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NewsSeptember 14, 2010

TCA Working on Size/Weight Proposal, Other Initiatives

The Truckload Carriers Association is working on an alternative proposal for increased size and weight that would not require carriers to buy new equipment

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NewsSeptember 14, 2010

McLeod Celebrates 25th Anniversary at User Conference

As McLeod Software celebrates its 25th year this week at its annual User Conference in Birmingham, Ala., company officials say they are on track for their biggest year ever

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NewsSeptember 14, 2010

Survey: Truckers Rate Recovery in Full Swing; More Foreseen

The third quarter of the year appears to have been a good one for rate increases, according to Transport Capital Partners' Business Expectation Survey. The quarterly survey found that 63 percent of responding carriers experienced rate increases, with 7 percent reporting over 15 percent rate increases

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NewsSeptember 13, 2010

J.B. Hunt Supplying Carbon Offsets by Shifting Freight to Rail

J.B. Hunt Transport Services is part of a new partnership of corporations and environmentalists that announced a new initiative designed to reduce greenhouse gases and improve air and water quality in the Chesapeake Bay region

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NewsSeptember 13, 2010

Coalition for Transportation Productivity Expands

The Coalition for Transportation Productivity, a group of more than 160 shippers and allied associations dedicated to responsibly increasing federal weight limits on interstate highways, announced a merger with Americans for Safe and Efficient Transportation

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NewsSeptember 13, 2010

New Business Focused on Improving Brake Performance

Elite Brake Company is a new commercial vehicle brake component supplier developing a full product line of brake block, brake lining, medium-duty hydraulic brake disc pads, heavy-duty air brake disc pad

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NewsSeptember 13, 2010

Environmental Groups Call for 35% Improvement in Tractor-Trailer Fuel Efficiency

A coalition of nearly 20 environmental and science organizations sent a letter last week calling on President Obama to establish new vehicle pollution and fuel economy standards, including cutting fuel consumption from long-haul tractors pulling van trailers by 35 percent by model year 2017

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NewsSeptember 10, 2010

FleetPride Opens Syracuse Branch

FleetPride recently celebrated the grand opening of the expanded Syracuse, N.Y., branch

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NewsSeptember 9, 2010

NAFA Creates Corporate Fleet Advisory Council

NAFA Fleet Management Association has created a Corporate Fleet Advisory Council to give corporate fleet managers to voice their concerns and ensure their needs are met

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NewsSeptember 9, 2010

Freight Index Rose 0.4% in July from June

The Freight Transportation Services Index rose 0.4 percent in July from its June level, rising for the second consecutive month, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported

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