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Business

Trial date set for Swift suit

Trial may resume Sept. 17 in the class action suit truckers brought against Swift Transportation over alleged practices.

January 18, 2012

Business

75 Chrome Shop Annual Truck Show

APRIL 27-29: 75 CHROME SHOP ANNUAL TRUCK SHOW, I-75 exit 329, Wildwood, Fla., www.75chromeshop.com, (866) 255-6206.

January 18, 2012

Business

Drivers get pay increase

Driver pay increases are effective immediately, Omaha, Neb.-based Hill Brothers Transportation, Inc. announced. Company drivers will receive 2-cent raise per mile to base pay, which equals up to 41 cents per mile with bonuses. Company team drivers will receive an increase of 1 cent, which is equivalent to 55 cents per mile with bonuses. Owner […]

January 18, 2012

Business

Volvo sales surge in 2011

Volvo Trucks recorded the North American heavy-duty truck industry’s largest market share gain of the year, WardsAuto said.

January 18, 2012

Channel 19

Are you happy with your insurance company?

Consumer insurance portal Insure.com recently tracked customer satisfaction by polling users of the site as to their happiness — or lack thereof — with their auto, home, life and health insurers, evaluating these keys areas; customer service, claims experience and value for the price paid. They also asked whether customers planned to renew their policies and whether […]

January 18, 2012

Business

Diesel price climbs

The national average price increased 2.6 cents to $3.854 through Jan. 16.

January 17, 2012

Business

Free concert set for Saturday

Terry Wooley will headline a free concert from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at the Midway Truck Stop, exit 121, off Interstate 70 near Columbia, Mo. Wooley will be on hand to sign autographs during the show, which will be in the stop’s bar. Filming for a hit TV reality show is […]

January 17, 2012

Business

I-5 corridor to increase shorepower locations

Electrical power pedestals will be added to six truck stops and travel centers in Oregon and California.

January 17, 2012

Channel 19

ATHS Music City Chapter kicks off the new year

Thanks to Rhonda Reagan (pictured) for the invite to the American Truck Historical Society Music City Chapter’s year-beginning meeting and auction this past Saturday, Jan. 14. Held at an elementary school in Lebanon, Tenn., the event drew a crowd near 100 strong, made up of members and their families as well as representatives from other […]

January 17, 2012

Business

DOT awards research grants

Agency dispensed $77 million in grants to 22 University Transportation Centers to advance transportation research and education programs.

January 17, 2012

Channel 19

Tony the Truck Stop Tiger: Legal limbo

There have been so many back-and-forth motions in the battle over the fate of the Siberian/Bengal tiger, Tony (pictured), at the Tiger Truck Stop in Gross Tete, La., it would be next to impossible for me to summarize them. At once, it’s been quite a while since I posted an update, so here goes: The […]

January 15, 2012

Channel 19

Rich Wilson’s ‘state of the industry’; and MCSAC apnea update

You’re likely to remember Rich Wilson (pictured), former owner-operator and current regulatory manager with the Trans Products/Trans Services company, for his part in the Truck Driver Social Media Convention last fall, where he urged the drivers and owner-operators in attendance really be a part of the regulatory process — on the front end, in the […]

January 13, 2012