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Aftermarket•by Staff•July 18, 2011

Reefer Operators Say They Deserve 'Premium Rate for Premium Services'

Operators of temperature-controlled equipment deliver premium service and should be getting premium rates from shippers, but in many cases aren't. This is indicated in relatively low return-on-investment figures presented at the Truckload Carriers Association's Refrigerated Division annual meeting last week in New Mexico

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Aftermarket•by Staff•July 18, 2011

Navistar Partsmart to be Sold Via Amazon.com

Navistar Parts now offers customers the option to order Partmart parts on Amazon.com

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Drivers•by Staff•July 15, 2011

J.B. Hunt Reports Record Earnings

Led by its intermodal business, J.B. Hunt Transport Services reported record second quarter 2011 net earnings of $65.7 million, compared to second quarter 2010 net earnings of $52.1 million

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Drivers•by Staff•July 15, 2011

U.S. FoodService Flips Switch on Solar-Powered Warehouse

U.S. Foodservice-Los Angeles this week activated a 1.15 megawatt, 4,998 photovoltaic solar panel system, one of the largest solar projects in Southern California. It is expected to provide 16 percent of U.S. Foodservice-Los Angeles' power needs annually

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Drivers•by Staff•July 15, 2011

FMCSA Working on Plan to Correct CSA Scores for No-Fault Crashes

From where Davelene Huellinghoff sits, it makes no sense. She runs a small fleet out of Union, Mo., with a good safety record, yet her CSA crash indicator score jumped from 0% to 44% as a

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Drivers•by Staff•July 15, 2011

Lane Closures Scheduled on I-95 in Maryland

Look for overnight single and double lane closures for the next three weeks on southbound I-95 in Maryland between MD 198 (exit 33) and MD 212 (exit 29) as part of the Intercounty Connector (ICC) project

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Aftermarket•by Staff•July 14, 2011

Hissong Kenworth Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Hissong Kenworth recently celebrated its 50th anniversary during its annual open house and customer appreciation day at its flagship store and corporate headquarters in Richfield, Ohio

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Aftermarket•by Staff•July 14, 2011

Another Record Month for TransCore's North American Freight Index in June

For the month of June, TransCore's North American Freight Index recorded the second-highest load volume this year and in its 15-year history

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Drivers•by Staff•July 14, 2011

I-405 Closure This Weekend to Disrupt Traffic with 'Carmageddon'

The Los Angeles region is bracing for a 53-hour shutdown of Interstate 405 in mid-July that will cut off a critical, high-traffic trucking route

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Aftermarket•by Staff•July 14, 2011

BTS Index: Freight Shipments Fall 1.8% in May from April

Freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry fell 1.8% in May from April, falling for the second consecutive month, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics' Freight Transportation Services Index

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