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Aftermarketby StaffAugust 14, 2012

Great Dane Announces New Sales and Branch Operations Structure

Great Dane announced a new general sales manager and is realigning its branch system to better serve the growing needs of the aftermarket

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Driversby StaffAugust 14, 2012

Interstate Distributor Turns up the Speed on Driver Pay

Interstate Distributor Co. announced that effective August 16 it will accelerate driver pay, cutting seven full days off its driver pay cycle

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Aftermarketby StaffAugust 14, 2012

HDT Wins Azbee Editorial Honors

The editors of Heavy Duty Trucking magazine won two regional and one national award in the American Society of Business Publication Editors' annual Azbee Awards of Excellence

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Fleet Managementby StaffAugust 13, 2012

Retail Container Imports Expected to Increase 6.3% in August

Import cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports is expected to increase 6.3% in August compared with the same month last year, and 2012 should show an increase of 4.8% over last year

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Driversby StaffAugust 13, 2012

Diesel Prices Spike

The national average price for a gallon of diesel fuel spiked 11.5 cents this week, according to the Department of Energy's weekly report, while gasoline prices rose a more modest 3.72 cents per gallon

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Aftermarketby StaffAugust 12, 2012

Truck Driving Champs Announced

Don Logan, a FedEx Freight professional truck driver from Topeka, Kan., was named the 2012 Bendix National Truck Driving Championships Grand Champion this weekend in Minneapolis

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Equipmentby StaffAugust 12, 2012

Canadian Protesters Block Maine Lobster Shipments

Protesters at New Brunswick lobster processing plants last week refused to allow truckers from Maine to offload their lobsters

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Driversby StaffAugust 10, 2012

Industry Research Favors Roll Stability over Electronic Stability Controls

New research by the trucking industry finds that for some carriers, roll stability control technology may be more effective than electronic stability control

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Driversby StaffAugust 10, 2012

Interstate Distributor Co. Launches Owner-Operator Program, Adds KC Location

Interstate Distributor Co., Tacoma, Wash., announced a new owner operator-program out of its Lebanon, Tenn., terminal, and opened a new regional operating center in Kansas City, Mo

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Fleet Managementby StaffAugust 10, 2012

Spot Freight Index Defies Economic News

TransCore's DAT Freight Index, which monitors the spot freight market, continues this year's trend of record same-month freight volumes and a double-digit increase on a year-over-year basis. July marked the fifth instance of a same-month record in 2012 and the DAT Index outpaced July 2011 levels by 12%, but lagged June 2012 by 20%, says TransCore.

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