Tag: Overdrive magazine: Page 195

Business

Diesel price dips for 4th week

The national price dipped less than 1 cent to $2.931 in the latest week.

September 8, 2010

Business

OOIDA members may seek APU funds

Eligible members can get a 40 percent reimbursement for the cost of the APU and installation.

September 7, 2010

Business

CRST Van Expedited to change name

CRST Van Expedited will be named CRST Expedited after Sept. 15, parent company CRST International announced. The Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based carrier’s largest subsidiary, CRST Expedited is used for time-sensitive loads, high-value loads and loads that require additional security. Dave Rusch, CRST International President and CEO, said that CRST Expedited relies heavily on team drivers. “It is […]

September 7, 2010

Business

350 attend outlook meeting

Conference attendees heard about the state of the economic recovery and what to do to survive in the fourth quarter and beyond.

September 7, 2010

Business

Commercial Brake Safety Week runs Sept. 12-18

The program is designed to raise awareness of brakes and brake issues.

September 7, 2010

Business

Federal security program trains truckers

The First Observer component is to recruit and train industry volunteers to report suspicious activities.

September 7, 2010

Channel 19

Massachusetts soda delivery driver bags $50,000

His name is Scott Matthews, and in case you missed the original television airing Sept. 1, you can check him out competing with a game partner in Atlanta Falcons cheerleader and Georgia state senate deputy press secretary Natalie Strong on the online broadcast of NBC’s Minute to Win It show. A company driver in the […]

September 7, 2010

Business

Report: Highway conditions improve

State highway conditions are the best they’ve been in 19 years, according to Reason Foundation.

September 5, 2010

Business

Trucking jobs added in August

Since the beginning of March, trucking companies have added 12,700 jobs, according to the preliminary numbers.

September 4, 2010

Channel 19

Driver ‘health movement’ hitting stride

On the blog of the U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, a shout-out was posted yesterday to the Heathy Trucking Association of America and the Trucking Solutions Group 61+ Driver Health Advisory Committee’s health walk at GATS last week, which I wrote a little about in advance of the show. Held at the Dallas Convention Center on […]

September 3, 2010

Business

Industry pitches trucking stimulus plan

A coalition proposed a short-term 10 percent tax credit buying Class 8 trucks with 2010 engines.

September 3, 2010

Business

Work to repair I-8 in Arizona

Westbound I-8 will be restricted to one lane through Sept. 17 and one eastbound lane will be closed Sept. 7-10, from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.

September 3, 2010