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News•August 20, 2013

Old Dominion Opens Chicago West Service Center

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. opened a 100-door facility southwest of Chicago. The Chicago West Service Center is a newly constructed facility located in Crest Hill, an area known as a regional industrial distribution and manufacturing hub. The facility employs 91 people.

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News•August 20, 2013

PeopleNet Recognizes Four Fleet Innovators

Four fleets were honored as “exceptional” innovators at PeopleNet’s annual Customer Appreciation Dinner during the company’s users conference Tuesday in San Antonio.

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Products•August 20, 2013

NexTraq Launches Vehicle Tracking Device

NexTraq announced the availability of its hardware offering, the VT-2400 series. Going beyond just vehicle tracking, these devices include technology that monitors aggressive and dangerous driving behaviors such as harsh braking, cornering and jack rabbit starts.

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Products•August 20, 2013

People Net Announces Evolution/Launch of Mobility Platform

PeopleNet opened its 11th annual user conference Aug. 20 in San Antonio by announcing the launch of the Precision Mobility Platform which combines its fleet management technologies with analytics designed to enable fleets to better utilize their assets.

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Articles•by Deborah Lockridge•August 19, 2013

Five Steps to Successful Outsourcing

When you are looking to outsource your maintenance, make sure to consider all the angles. Fleets have long wanted to outsource more maintenance, but have been frustrated by problems with the quality, cost and speed of the work. Today, there are more pressures on fleets to outsource than ever.

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News•August 19, 2013

Paradigm Oil and Gas Closes Purchase of Cam Trucking and Well Services

Texas-based Paradigm Oil and Gas closed on the purchase of Cam Trucking and Well Services on Friday.

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News•August 19, 2013

Shippers Index Reflects Minimal Decreases in Truck Freight Capacity

FTR Associates’ Shippers Conditions Index for June fell only marginally from the previous month to a current reading of -8.1. The minimal change reflects a relatively weak freight environment offsetting increased capacity constraints in advance of the hours-of-service rule implementation.

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News•August 19, 2013

Pilot Flying J Opens Two New Stores

Pilot Flying J is opening two new stores to better serve professional drivers: a Pilot Travel Center in Oakwood, Ill., and a Flying J Travel Plaza in Vandalia, Ohio.

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News•August 19, 2013

Legislation Would Prevent Shippers from Avoiding Port User Fee, More Money For Ports

U.S. Senators Patty Murray, D-Wash. and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash. have introduced legislation to provide more money for American ports, including many in the Pacific Northwest, by closing a loophole.

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News•August 19, 2013

Commercial Vehicle Orders Fall as Expected in July

The third quarter is historically the weakest order period of the year and July is the weakest month. July Class 8 orders fell to just under 17,600 units, down 7% month-over-month, but up 36% compared to year-ago July.

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