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NewsOctober 24, 2011

CARB Diesel PM Filter Retrofit Deadline Looms; Some Fleets Still Have Compliance Options

The deadline for meeting California's Truck and Bus regulation diesel particulate filter retrofit requirement is January 1, 2012, but fleets can still apply for staggered implementation schedule or flexible phase-in option

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NewsOctober 24, 2011

Morgan Olson Walk-in Vans Selected for the 2011 National Truck Driving Championships and North American Inspectors Championship

The walk-in vans used during the driver safety and skills competition were provided Morgan Olson. Considered the "Super Bowl of Safety," the competition is open to step van drivers in any industry

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NewsOctober 24, 2011

Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake Awarded for Facility Expansion

Job growth at the Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC wheel-end production facility in Bowling Green, Ky., earned the company a 2011 Business Expansion Award from the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce

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NewsOctober 24, 2011

TCA's Best Fleets to Drive For Nomination Period Closes October 31

Company drivers and owner operators may nominate their trucking companies as one of the Truckload Carriers Association's (TCA) Best Fleets to Drive For, an annual evaluation of the best employers in the trucking industry

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NewsOctober 24, 2011

ATA Renews Contract of President Bill Graves

American Trucking Associations has reached an agreement on a new three-year contract with association President and CEO Bill Graves

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NewsOctober 21, 2011

Senate Committee Plans Vote on Highway Bill

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee plans to debate and vote on its two-year surface transportation bill Nov. 9. The committee's strategy is to produce a two-year measure funded at current levels, plus inflation. This will require about $12 billion more than will be available from the Highway Trust Fund, a difference that Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., a member of EPW and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, has said he believes can be found

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NewsOctober 21, 2011

Michigan Senate Scuttles Plans for New Detroit-Windsor Bridge

Plans for a new bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ont., hit a dead end after the Michigan Senate rejected a $5.3 billion funding bill needed get construction started

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NewsOctober 21, 2011

Celadon Acquires Trucks and Dry Van Trailers from FFE

Frozen Food Express Industries will sell nearly all of the rolling stock from of its former dry van business to Celadon Trucking Services

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NewsOctober 21, 2011

DTNA Adds Second Shift, 350 New Positions at Portland Plant

Daimler Trucks North America has added a second shift and plans to ramp up production at its Portland Truck Manufacturing Plant in Portland, Ore., creating approximately 350 new jobs at the facility by the end of 2012

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NewsOctober 21, 2011

Wendover's R Place Truckstop Goes Electric

Shorepower electrified parking spaces have come to the R Place Truckstop on I-80 in Wendover Utah. Truckers using the facility can look forward to cleaner air, less noise, reduced fuel consumption and a sound night's sleep

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