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Equipment•by Staff•May 23, 2000

Truckers Blockade Businesses in Australia

Australian truckers unhappy with long working hours and unsatisfactory pay conditions have been blockading businesses in the country's eastern city of Brisbane

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Safety & Compliance•by Staff•May 23, 2000

Who's Accountable?

Recently, I was interviewed by a reporter representing a big city daily newspaper. She was new to truck safety and was working on a feature story. We sat in my office as I explained what the

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Aftermarket•by Staff•May 23, 2000

OuterLink Selected by Power Co. Fleets

OuterLink Corp., of Concord, MA, announced that National Grid USA, which operates a number of New England electric companies, has purchased 120 satellite-tracking and instant messaging systems for their maintenance and customer service fleets

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Aftermarket•by Staff•May 23, 2000

NTE in Tech Magazine's Top 50

The National Transportation Exchange (NTE), of Downers Grove, IL, has been named one of the top 50 privately-held companies in America by Red Herring, a technology publication. In its June issue celebrating the world's 100 most

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Aftermarket•by Staff•May 23, 2000

Meritor Joins Covisint B2B Venture

Meritor Automotive Inc., of Troy, MI., has announced its intention to join the global Internet-based business-to-business communication system named Covisint being formed by automotive giants, including General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, Renault and Nissan.

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Aftermarket•by Staff•May 23, 2000

DAT Makes Mobile Load Matching Possible

DAT Services, Portland, OR, has announced a partnership with Sybergen Networks, Fremont, CA, which will allow users of DAT Partners to share load-matching information remotely, with trucks in the field, for example.

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Aftermarket•by Staff•May 23, 2000

New Hampshire to Begin Smoke Testing

New Hampshire state troopers will be performing roadside tests on trucks emitting visible emissions by early summer. The law that authorizes the testing and fines was enacted two years ago, but it took officials until now to figure out how to enforce it.

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Aftermarket•by Staff•May 23, 2000

Ryder To Offer New E-Commerce Service

Ryder System, Inc., Miami, FL, has introduced e-Channel Solutions to provide clients with an integrated end-to-end logistics service ideal for e-commerce businesses operating on the Internet. e-Channel will serve customers in business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) operations.

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Drivers•by Staff•May 23, 2000

Simon Declines Moyes Offer

Simon Transportation Services said yesterday that Richard D. Simon, chairman and chief executive officer, had rejected an offer made by Jerry Moyes to purchase shares of Simon Class A and Class B Common Stock at a price of $7.00 per share

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Drivers•by Staff•May 23, 2000

FMCSA Denies Vision Exemptions to 141 Drivers

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has denied the requests of 141 monocular drivers for exemptions from federal vision standards. The program, started in 1998, has some general guidelines for the exemptions which FMCSA says these applicants did not meet

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