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Navistar gets California OK to sell engines

Company has permission to continue to sell new heavy-duty truck engines as long as the company still has enough emissions credits.

March 9, 2012

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10,200 trucking jobs added in February

Payroll employment in trucking surged as trucking companies added 10,200 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis.

March 9, 2012

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Report: EPA underestimated compliance costs

Report claims agency underestimated emission compliance costs for new trucks by a factor of two to five for model years 2004-2010.

March 8, 2012

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Cascadia’s aero design proves itself on the road

See what contributing editor Steve Sturgess has to say about his test drive of Freightliner’s Cascadia and its aerodynamic fuel economy.

March 8, 2012

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FTR forecasts higher growth, driver pay

The driver shortage resulted from a “cyclical drag,” which is the industry’s inability to recruit and employ drivers fast enough, and a “regulatory drag” brought on by new government rules.

March 8, 2012

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FMCSA asks court to exclude recorder use survey

Driver survey indicated enforcement officers make poor use of EOBR data, but carriers utilize the devices effectively to harass drivers.

March 8, 2012

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Obama announces alt-energy plan at Daimler Trucks plant

President Obama announced a $1 billion initiative to spur deployment of clean, advanced vehicles.

March 8, 2012

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Love’s contributes to tornado relief

Love’s Travel Stops is donating $25,000 to help victims of the March 2 tornadoes that devastated sections of southern Indiana and northern Kentucky, the Oklahoma City, Okla.-based travel center franchise says. A  Love’s truck stop in Memphis, Ind., employ staff who lost homes and property, a spokesman for the travel center franchise said. The truck […]

March 7, 2012

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Daimler recalling Freightliner, Western Star trucks

Daimler Trucks North America is recalling more than 103,000 of its Class 8 trucks manufactured between 2006 and this year.

March 7, 2012

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Trucking company owner sentenced for defrauding owner-operators

A Minnesota trucking company operator faces 15 months in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding owner-operators out of back pay.

March 7, 2012

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Rocha, Bison win TCA fleet safety awards

Receiving Truckload Carriers Association’s National Fleet Safety Awards were Rocha for small carriers and Bison for large carriers.

March 7, 2012

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Severson named top owner-operator

A truck driver for 49 years, Severson has more than 5.1 million accident-free miles.

March 6, 2012