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NewsApril 6, 2000

Safety Groups Concerned About New Canadian Hours Rules

Safety and consumer organizations in the United States expressed concern about the safety of new Canadian standards that will allow truckers to drive 14 hours in a shift and 84 hours in a week

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NewsApril 4, 2000

Simplex Becomes Part of Consolidated Metco

Amsted Industries has aligned its Simplex fifth wheel sales and marketing groups under its Consolidated Metco organization. According to Jeff Barr, ConMet vice president of sales, the change allows the company to focus its resources more

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NewsMarch 31, 2000

UPS, Teamsters Settle Job Creation Dispute

United Parcel Service has settled a dispute with the Teamsters over creation of jobs called for in the union's 1997 contract

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NewsMarch 28, 2000

Missouri Officials Unhappy About Nuclear Waste Route

A single truckload of nuclear waste scheduled to pass through Missouri on I-70 this summer has state officials upset

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NewsMarch 17, 2000

Truckers Return to Washington to Protest Fuel Prices

Many were called but few came to the second trucker protest against high fuel prices. Two owner-operator groups organized a followup convoy to Capitol Hill, following the event in February, but truckers were either too busy or

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NewsMarch 15, 2000

Paccar Ups Medium Duty Output in Quebec

Paccar has doubled output of medium-duty trucks at its Ste. Therese, Quebec plant to 20 units a day. The plant is now producing 10 units of Class 7-type medium-duty trucks each day for its Kenworth Truck

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NewsMarch 14, 2000

FedEx Launches Home Delivery Service

FedEx Corp. has launched a new home delivery service designed to compete with rival UPS in the burgeoning e-commerce-based business.

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NewsMarch 8, 2000

DOE, OEMs to Drop $50 Million on Cleaner Trucks

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced a $30-$50 million research project between DOE and the heavy duty vehicle industry. Over the next five years the joint research effort will help develop cleaner, more energy-efficient trucks, ranging from pickups to heavy duty trucks

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NewsMarch 1, 2000

Large Driver Training Conference Scheduled

Two driver training groups are teaming up to put on a joint conference that is being billed as the largest gathering of commercial truck driver training programs ever held in the U.S

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NewsFebruary 17, 2000

UPS Ordered To Add 2,000 Full-Time Jobs

An arbitrator has ruled that UPS must live up to its contract agreement with the Teamsters to create 2,000 new full-time jobs

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