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Fleet Managementby StaffDecember 11, 2013

UPS Teamsters Inch Closer to Approving Contract

Teamster Union members at UPS parcel delivery business are moving closer bit-by-bit when it comes to approving a new contract.

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Fleet Managementby StaffDecember 11, 2013

For-Hire Freight Index Drops After Hitting Record High

The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry fell 0.7% in October from September, the first monthly decline after three months of increases, according to a new figures from U.S. Department of Transportation and its Freight Transportation Services Index.

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Fleet Managementby StaffDecember 11, 2013

Landstar Selling Supply Chain Business to XPO Logistics

Logistics and freight brokerage services provider XPO Logistics will buy the Michigan-based supply chain business of Florida-based Landstar System, including NLM, a provider of web-based expedited transportation management in North America, for $87 million.

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Driversby Evan LockridgeDecember 11, 2013

Spot Market Van Rates Jump First Week in December

Van rates on the spot market surged the first week of December, according to the freight-matching service provider DAT. Total spot market loads available increased 16% and spot market capacity increased 5.2%, while load-to-truck ratios increased across the board.

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Fleet Managementby Tom BergDecember 11, 2013

TCA Enlisting Trucking Volunteers for Wreaths Across America Project

Trucking companies are helping with the annual effort to decorate more than 400,000 military graves with balsam fir laurels this Saturday.

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Driversby StaffDecember 10, 2013

Quaker Steak & Lube and Bosselman Sign Agreement

Quaker Steak & Lube announced it signed an area development agreement with Bosselman Food Services Inc. to open two locations in Nebraska and one in Iowa.

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Driversby StaffDecember 10, 2013

FTR's Trucking Conditions Index Remains High in October

FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index reading of 9.18 in October, while down marginally from the previous month, remains high due to capacity tightness from regulatory drag.

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Driversby StaffDecember 10, 2013

Love’s Travel Stops Partners with Truckers Against Trafficking

Love’s Travel Stops announced a partnership with Truckers Against Trafficking, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness among professional truck drivers and travel stop employees to combat human trafficking in our country. Love’s also donated $10,000 to help TAT with the costs of producing materials to support its mission.

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Fleet Managementby StaffDecember 10, 2013

Ford's John Ruppert to Head Commercial Truck Division

Ford Motor Co.has tapped John Ruppert, its top fleet executive, to head up its commercial truck division, a Ford spokesman told Automotive Fleet on Monday.

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Driversby StaffDecember 10, 2013

Study: Trucks Moved More Than 70% of Manufactured Goods in 2012

American industries shipped almost 11.7 billion tons of goods valued at more than $13.6 trillion in 2012, according to preliminary numbers from a survey from the U.S. Department of Commerce, and trucks carried most of it.

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