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News•May 16, 2000

Ryder to Open New Logistics Center

Ryder System just broke ground for its new Transportation Management Center (TMC), home of Ryder's logistics network at Alliance Industrial Park, located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

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News•May 16, 2000

Harvey Firestone: An Important Pioneer

Harvey Firestone was one of the world's most brilliant businessmen, a friend to presidents, founder of one of the world's most successful companies, and a partner to the most innovative minds of the past 100 years.

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News•May 16, 2000

Diesel Emission Estimates May be Too Low, Study Says

A computer model used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to estimate estimate pollutants from motor vehicles is underestimating diesel truck emissions, according to a new report by the National Research Council of the National Academies

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News•May 15, 2000

MN Teamsters Found In Contempt In Overnite Action

Three officials with Teamsters Local 120 in Minneapolis have been found in contempt of court in connection with the assault of one Overnite Transportation Company driver and the harassment of a second that resulted in that driver being left inside a locked trailer

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News•May 15, 2000

NJ Town Wants Stronger Truck Ban Following Death

The death of a clerk after a tractor-trailer crashed into a video store in Lambertville, NJ, has the town's mayor calling for stricter enforcement of the state's ban on trucks on local roads

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News•May 15, 2000

PTDI Certifies Six More Schools

Six more truck driver training schools have received course certification from the Professional Truck Driver Institute, bringing the total number of schools offering PTDI-certified courses to 65

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News•May 15, 2000

Bidding War For Drivers Continues

The year 2000 "shows no abatement of the intense competition among truckload carriers to offer improved wage and benefit packages," says SignPost Inc., publishers of The National Survey of Driver Wages. According to its latest survey, 17% of truckload carriers made changes to their wage and benefit packages in first quarter 2000. The average rate of increase was 4.5%, about the same as increases recorded for first quarter 1998 and 1999

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News•May 15, 2000

Free Drivers Log Software Upgraded

The latest version of Driver Daily Log (DDL) is available for download at http://home.ptd.net/~bjork. The driver log book program, written by a truck driver, is absolutely free. Fritz Roland `Nick' Bjorklund said he developed the software during

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News•May 14, 2000

Oversize Mishap Causes Delays in Nebraska

A truck with an oversized load didn't make it under a bridge over Interstate 680 in Omaha, NE Friday morning, causing traffic delays that will continue into this week

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News•May 13, 2000

Arvin and Meritor Merger on Track

The new ArvinMeritor partnership between Arvin Industries and Meritor is expected to be completed by July 31 this year.

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