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Business

Truck traffic slowed at Canadian border in Wash.

Truck traffic entering Canada at the Pacific Highway Port of Entry in Blaine, Wash., will be delayed until Jan. 20 for a construction project.

January 3, 2012

Business

FMCSA inspector sentenced for taking bribes

A former Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration official in New York state has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months in prison.

January 3, 2012

Business

Atlas Van Lines driver wins an AMSA top honor

Atlas Van Lines driver Charles Allen has been named The American Moving and Storage Association’s 2011 Special Commodities Super Van Operator. Allen, a specialized transport driver, has logged 3 million miles safely in his 27 years in trucking and received the Atlas Safe Operator Award for 16 consecutive years. The Super Van Operator awards recognize […]

January 3, 2012

Business

Gem City Tire adds new center

Gem City Tire has opened a 30,000-square-foot full-service truck tire center in Sharonville, Ohio, a northern suburb of Cincinnati. The sixth such center for Gem City Tire, the Sharonville facility is located near the intersection of Interstates 75 and 275. Goodyear and Dunlop brand commercial truck tires, retreaded tires that have been manufactured using The […]

January 3, 2012

Business

Jet truck makes dramatic takeoff

Check video of the jet truck’s scorching run at the 2011 Charlotte Diesel Super Show.

January 3, 2012

Channel 19

Stiff wind to pay the toll: The 2011 Channel 19 year in review

What better way to start the new year than with a look back on the previous? I did it last year, after all, so let’s make it a tradition, how bout? The Chinese Year of the Rabbit saw all manner of issues hopping in and out of the national on-highway spotlight, bookended by a proposed […]

January 1, 2012

Business

Western Star 4700 SF to premier in test drive challenge

Western Star’s new 4700SF dump truck, equipped with a 450-hp Detroit Diesel DD13 and Allison 4500 RDS transmission, will make its debut in the Serious Trucks Challenge in January at the World of Concrete 2012, said the Fort Mill, S.C.-based truck maker and contest host. The test drive challenge will be from 9:30 a.m. to […]

December 30, 2011

Business

Speed limit going up in Illinois

Big rig speeds on various four-lane roads will rise to 65 mph from 55 mph on roads outside of Chicago, matching the passenger car speed limit.

December 30, 2011

Business

Baltimore bridge tolls rising

Tolls on Baltimore Harbor bridges and tunnels will increase Jan. 1, the first of two toll hikes over the next 18 months.

December 30, 2011

Business

Epes drivers tie in referral contest

Epes Transport System driver Eric Betts won a new Chevrolet Silverado, and Tim Britt and Donald Washburn won $5,000 for having the most referrals in a carrier-wide contest, the Greensboro, N.C.-based carrier announced. After the drivers tied for first place, their names were drawn recently to determine which prize each would receive. Epes Transport was […]

December 29, 2011

Business

Oregon to start idling limits

Trucks that aren’t equipped with idle-reduction technology will be prohibited from idling more than five minutes an hour in public areas.

December 29, 2011

Channel 19

FMCSA’s hours rule justification includes, well, guess who…

You can imagine my surprise yesterday when, just as I’m perusing portions of the new hours rule’s full text in preparation for a story or two I’m putting together for Truckers News and Overdrive, I get an email from a colleague making note of the fact that none other than my own reporting is sourced […]

December 29, 2011