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Business

New radio show covers trucking-related information

A new online trucking radio show, The Courtney Wilson Show, will broadcast at 2 p.m. EST every Thursday starting March 1, says its sponsor by 1st Guard Radio. Aired by 1st Guard insurance company and hosted by Courtney Wilson, the show will include trucker news, interviews with industry officials, new technology available for truckers and […]

February 24, 2012

Business

Pilot Flying J to acquire fuel supplier

Pilot Flying J announced Feb. 23 it will acquire Western Petroleum LLC, a Utah-based company that supplies about 200 million gallons of fuel and lubricants annually to the oil and gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing industries. Western Petroleum delivers to drilling operations in Rocky Mountain, Plains and southern states. The company has about 500 employees […]

February 24, 2012

Business

RigDig Truck History Reports finalist for award

Truck information service was one of six finalists for the top technical achievement of 2011 awarded by Truck Writers of North America.

February 24, 2012

Business

Groups want high court review of port case

Trucking organizations support ATA’s request to review a court’s ruling regarding Port of Los Angeles trucking concession requirements.

February 24, 2012

Business

About Express-1 and XPO

I am researching and writing a story about expedite carrier Express-1 and its parent company XPO Logistics, Inc.

February 24, 2012

Channel 19

Back to basics in apnea debate: The importance of sleep

Last night on the Truth About Trucking Live online radio program of fuel hauler Allen Smith and his wife, Donna, discussion of the FMCSA’s Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee and Medical Review Board’s joint work on the issue of sleep apnea gave way at a crucial moment to a reiteration of the reality of the […]

February 24, 2012

Business

Daimler trucks meet 2014 greenhouse gas regs

DTNA’s GHG14 compliance came a year ahead of the mandate for certification by the EPA and the Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

February 23, 2012

Business

California aims to extend trailer deadline

CARB will pursue emergency rulemaking to fix an oversight that would prevent larger fleets from using a phased-in compliance schedule.

February 23, 2012

Business

ProStar+ with MaxxForce 15 on Texas highways

An Overdrive editor is impressed by the strong, quiet ride when he takes this Navistar tractor out to see how it performs.

February 23, 2012

Business

Rebates available for anti-idling equipment

Rebates are available for battery-powered HVAC systems, diesel APUs, cold-plate systems and evaporative coolers.

February 23, 2012

Channel 19

More than a typo? Split sleeper wishful thinking

Trans Products / Trans Services Regulatory Manager Rich Wilson, during a break between sessions of the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee meeting in Alexandria, Va., early this month, pointed out a couple curious problems with the medical forms some states are using. One, he pointed out, defined stage 3 hypertension as a blood pressure reading […]

February 23, 2012

Business

FMCSA denies EOBR violation

OOIDA had filed suit to stop agency from authorizing recorders over driver harassment issue.

February 22, 2012