The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has raised the per diem rate for drivers, or the amount per day that a truck driver can be reimbursed for meals and incidental expenses when the driver is away from home on trave
Read More →The Brake Manufacturers Council will be integrated into the Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Association, as part of a new agreement announced Frida
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After breaking the $75 a barrel mark Wednesday, crude oil futures settled at $77.58 a barrel Thursday, following a fall in U.S. gasoline stocks and a boost in the equity marke
Read More →Dallas-based Transplace, a non-asset based third party logistics provider, has expanded its customer base to include small and mid-sized businesse
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Fontaine Fifth Wheel and its aftermarket parts company, Fontaine Parts Connection, have moved into a new headquarters in Trussville, Ala., which features a 9,000-square-foot research and development lab
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In August 2002, a group of truck safety professionals went to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration with a suggestion. Safety could be improved, they said, by letting employers check a key federal database for a driver applicant's crash and roadside inspection history. It took seven years of persistent effort, and an Act of Congress, but now the agency is moving ahead with a Driver Pre-Employment Screening Program
Read More →Secure Trailer Depot, a transportation security company, has expanded further into the state of Texas with a new, high security location in Dalla
Read More →The Freight Transportation Services Index was up for the second straight month in August, gaining 0.7 percent from its July leve
Read More →The Evans Network of Companies has acquired the container drayage, domestic truckload, and brokerage assets of Land Transportation and Phoenix Transit and Logistics
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New York Governor David Paterson has proposed legislation that calls for stricter enforcement of driving laws aimed at reducing the number of bridge strikes in Westchester County and across the state
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