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Former Business Contributing Editor
Evan Lockridge worked for Heavy Duty Trucking for 20 years until 2018. A consummate "news guy" since the 1980s, he began covering trucking in 1990 on nationwide radio, print and digitally.
He is the recipient of four Jesse H. Neal honors.
Rates on the spot market have increased over the past week as the level of freight has declined, according to DAT.
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The Oregon Department of Transportation recently began limiting the number of temporary passes/trip permits a motor carrier can purchase in a 12-month period – a move that one association representative calls “a money grab” that will affect small-business motor carriers located outside the state.
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A new government forecast is calling for diesel prices to average just below the same level this year as it was in 2012 and ease a little further next year.
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UPDATED--New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie has rejected legislation regarding the “misclassification” of some truck drivers in the state as independent contractors rather than employees..
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Despite a recent run-up in the price of oil, the average cost of diesel over the past week is unchanged, according to the U.S. Energy Department.
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Load availability on one of the nation’s largest spot freight markets shifted into high gear last week, but rates did not follow along.
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New figures show overall sales increased 17% in August compared to the month before, to an annual rate of 16.1 million vehicles, marking the best month since October 2008, before the worst of the U.S. economic recession.
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ABF Freight System has again lost a court challenge against the Teamsters Union and competitor YRC Worldwide for a second time.
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Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in August for the third consecutive month and at its best pace in more than two years, raising hopes about the performance of the American economy during the third quarter of the year.
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A Tennessee-based carrier is the latest to file a lawsuit against the truckstop chain Pilot Flying J while other legal wrangling continues.
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