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Drivers•by Staff•November 9, 2009

Diesel Takes First Dip in Four Weeks

Diesel broke its four-week rise, falling 0.7 cents to $2.801 Monday, landing at the same price as Oct. 2

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Aftermarket•by Staff•November 9, 2009

FedEx Express to Add 51 Hybrids From Azure Dynamics

FedEx Express has plans to buy 51 additional gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles from Azure Dynamics Corporation, rounding out its total fleet of hybrid electric and electric vehicles to 325 after the new step-vans are delivere

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Aftermarket•by Staff•November 9, 2009

Florida Waste Hauler Deploys 10 CNG Refuse Trucks

Choice Environmental Services, a private waste hauler in south Florida, has deployed a new fleet of 10 compressed natural gas refuse trucks, which are expected to cut emissions by 25 percent compared to diesel-fueled trucks

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Aftermarket•by Staff•November 9, 2009

TACOM Taps Navistar Defense For More MTVs, Engineering Support

The U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) has tapped Navistar Defense to produce 1,928 additional medium tactical vehicles worth $348 millio

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Aftermarket•by Staff•November 9, 2009

TravelCenters Incurs Third Quarter Loss

TravelCenters of America said it lost $12.2 million in the third quarter on continued difficult economic conditions as well as declines in fuel sales volume

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Drivers•by Staff•November 9, 2009

FFE Posts $2.6 Million Loss in 3Q

As a result of lower demand for transportation services, excess capacity and downward pricing pressure, Frozen Food Express Industries, Dallas, reported a loss of $2.6 million, or $0.15 a share, in the third quarte

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Fleet Management•by Staff•November 6, 2009

FTR: We're on the Bottom, But Where Do We Go From Here?

"We really have reached a bottom, and that's a good thing." "We think the economy is starting to improve." These are just a few of the promising phrases listeners heard from Eric Starks, president of FTR Associate

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Aftermarket•by Staff•November 6, 2009

Council Starts Dialogue Between OEMs, End Users On Fuel-Saving Technology

At the inaugural meeting of the North American Council for Freight Efficiency last week, the Rocky Mountain Institute's Move team spurred a dialogue between users of "efficiency technologies" and the makers of these fuel-saving products. While the two industry groups don't always understand each other, they certainly agreed on the same thing at the council meeting: There is no source of fair, independent and neutral information on these technologies

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Drivers•by Staff•November 6, 2009

Con-way Recognized For Linehaul Simulation Tool

InformationWeek placed Con-way in its list of 500 innovative users of business technology, honoring the carrier for its Linehaul Simulation tool, a web-based solution designed for its less-than-truckload subsidiary, Con-way Freigh

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Drivers•by Staff•November 6, 2009

CTA Calls For More U.S.-Canada Coordination on Trucking Issues

The U.S. and Canadian governments should work more closely together on regulations aimed at improving competition in the trucking industry, make the highways safer and reduce trucking's environmental footprin

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