American Truck Dealers, holding its annual meeting in Phoenix, the rebound is evident for some other reasons, too, one of which – used truck prices – […]
April 18, 2011
Business
NYC bridge lanes to be closed
Three of four eastbound upper-level approach lanes to the George Washington Bridge will be closed during weekend hours through August.
April 18, 2011
Business
Oklahoma truck stop ordered to combat prostitution
A judge has ruled an Oklahoma City truck stop owner must take new measures to deter the world’s oldest professions.
April 18, 2011
Business
EOBR, drug testing bills offered
Bills would mandate electronic on-board recorders and prevent CDL holders from continuing to drive trucks or buses after failing alcohol or drug tests.
April 18, 2011
Senate bill to mandate EOBRs has been reintroduced.
Business
TWIC program under fire
The U.S. House transportation committee blasted the Transportation Security Administration for delays in approving TWIC readers.
April 15, 2011
Trucking History
‘Move over, Raquel!’
Regina Meredith added glamour, curves and polish to the Dodge Bighorn when she modeled for Chrysler Corp. in the mid 1970s.
April 15, 2011
Channel 19
Rhetoric on Tony the Truckstop Tiger boils over into truckstop villification
It’s been a little while since I checked in on the efforts by animal-rights activists and others — including a large coterie of truck drivers — to force owners of the Tiger Truck Stop in Gross Tete, La., to give up their caged Bengal tiger, Tony. The latest efforts including a lawsuit filed this week […]
April 15, 2011
Business
Driver hiring, turnover increase in 4th quarter
Large truckload fleet turnover rose to 69 percent in the fourth quarter, its highest level since the second quarter of 2008.
April 14, 2011
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Business
Exemption approved for metal coil haulers
The FMCSA has granted a two-year exemption from certain cargo securement rules for motor carriers transporting metal coils.
April 14, 2011
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Business
FTR shipping index tightens
The short-term forecast for continued deterioration of the index as the outlook for capacity shortages worsens.
April 14, 2011
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