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Drivers•by Staff•March 28, 2011

On-Highway Diesel Prices Continue Rise After Brief Fall

U.S. on-highway diesel prices are up 2.5 cents from last week, and up 99.3 cents from last year, according to the Department of Energy. The rise to a $3.932 national average follows a slight decline last week that broke a 15-week streak of steady price increases

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Aftermarket•by Staff•March 28, 2011

Green Truck Association Names Officers

The Green Truck Association, an affiliate division of the National Truck Equipment Association, elected new officers of the board of directors during the annual Board meeting held in Indianapolis, Indiana, March 8, 2011

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Aftermarket•by Staff•March 28, 2011

SkyBitz Joins DASH7 Alliance

SkyBitz, a remote asset tracking and information management company, announced its membership in the DASH7 Alliance, a non-profit industry consortium that promotes the use of the ISO 18000-7, or DASH7, standard for wireless sensor networking

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Aftermarket•by Staff•March 28, 2011

Ryder Opens Two Used Vehicle Sales Centers

Ryder System opened used vehicle sales centers in Orlando, Fla., and Montebello, Calif

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Aftermarket•by Staff•March 28, 2011

Mitchell 1 Offers Service Information Skills Station to SuperTech Organizers

Mitchell 1 offers to operate a complete Service Information Skills Station to state trucking organizations that hold annual SuperTech competitions

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Aftermarket•by Staff•March 28, 2011

Volvo Trucks North America and UAW Agree on Five-Year Contract

Volvo Trucks North America today announced that employees represented by the United Auto Workers have ratified a new five-year agreement covering about 1,300 members of UAW Local #2069 at the New River Valley, VA, plant

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Aftermarket•by Staff•March 28, 2011

Bridgestone Bandag Promotes 'Retread Instead'

Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions launched a new campaign designed to promote retreading. At the heart of the campaign is an appeal to fleets to consider extending their casing age limits when retreading

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Aftermarket•by Staff•March 27, 2011

Class 3 Registrations Lead Improved January Numbers

New commercial vehicle registrations, Class 3-8, in January were 32,175 units, an increase of 11.6 percent from January 2010 and about 1 percent higher than December 2010, according to Polk

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Fleet Management•by Staff•March 27, 2011

Heavy Industry Drives Flatbed Uptick

The Great Recession hit trucking hard, but the rebound has begun with the open-deck sector leading the charge back to profitability. For the week ending March 19, a 3.2 percent uptick in flatbed freight volume compared to the previous week helped lead overall truckload freight availability on TransCore's DAT Network of load boards to increase by 2 percent nationwide

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Drivers•by Staff•March 25, 2011

JOC Ranks Roadrunner Fastest-Growing LTL

Roadrunner Transportation was the fastest growing-company among the top 25 less-than-truckload carriers last year, according to the Journal of Commerce

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