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Articles•by Kate Harlow•May 1, 2014

Making Safety a Priority

In 2012, Verst Group Logistics had zero Department of Transportation recordable accidents. In 2013, to prove the previous year wasn’t just a fluke, Verst only had one DOT-recordable accident. How did this Kentucky-based logistics provider, with a fleet of 90 power units and 250 trailers, attain such a low number of accidents?

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News•May 1, 2014

FMCSA Coercion Proposal Clears OMB

The White House Office of Management and Budget has cleared a proposal to prohibit coercion of drivers by carriers, shippers or receivers. OMB sent the proposal back to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, typically a signal that a Federal Register notice is pending.

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News•May 1, 2014

Trucking Moves America Forward and Love’s Travel Stops Partner

Trucking Moves America Forward gained momentum with its first major partnership, announcing an agreement with Love’s Travel Stops. This comes days after TMAF shared it had raised more than a half-a-million dollars since its March launch.

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News•by Evan Lockridge•May 1, 2014

Economic Watch: Consumer Spending, Construction, Manufacturing Post Gains

UPDATED -- A new report shows U.S. consumer spending in March took its biggest leap forward since August 2009.

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News•May 1, 2014

First Quarter Losses Widen for YRC Worldwide

The parent company to the carrier YRC Freight and others moved to a bigger loss in the first quarter of the year.

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News•May 1, 2014

Con-way Income Falls 7.9%

Trucking company parent Con-way Inc. has reported 2014 first quarter net income of $12.9 million, or 22 cents per diluted share, compared to first quarter 2013 net income of $14 million, or 25 cents per diluted share, a 7.9% decline.

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News•May 1, 2014

Mullen Group President and Co-CEO Resigning

The Canadian owner of various trucking operations has announced one of its leaders will soon be leaving.

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News•May 1, 2014

Swift Transportation Profit Takes A Dive

The Arizona-based company reported net income of $12.3 million, or nine cents per diluted share, compared to first quarter 2013 profit of $30.3 million, or 21 cents per diluted share.

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News•May 1, 2014

Trucking Group Pushing Alternative to Obama Highway Funding Plan

A national coalition of transportation companies formed three years ago to advance trucking fleet safety initiatives announced it supports major components within President Obama’s four-year $302 billion transportation plan released this week, however, there is one area in which it disagrees.

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Articles•by Denise Rondini•April 30, 2014

Commentary: Remanufacturing Redux

Remanufacturing has been in the news quite a bit lately. I recently wrote about the need to include remanufactured parts as an integral part of your fleet’s overall parts strategy.

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