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News•March 29, 2012

Nasstrac Joins HOS Legal Battle

Nasstrac, the National Shippers Strategic Transportation Council, has joined in the legal efforts to challenge a lawsuit regarding reduced daily driving hours for truckers, reports the Journal of Commerce

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News•March 28, 2012

Irving Oil Offers First DEF Pump in Northern New England

Irving Oil's travel plaza in Kittery, Maine is now equipped with a diesel exhaust fluid pump, making it the most northern DEF pump dispenser in New England

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News•March 27, 2012

CSA Changes Available for Review

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is previewing a half-dozen important changes it plans to make in the CSA safety enforcement system. In the announcement in yesterday's Federal Register, the agency also discussed a controversial decision it recently made to back away from plans to clarify crash accountability data in CSA

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News•March 26, 2012

Diesel Sees Slight Increase, Oil Ends Modestly Higher

Average diesel prices went up just a hair this week, according to the Energy Information Administration's weekly fuel update. The half-cent increase took the average price to $4.147 per gallon

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News•March 26, 2012

FMCSA Urged to Step Up Effort Against Reincarnated Carriers

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration could step up its effort to catch reincarnated carriers by making better use of the data it has, according to the Government Accountability Office

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News•March 26, 2012

FMCSA Officials Get Input on EOBRs at Mid-America Trucking Show

LOUISVILLE, KY -- Officials with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration got an earful Friday about a number of issues relating to hours of service, electronic onboard recorders, and how trucking companies use EOBRs and other in-cab technologies to harass drivers

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News•March 22, 2012

Cummins to Have 2014-compliant Engines in Service by 2013

LOUISVILLE, KY -- Cummins Inc. says it will be ready to ship its full line-up 2014-compliant heavy-duty diesel and natural gas engines a full year ahead of deadline, and they'll feature improved reliability and fuel economy

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News•March 21, 2012

House Will Push Highway Extension

The House, unable to resolve internal differences regarding its five-year, $260 billion highway bill and opposed to the Senate's two-year, $109 billion measure, is going to push for a three-month extension of the current program

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News•March 21, 2012

January-February Biodiesel Volume Slips from Late 2011 Growth

The U.S. biodiesel industry produced 135 million gallons of fuel in the first two months of 2012, according to new numbers released by the EPA Wednesday

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News•March 20, 2012

ATA: Common Sense Must Govern CSA Crash Accountability Decisions

American Trucking Associations' leaders expressed serious concern over the recent decision by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to continue to count every truck-involved crash in CSA scores, including those the truck driver could not have prevented

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