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Fleet Management•by Staff•October 2, 2001

Schneider Rolls Out TruckRail Express Service

Schneider National, Green Bay, Wis., has introduced TruckRail Express, a new intermodal service combining truck-level transit -- between 500 and 600 miles per day -- with intermodal-level savings

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Aftermarket•by Staff•October 2, 2001

DOT Announces Grants For Hazmat Response

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced grants to states, territories and Native American tribes totaling almost $12.8 million for planning and training to improve response to hazardous materials transportation incidents

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Fleet Management•by Staff•October 2, 2001

Fed Cuts Interest Rates For Ninth Time This Year

The Federal Reserve has cut interest rates for the ninth time this year. Tuesday the Fed decided to lower its target for the federal funds rate by 50 basis points to 2.5 percent

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Equipment•by Staff•October 2, 2001

Bureacrats Target British Truckers' Food

According to British bacon maker Danepak, over 560 million bacon butties are eaten every year. According to the company’s web site, 37% of people say that a bacon butty helps improve their mood. Apparently a good number of those bacon butties (bacon sandwiches) are eaten by British truckers. And now the European Union is thinking about trying to change truckers’ habits in order to improve their health and safety

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Drivers•by Staff•October 1, 2001

CFI Announces Driver Pay Increase

Contract Freighters, Joplin, Mo., is offering drivers who stay with the company longer more pay

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Aftermarket•by Staff•October 1, 2001

Quick Fuel Opens Station In Miami Area

Quick Fuel Fleet Services, a joint venture between ExxonMobil and Jacobus Energy, opened its first automated commercial fleet fueling station in the Miami area

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Aftermarket•by Staff•October 1, 2001

Federal-Mogul Files For Restructuring

Federal-Mogul Corp., Southfield, Mich., has filed for financial restructuring under Chapter 11 of the U.S. bankruptcy code, "to separate its asbestos liabilities from its true operating potential.

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Safety & Compliance•by Staff•October 1, 2001

Federal Funds Available For Truck Parking

The American Trucking Associations is chalking up a victory in its effort to get more roadside truck parking

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Aftermarket•by Staff•October 1, 2001

Freightliner Cuts Pay

As Freightliner gets ready to announce restructuring plans later this month, it is already cutting costs with a companywide rollback on pay and benefits of nonunion workers

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Fleet Management•by Staff•October 1, 2001

Manufacturing Slips As Expected In September

The first economic numbers since the Sept. 11 attack on America show manufacturing activity is still down

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