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NewsMay 25, 2010

FTR: Fleets Will Face Recruiting Challenges Ahead

When freight picks back up and fleets start to struggle to fill previously parked trucks, fleets will be constrained by their ability to hire and train new drivers, according to FTR Associates' Driver Supply Update for May

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NewsMay 25, 2010

Teamsters Reject ABF Freight's Wage Cuts

Teamsters employed at ABF Freight System rejected the company's proposed changes to the labor contract, which involved a 15 percent pay cut, while protecting pension, health care and welfare benefits

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NewsMay 24, 2010

ITP Diesel Announces Name Change, New Facility

Diesel retailer ITP Diesel has changed its name to Sinister Diesel and is moving into a 15,000-square-foot retail and warehouse space in Phoenix to open June 1

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NewsMay 24, 2010

Thermo King's Electric APU Receives SmartWay Verification

Thermo King has announced that its TriPacE electric auxiliary idle reduction and temperature management system has been verified by the Environmental Protection Agency's SmartWay program as an anti-idling technology

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NewsMay 24, 2010

Remy Finalizes Grant to Produce Electric Motors

Remy International has received final approval to get started on its effort to accelerate standardization and commercialization of its Remy HVH electric motor technology

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NewsMay 21, 2010

Transportation Insurance Rates Continue to Decrease in First Quarter

According to the first quarter Transportation Insurance Pricing Survey released by NIP Group, most in the trucking industry are seeing insurance rates continue to drop, with 51.52 percent saying the market is soft

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NewsMay 21, 2010

Silver Eagle's Aero Saber Skirt Gets SmartWay Nod

Silver Eagle Manufacturing has announced that its Aero Saber trailer skirt has been verified by the Environmental Protection Agency SmartWay program as an advanced trailer skirt

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Articlesby Tom BergMay 21, 2010

Hydraulic Hybrids: Ride-and-Drive Report From Work Truck Show

Well-attended educational sessions and an ever-larger trade display marked the National Truck Equipment Association's annual meeting and Work Truck Show, held in March at the St. Louis Convention Center

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NewsMay 21, 2010

Xtra Lease Orders New Equipment For Lease and Rent

Xtra Lease has ordered more than 3,000 composite dry vans and about 400 new refrigerated trailers that will be available for rent and lease this year

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NewsMay 21, 2010

Heavy-Duty Truck Sales Improve Over 2009

Sales of Class 8 trucks gained 29.5 percent in April from the year-ago mont

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