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Business

Report: Fleets challenged to hire

For fleets needing additional drivers, the constraint will be in their ability to hire and train prospects, FTR Associates said.

May 26, 2010

Business

Bills would retain truck lengths, weights

Senate, House measures would freeze truck lengths and weights on the National Highway System.

May 26, 2010

Business

Work starts on I-15 in Utah

Drivers should be alert to narrowed lanes and shoulders, reduced speeds and lane shifts along 24 miles of I-15 in Utah where construction has started, the Utah Department of Transportation announced. Work will go on day and night in an effort to complete the construction by December 2012, the department said. Other construction projects along […]

May 26, 2010

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ACT report: Class 8 truck orders surge in April

Net orders for heavy-duty Class 8 commercial vehicles increased 91 percent in April compared with the same month last year, according to ACT Research Co.   In the latest release of the State of the Industry: Classes 5-8 Vehicles, ACT wrote that net orders for heavy-duty vehicles continued to strengthen month-to-month. New orders are spread […]

May 26, 2010

Business

Kenworth dealership to open in Georgia June 1

A 15,000-square foot Kenworth dealership is scheduled to open June 1 in Gainesville, Ga. The new dealership adds to ones in Mableton and McDonough, Ga., which are part of the Murphy-Hoffman Co. dealer network, the group’s regional vice president Todd Rice said. Located at exit 22 near intersection of highways 985 and 129, the new […]

May 25, 2010

Partners in Business

PIB TIP: TRY TO DEPART EARLY. Especially when bad

PIB TIP: TRY TO DEPART EARLY. Especially when bad weather poses potential delays, try to depart early. Leaving late gives you no time to recover from an unexpected storm and is the major reason for service failures – such as running out of hours on the morning of a delivery. The Partners in Business program […]

May 25, 2010

Reader Rigs

James Leahey, an owner-operator leased to Bennett

James Leahey, an owner-operator leased to Bennett Motor Express, owns this 2000 Peterbilt 379. The truck is equipped with a 550-hp Caterpillar and a 10-speed Eaton Fuller.

May 25, 2010

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Heavy Capital Beltway traffic expected this weekend

Officials advise drivers to avoid the Washington, D.C., area Capital Beltway I-95/I-495 South this weekend near the new Woodrow Wilson Bridge in Virginia, as workers do emergency repairs to an overpass that will narrow the highway to one lane from three. Southbound Interstate 95 travelers are urged to use the northwest arc of the I-495/Capital […]

May 25, 2010

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Boston’s hazmat daytime ban extended

The City of Boston is working under a 45-day extension of its daytime ban on trucks carrying hazardous materials. The federal government had just lifted the ban May 17 after city officials repeatedly failed to justify the ban as required by law. City officials had asked the government for a nine-month extension. Trucks hauling hazardous […]

May 25, 2010

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Wal-Mart to control more of its freight distribution

Where it can do it more cheaply, retail giant Wal-Mart is taking over delivery of supplies from manufacturers to its distribution centers and stores to cut costs. Wal-Mart spokesman Lorenzo Lopez would only say the conversion program began last year and will continue for up to a year. Russell Goodman, editor and chief of www.supplychainbrain.com, […]

May 25, 2010

Business

Western Express Inc. orders 2010 DD15-equipped Cascadias

Western Express Inc. ordered 900 Cascadias equipped with 2010 Detroit Diesel DD15 engines featuring BlueTec emissions technology, Portland, Ore.-based Freightliner truck maker announced. Based in Nashville, Tenn., Western Express provides dry van, flatbed, dedicated and brokerage truckload transportation deliveries. The carrier has agreed to buy nearly 2,800 trucks over three years, said Wayne Wise, president […]

May 25, 2010

Channel 19

Trucks on Pakistan’s Grand Trunk Road

If you missed National Public Radio’s recent reporting along the Grand Trunk Road, an historic connection between far eastern and western sections of the Indian subcontinent, from Bengal to Peshawar in Pakistan, you probably missed this report by John Poole from a truckstop outside Islamabad. The stop, a rather informal spot on the Grand Trunk Road […]

May 25, 2010