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NewsDecember 17, 2009

Switching to Rail Freight May Not Be the Greenest Option

The answer to achieving reductions in greenhouse gas emissions may not necessarily be the greater use of freight rail, but we should consider improved access to intermodal terminals, equalization of rail and truck standards for production of potent NOx exhaus

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ArticlesDecember 17, 2009

Japanese Truck Market: Takeaways for the North American Trucking Industry

The Japanese economy has remained in a state of recession for the better part of this current decade. The Japanese truck industry therefore has come to rely on export sales to not only remain stable but also to grow

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NewsDecember 16, 2009

Port Truckers Can Drive Old Vehicles While Waiting

To be consistent with a new California Air Resources Board ruling, the Port of Los Angeles has made another amendment to its tariff to allow certain truck drivers to continue operating their old trucks beyond the Jan. 1, 2010 ba

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NewsDecember 16, 2009

YRC Lenders Extend Credit Agreement; New Deadline for Debt Exchange

Amid YRC Worldwide's announcement that it would extend the deadline on its debt-for-equity swap to Thursday night, the less-than-truckload carrier's lenders extended its credit agreement until Jan. 12, giving the company access to $950 million in credi

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NewsDecember 16, 2009

Schneider National Completes Container Conversion

Schneider National has converted its mixed trailer/container fleet to an all-container fleet, after working on the conversion for three years

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NewsDecember 15, 2009

Roadrunner Purchases Bullet Freight Systems

Wisconsin-based Roadrunner Transportation Services has purchased Bullet Freight Systems, which provides less-than-truckload services through Bullet and truckload services through its Caliber Logistics division

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NewsDecember 15, 2009

CEO of North American Trucks to Present at Heavy Duty Dialogue '10

The organizers of Heavy Duty Dialogue 2010 have lined up Denny Slagle, CEO of North American Trucks, to present a panel discussion on "Trucking - A Ten Year View.

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ArticlesDecember 15, 2009

Dispatchers and Overtime: Forty Miles of Bad Road

The latest threat to the transportation industry is not rising fuel costs or clogged highways, but rather, the inevitable wave of lawsuits by dispatchers claiming that they are entitled to overtime pay

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NewsDecember 14, 2009

Diesel Takes Largest Dip in Six Weeks

Diesel continued its six-week trend, losing 2.4 cents this week to land at a national average of $2.74

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NewsDecember 14, 2009

TCA Participates in Wreaths Across America

Last week, members of the Truckload Carriers Association delivered about 5,600 wreaths each to 405 cemeteries across the U.S. as part of the Wreaths Across America program

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