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Business
Central Freight Lines driver logs 5 million safe miles
Central Freight Lines company driver Sandy Menzdorf earned the fleet’s 5 Million Miler Award, having logged 5,375,000 miles safely in 43 years of driving long-haul, the Waco, Texas-based carrier announced. Menzdorf began working at age 16 as a dock worker for Central Freight. He drove supply trucks in Vietnam for U.S. Army service from August […]
June 29, 2010
Business
Diesel prices mixed
The national price declined 0.5 cent to $2.956 in the latest week. The price is 34.8 cents higher than a year ago.
June 29, 2010
Business
Lonnie Davis named TCA Highway Angel
The driver reported suspicious activity that led to the capture of two alleged criminals.
June 28, 2010
Lonnie Davis displays his Highway Angel award.
Business
Stolen pharmaceutical truckload recovered
With a tracking device embedded, FreightWatch International recovered the truckload on I-81 in Tennessee June 25.
June 28, 2010
Business
CDL tester sentenced
Harold Stewart in Louisiana had pled guilty to making a false statement for his role in falsifying of 250 out of 320 CDL skills tests he conducted.
June 28, 2010
Business
I-405 near Seattle to be closed
Crews will fully close both directions of I-405 between SR 167 and SR 169 beginning 2 a.m. Saturday, July 10.
June 28, 2010
Business
Truck tonnage rises in May
Tonnage, though, dipped 0.6 percent from April, the American Trucking Associations said.
June 26, 2010
Business
California awards $200M to cut diesel emissions
The Los Angeles/Inland Empire, Central Valley, Bay Area and San Diego/Border regions received the Proposition 1B funds.
June 25, 2010
Business
FMCSA examines other in-truck distractions
The agency has asked its Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee for ways to combat distracted driving.
June 25, 2010
Business
Webinar: Driver shortage could persist
A driver shortage is emerging but several factors are working against meeting the demand for drivers.
June 25, 2010
Carriers may be slow to fill their cabs.
Business
Arrow Truck Sales sees used truck shortage
The inventory of used trucks in May was down 33 percent from May 2009, while sales are up 60 percent.
June 25, 2010
Channel 19
Good to the last drop with trucker-invented Bottle Buddy
A story in the Akron Beacon-Journal from last week detailed the inventing prowess of dump-truck driver for Barbicas Construction and former long-hauler Charlene Cook, of Akron, Ohio. She unveiled her gizmo, the Last Drop Bottle Buddy, at the Invention and New Product Exposition, or INPEX, outside Pittsburgh June 16-18. The Bottle Buddy is essentially a sturdy stand and […]
June 25, 2010
Charlene Cook By Mike Cardew
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