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NewsJune 30, 2010

Great Dane Adds Canadian Dealer to North American Network

Great Dane Trailers has added Universal Truck and Trailer in Dieppe, New Brunswick, to its North American distribution network

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NewsJune 30, 2010

FTC Approves Flying J-Pilot Merger

Flying J received final approval from the Federal Trade Commission yesterday to merge its travel plaza business with Pilot Travel Centers. The merger, effective today, will help the company emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and create an entity of more than 550 interstate travel center

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NewsJune 30, 2010

Kenworth Plant Earns Award For Recycling and Waste Reduction

The Kenworth Truck Company's Renton, Wash., manufacturing plant has received the 2010 Best Workplace for Recycling and Waste Reduction Award from King County's Solid Waste Division for the plant's outstanding efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle

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NewsJune 30, 2010

DTNA Recalls Workers on Strong 2010 Order Activity

Daimler Trucks North America has recalled about 540 workers to its North Carolina manufacturing plants in response to strong 2010 order activity. The company has also ramped up production at its Mt. Holly and Cleveland plants, where recalled workers will start by mid-July. Recalled workers will also go to the company's components and logistics plant in Gastonia

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NewsJune 30, 2010

FMCSA to Host Webinar on A&I Website

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Office of Analysis, Research and Technology will host a webinar on improvements to it is Analysis and Information website, which provides safety information

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NewsJune 30, 2010

TransX USA Announces New President, Website

Canada-based TransX Group of Companies has appointed Ron Joseph as president of TransX USA and launched a new website

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NewsJune 30, 2010

Averitt Express Expands Flatbed Fleet on Increased Demand

Averitt Express has expanded its flatbed operation to include a current fleet of more than 50 flatbeds, with about 50 more on order

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NewsJune 30, 2010

Improving Economy Means Increased Interest in Acquisitions and Mergers

Business is up, capacity is tightening, and suddenly there's more interest among trucking companies in making acquisitions of other fleets. One carrier executive who did not wish to be named told HDT he expects to complete at least six acquisitions over the next six months, growing perhaps 30 or 40 percent in the process. He attributed it to a "coming out of the recession" phenomenon

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NewsJune 29, 2010

Boston Strikes Deal With MMTA on Hazmat Route

While the City of Boston's ban on hazardous materials hauling through the city will be lifted this week, the city has reached a deal with the Massachusetts Motor Transportation Association to encourage truckers to use Cross Street, rather than Commercial Street in the North En

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NewsJune 29, 2010

More Fleets Keeping An Eye on Emissions

Almost half of fleets are measuring emissions, compared with 40 percent in 2009 and 28 percent in 2008, according to an annual survey conducted by PHH Arval. The survey was designed to gauge fleet managers' insights into environmental issues, how fleets are implementing solutions that would reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and more

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