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Fleet Management•by Staff•March 20, 2012

Spot Freight Index up Over January, Not Year Over Year

TransCore's DAT North American Freight index was up 24% in February compared to January, but down 5.2% compared to February 2011, when the spot market recorded unseasonably strong freight volumes

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Drivers•by Staff•March 19, 2012

Bloomberg: YRC Back at the Brink?

YRC Worldwide Inc. is back at the brink of bankruptcy, reports Bloomberg Businessweek

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Equipment•by Staff•March 19, 2012

UPS to Buy European Package Co. TNT Express for $6.8 Billion

UPS announced plans to acquire Dutch package company TNT Express for 5.16 billion euros or $6.8 billion

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Drivers•by Staff•March 19, 2012

Diesel Reaches Highest Price Since Summer 2008

The average diesel price spiked 1.9 cents this week to $4.142 a gallon, its highest price since the summer of 2008, according to the Energy Information Administration's weekly fuel update

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Fleet Management•by Staff•March 19, 2012

January Container Import Volumes Up 4.1% Year-Over-Year

Steady sales growth in both automobiles and existing homes during the past few months drove January U.S. container import volumes up 4.1% from January 2011 to 1,475,608 million twenty-foot-equivalent units

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Drivers•by Staff•March 19, 2012

Pennsylvania Trucking Company Owner Pleads Guilty to Falsifying Logs

The owner of a Pennsylvania trucking company pleaded guilty to federal logbook fraud Friday, and also has admitted to selling tainted mil

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Aftermarket•by Staff•March 19, 2012

TRALA Elects Tom Brown of Brown NationaLease as 2012-2013 Chairman

Tom Brown, president of Brown NationaLease in Des Moines, Iowa, was unanimously chosen by the members of the Truck Renting and Leasing Association as 2012-2013 chairma

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Aftermarket•by Staff•March 16, 2012

Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville This Week

The 2012 Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky., runs Wednesday through Saturday this week with concerts, seminars and an FMCSA "listening session" on electronic onboard recorders in addition to the extensive exhibit halls

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Aftermarket•by Staff•March 16, 2012

HDT Wins Business Journalism Award

Heavy Duty Trucking Editor-in-Chief Deborah Lockridge was named a Neal Award winner today by American Business Media during the 58th Annual Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards ceremony Friday in New York City, for her article, "9 Ways to Keep Cargo Safe & Secure" in the July 2011 issue of HDT

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Drivers•by Staff•March 16, 2012

DOT Says U.S. Needs $101 billion a Year to Maintain Infrastructure

A new report from the Department of Transportation projects that the U.S. needs $101 billion annually plus increases for inflation during the next 20 years from all levels of government to maintain the nation's highway and transit systems

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