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Business

Paramount top carrier for owner-operators

Paramount won for the second year in a row in the contest put on by Truckload Carriers Association and CarriersEdge.

March 6, 2012

Channel 19

Hours debacle covered at news site Politico

**(Overdrive editor Max Heine is posting updates from the Truckload Carriers Association annual meeting via the OD Twitter feed and Facebook page today. Expected to be included among the news are company driver and owner-operator of the year awards. Stay tuned.)** Click through the thumbnail of the graph here for Politico writer Adam Snider’s brief […]

March 6, 2012

Business

Thoughts about a house and a home

Leaving our Florida vacation house prompts thoughts about home.

March 6, 2012

Business

National diesel price gains

National average diesel price rose 4.3 cents in the latest week to $4.094, marking the eighth increase in the last nine weeks.

March 5, 2012

Business

South Dakota to start IFTA license fees

The state will charge a license fee and a renewal fee for carriers licensing under the International Fuel Tax Agreement. The fees will begin July 1.

March 5, 2012

Business

Truck gift celebrates Christner landmark

Longtime customer John Christner Trucking, of Sapulpa, Okla., celebrated its 25th anniversary with the gift of a customized Coronado from Freightliner Trucks. The truck was given to the refrigerated truckload carrier at the Tulsa Convention Center in late 2011, adding to a fleet of more than 330 Freightliner trucks.  The Coronado’s silver exterior features a […]

March 5, 2012

Business

DOE pushing technologies to boost fuel efficiency

The Department of Energy is promoting development and use of alternative fuels and powertrain technologies.

March 5, 2012

Business

Class 8 orders down in February

North America Class 8 truck total net orders were 11 percent below January, FTR Associates and ACT Research reported.

March 5, 2012

Channel 19

Contest for small-biz office furniture upgrade

Small fleet owners, does your office furniture need an upgrade? Furniture maker DreamSeat just launched a contest geared specifically toward small businesses like yours. They’re looking for the best entry to award a full furniture upgrade to one of their deluxe lines of office furniture, which can be customized with your company logo or other […]

March 3, 2012

Business

Poll: Truckers acknowledge sleepiness on job

About 14 percent of truck drivers admit to a “near miss” due to sleepiness and 44 percent say they rarely get a good night’s sleep.

March 3, 2012

Business

I-405 lanes in Los Angeles closed again

Lanes of the busy freeway will be closed for six nights starting last Friday.

March 2, 2012

Business

EEOC charges Celadon violated disability act

Agency alleges carrier unlawfully subjected driver applicants to medical screenings and rejected them because of disabilities or perceived disabilities.

March 2, 2012