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Business

Users say border waits cut

Customs and Border Protection officials, however, lack data to measure waiting times accurately.

July 21, 2010

Business

Class 8 orders up 93% in June year over year

ACT reported 15,999 net orders of Class 8 vehicles, 21 percent higher than May.

July 21, 2010

Business

FedEx Ground settles suit

FedEx Ground will pay $3 million to Massachusetts to settle claims the company misclassified drivers as independent contractors.

July 21, 2010

Reader Rigs

Arnel Brown Jr., of Shiro, Texas, hauls cryogenic

Arnel Brown Jr., of Shiro, Texas, hauls cryogenic liquids cross-country with his 2008 Peterbilt 289. The truck, Lucky Charm, is powered by a 550-hp Caterpillar geared by an 18-speed transmission.

July 20, 2010

Business

Pennsylvania tolls to rise

Tolls on most Pennsylvania toll roads will increase 3 percent for E-ZPass customers and 10 percent for cash payers.

July 20, 2010

Business

Spot freight up year over year

TransCore’s North American Freight Index for June showed a 112 percent increase in spot market freight availability.

July 20, 2010

Partners in Business

PIB TIP: SATURDAY IS AN EXTRA DAY. The week is ove

PIB TIP: SATURDAY IS AN EXTRA DAY. The week is over and your work and planning should have resulted in a profitable operation. But like Sunday, Saturday is an extra day if you can pick up or deliver a load. Weekly plans don’t always work out, but over time they will help you succeed. The Partners […]

July 20, 2010

Business

Con-way offers 2-level trailers

Con-way Truckload has introduced DoubleStack, which provides two adjustable trailer-length levels.

July 20, 2010

Business

Agency proposes agricultural hours exemption

The two-year, limited exemption would apply to drivers transporting anhydrous ammonia in agricultural operations.

July 20, 2010

Business

Diesel prices dip slightly

The national price dipped 0.4 cent to $2.899 in the latest week, the ninth week in the past 10 in which prices fell.

July 20, 2010

Channel 19

U.S. Army’s self-driving truck a long way from the action

Check out the latest edition of the DTI, or Defense Technology International, journal, and you’ll get an electronic whiff of the latest experiment in a self-driving truck — this one from Lockheed Martin and steered by the company’s Convoy Active Safety Technology, or CAST, being employed on a few prototype U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, […]

July 19, 2010

Business

Navistar tops in ‘fluid economy’

Navistar said its International ProStar+ outperformed competing trucks in efficiency measuring diesel and urea.

July 19, 2010