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News•July 7, 2011

House Panel Unveils Highway Proposal

The starting point for reauthorization of the federal highway law in the House is a six-year vision - not a bill yet - of a dramatically smaller program that seeks to leverage federal funds by giving states more flexibility. At a briefing on Capitol Hill, Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., unveiled the outlines of a $230 billion measure that relies solely on the money that's available through the Highway Trust Fund

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News•July 7, 2011

ABF, UPS Hike Rates by 6.9%

Both ABF and UPS separately decided to raise shipping rates, averaging 6.9% for each company

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News•July 6, 2011

Echo Global Logistics Acquires Advantage Transport

Echo Global Logistics has acquired substantially all of the assets of Advantage Transport, a truckload transportation brokerage firm based in Phoenix

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News•July 6, 2011

Marten Transport Opens New Facility in Kansas City

Marten Transport opened a new terminal facility in Kansas City, Kan., a good location for drivers, according to the company

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News•July 5, 2011

Webinar to Outline Recent Updates to Proposed Lease Accounting Standards

Paccar Leasing will hold a webinar on Thursday, July 14 at 9 a.m. PDT to provide an update on the proposed FASB and IASB accounting standard changes regarding the financial treatments of leasing

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News•July 5, 2011

Dupre Offers Dedicated Cryogenic Transportation Services

Dupre Logistics added Dedicated Cryogenic Transportation to its menu of services

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News•July 5, 2011

Diesel Continues Decline; Oil Rises in Spite of Emergency Supplies

The price of on-highway diesel dropped significantly again last week, although not quite as steeply as the previous week

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News•July 5, 2011

Buffalo's Peace Bridge to Get Canadian Pre-Screening

The Peace Bridge port of entry spans the Niagara River between Buffalo, N.Y, and Fort Erie, Ontario. It's the fourth busiest border crossing in North America, and congestion on the U.S.-bound lanes caused by truck screening is legendary. That problem could soon be solved.

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News•July 5, 2011

ExxonMobil Increasing Biodiesel Offerings

ExxonMobil will begin to sell biodiesel-blended ultra-low-sulfur diesel for the first time at four rack terminals in Texas this summer

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News•July 5, 2011

Arkansas Highway Funding Plan Thrown into Reverse by Anti-Tax Fervor

If you've been wondering why Congress has not been able to reauthorize the federal highway program, take a look at what's happened in Arkansas. There the anti-tax fervor that currently reigns on Capitol Hill has been taken to an instructive extreme

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