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Business

Oakland port registers trucks

California port announced implementation of the Secure Truck Enrollment Program.

October 29, 2010

Channel 19

Collective trucking effort donates caps for wounded soldiers

When Marten Transport driver and 3 milion safe miler Candy Bass (pictured) saw a documentary on the Walter Reed Army Medical Center a few years ago, she was so affected by the scenes detailing the lives of wounded veterans that she determined to do her part: 1) She wanted to do something that would be […]

October 29, 2010

Business

Texting ban in place for commercial drivers

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration imposes sanctions for drivers of fines up to $2,750 and for carriers an $11,000 maximum penalty.

October 29, 2010

Channel 19

YouTubing truckers hit NPR Charlotte station

Julie Rose of Charlotte, N.C., NPR affiliate WFAE.org (a voice I remember from my times south of the city in Rock Hill, S.C.) picked up on the phenomenon of the YouTube community of truck drivers with a story, available at the WFAE.org site this past Monday, that features some familiar faces. Among them was included good […]

October 28, 2010

Business

Study: Truck owners happy with timely arrivals

Medium-duty truck owners are more satisfied with their purchase if trucks are ready when promised, J. D. Power and Associates said of recent survey results. The marketing analysts found that overall service satisfaction averages 215 points higher on a 1,000-point scale among medium-duty truck owners The study also finds that engine- or fuel-related problems typically […]

October 28, 2010

Business

Hornaday driver wins service award

Hornaday Transportation driver Obediah Anderson has won the top prize in a customer service campaign, the Monroeville, Ala.-based carrier announced. A flatbed operator, Anderson won $200 and a stainless steel barbecue grill in the Keep ‘Em Rollin’ campaign. Read more at Hornaday Transportation.

October 28, 2010

Business

Los Angeles port driver employee rule on hold

A federal judge issued a temporary injunction preventing the Port of Los Angeles from implementing its driver employee requirement.

October 28, 2010

Business

Agency orders whistle blower driver reinstated

The U.S. Department of Labor ordered a Florida trucking company to reinstate a driver fired for refusing to drive two unsafe trucks.

October 27, 2010

Business

ATA truck tonnage index gains in September

For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 1.7 percent in September after falling a revised 2.8 percent in August.

October 27, 2010

Channel 19

Trucking to the Bowl Championship Series

Five trucking sponsors have partnered to make possible a college football bowl game to be held on December 18 in Boise, Idaho, with a 5:30 p.m. ET kickoff on ESPN. With the Truckload Carriers Association, broker organization the Transportation Intermediaries Association, the Healthy Trucking Association of America and Women in Trucking, uDrove, a provider of smartphone-centric […]

October 27, 2010

Business

Averitt wins customer service award

Averitt Express, based in Cookeville, Tenn., has won two 2010 Quest for Quality awards given by Logistics Management magazine for outstanding customer service. The awards are in the South/South Central Regional Less-than-Truckload and Third-Party Logistics categories. Read more about the awards at Averitt Express.

October 26, 2010

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Website commemorates Overdrive’s 50th

The new website, OverdriveRetro, offers retrospects on news, features and photos from 50 years of trucking history covered by Overdrive magazine for its 50th anniversary of its September 1961 launch. With special attention to the magazine’s back issues and reader interaction, the website has five photo galleries, a section for readers to submit memories and anecdotes about trucking, a […]

October 26, 2010