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NewsNovember 2, 2011

UPS Freight Takes the Guesswork out of LTL Pickups

UPS now offers an unprecedented level of pickup control for the less-than-truckload (LTL) industry with the launch of UPS Freight Pickup Notifications for LTL

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NewsNovember 2, 2011

TCA Invites Carriers to Apply for Trucking's Weight Loss Showdown

The Truckload Carriers Association is looking to improve the general health of the trucking industry. It will host Trucking's Weight Loss Showdown, a competition with prize incentives for the fleet and individual who achieve the greatest percentages of weight loss

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NewsNovember 1, 2011

Oil Gains 18% in October, Diesel Up for Third Straight Week

The national average price of diesel rose 6.7 cents a gallon from last week, while oil prices for October leapt from about $79 to $93 per barrel during the month

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NewsNovember 1, 2011

Texas DOT Removing Nighttime Truck Speed Limit Signs

The Texas Department of Transportation has begun work to remove the 65-mile per hour nighttime speed limit and all truck speed limit signs on Lubbock District roadways

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NewsNovember 1, 2011

September U.S. Containerized Imports Fall 6% from August

U.S. containerized import volume fell 6 percent in September from the month before as retailers restrain inventories. Even a surge in auto parts shipments was not enough to offset growing retailer pessimism about consumer demand

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NewsOctober 31, 2011

Seattle's 'Viadoom' Project Reopens Two Days Early

The busy Alaskan Way Viaduct along the Puget Sound waterfront in Seattle that was shut down more than a week ago has reopened to traffic nearly two days early

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NewsOctober 31, 2011

Flood-damaged Interstate 680 to Reopen Wednesday

After it was shut down in early June due Missouri River flooding, repair work on the bridge that links Iowa and Nebraska, just to the north of Omaha, is all but complete. The bridge will reopen later this week

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ArticlesOctober 31, 2011

All-Volvo Company Does Log Transport Around The Clock in Sweden

An all-Volvo fleet of nine trucks with I-Shift transmissions hauls logs 24 hours a day, seven days a week in southern Sweden. For a couple of hours, a group of North American truck editors in Sweden got a chance to follow first-hand the transport of timber from where the trees were harvested to a nearby sawmill

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NewsOctober 31, 2011

Capstone Turbine Developing Hybrid Concept Truck Program

Capstone Turbine Corporation is working with domestic heavy-duty truck manufacturers Kenworth and Peterbilt to demonstrate Class 7 and Class 8 microturbine range-extended series hybrid trucks

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NewsOctober 31, 2011

Old Dominion Opens Newest Service Center in Canton, Ohio

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc.'s 216th service center, located in Canton, Ohio, officially opened last week and is slated to be the company's first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified facility in its nationwide network

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