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NewsDecember 13, 2012

FMCSA Plans Surveys on EOBR Harassment

Federal safety regulators are preparing surveys to learn whether or not electronic onboard recorders might be used to harass drivers. The surveys of drivers and carriers are part of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's preparation for a proposed new EOBR rule, due next July

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NewsDecember 12, 2012

TCP Survey: Carriers Not Pleased with Election Results

A vast majority of carriers are not happy with the outcome of the presidential election, according to Transport Capital Partners Fourth Quarter 2012 Business Expectations Survey

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NewsDecember 12, 2012

Navistar Names Icahn Exec to Board of Directors

Navistar International announced Samuel J. Merksamer, managing director at Icahn Capital LP, has been appointed to the company's board of directors

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NewsDecember 12, 2012

Jason Swann Wins Top Heavy-duty Tech at Rush Rodeo

For the third time in his career, Jason Swann of Rush Truck Centers in Dallas was named the All Around Winner in the Heavy-Duty Division in the Rush Truck Centers Skills Rodeo

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NewsDecember 12, 2012

HDA Truck Pride Expands Master Warehouse Program

HDA Truck Pride has expanded its Master Warehouse to a new, larger facility in the metropolitan St Louis area

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NewsDecember 11, 2012

Energy Department Predicts Oil, Fuel Prices for 2013

The U.S. Department of Energy predicts that domestic crude oil production next year will reach its highest annual average rate of production since 1992 and diesel prices will average less than $4 per gallon in 2013

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NewsDecember 11, 2012

Driver Turnover at Truckload Carriers Remains High in Q3

The annualized linehaul driver turnover rate at large truckload fleets remained over 100% for the second straight month, and the churn at smaller truckload carriers rose to a five-year high, according to American Trucking Associations Trucking Activity Report

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NewsDecember 11, 2012

Access America to Add 550 Jobs in Tennessee

Access America Transport will expand its Chattanooga and Knoxville, Tenn., facilities and create 550 jobs during a five year period - 450 additional jobs at the Chattanooga facility and 100 additional jobs at the Knoxville facility

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NewsDecember 11, 2012

Used Truck Association Honors Tom Horne

Tom Horne of Pennsylvania-based Hunter Peterbilt was posthumously awarded the Marvin F Gordon Lifetime Achievement Award at this years 2012 Used Truck Association Convention

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NewsDecember 11, 2012

Survey: Speed Reduction, Driver Training, Progressive Shifting Give Best Fuel Efficiency Payback

A survey of fuel efficiency initiatives found that the best payback came from cutting highway speed, training drivers and progressive shifting. Not surprisingly, these actions, along with recording engine data for greater driver feedback, also were the most commonly implemented among the carriers surveyed

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