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Demand for freight hauling is up; truckers are hiring again - Louisville Business First

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Louisville Business First

Demand for freight hauling is up; truckers are hiring again
Louisville Business First
After two years of bad problems, there finally is a good problem to have in the trucking industry, as demand for freight has surged and local trucking ...

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Fire truck sale helps out Harristown, Canadian departments - Herald & Review

Google News - Sat, 07/31/2010 - 00:06

Fire truck sale helps out Harristown, Canadian departments
Herald & Review
The Saltcoats Fire Department in Saskatchewan, Canada, bought the 2001 truck and will transport it by flatbed trailer. "Various members of the Saltcoats ...

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SASSFA stages one-day job recruitment for truckers - Whittier Daily News

Google News - Sat, 07/31/2010 - 00:03

SASSFA stages one-day job recruitment for truckers
Whittier Daily News
Representatives for CRST International trucking company speak to about 60 long-haul driver applicants during a job recruitment ...

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Wright Express to buy Australian outfit for $318M - BusinessWeek

Google News - Fri, 07/30/2010 - 23:31

Wright Express to buy Australian outfit for $318M
BusinessWeek
Wright Express Corp. a payment processor for commercial and government trucking fleets, said Friday it would acquire the Australian fleet and prepaid card ...

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EPA Denies Petitions Challenging Endangerment Finding - Truckinginfo

Google News - Fri, 07/30/2010 - 17:13

EPA Denies Petitions Challenging Endangerment Finding
Truckinginfo
More > A low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) will not reduce carbon emissions, but will increase the price of diesel fuel, adversely impact truck operability ...

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Eyefortransport Gears Up For TruckIT Forum - Truckinginfo

Google News - Fri, 07/30/2010 - 17:01

Eyefortransport Gears Up For TruckIT Forum
Truckinginfo
The American Trucking Associations will hold its National Truck Driving Championships next week, from Aug. 3 to 7 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center ...
Alaska truck drivers qualify for national competitionAlaskajournal.com
Readers write for July 30, 2010Minneapolis Star Tribune
ATA Announces Second Annual Video ContestTruckinginfo

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Trucking Firms Trail Friday

Trucking News from Yahoo - Fri, 07/30/2010 - 16:24
In trading on Friday, trucks & other vehicles shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 1.7%.
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Trucking Firms Trail Friday - Forbes

Google News - Fri, 07/30/2010 - 16:21

Trucking Firms Trail Friday
Forbes
In trading on Friday, trucks & other vehicles shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 1.7%. In trading on Friday, trucks & other vehicles ...

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Regulators Want Truckers On Road To Shape Up - NPR

Google News - Fri, 07/30/2010 - 16:17

Regulators Want Truckers On Road To Shape Up
NPR
Truckers are more likely than average Americans to be overweight, which can lead to health problems including sleep apnea. ...

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Trucking Firms Trail Friday

Trucking News from Yahoo - Fri, 07/30/2010 - 16:05
In trading on Friday, trucks & other vehicles shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 1.7%.
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Continental Announces Two Appointments in Truck Tire Sales - Truckinginfo

Google News - Fri, 07/30/2010 - 16:03

Continental Announces Two Appointments in Truck Tire Sales
Truckinginfo
Thomas Fanning, director of original equipment sales for truck, has been selected as the division's director of replacement sales, NAFTA. ...
Continental reorqanizes truck tire sales divisionModern Tire Dealer
Continental rotates personnel in commercial tire divisionToday's Trucking News

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Greece to Use Military to Provide Fuel, Vital Goods as Truckers Defy Order - Bloomberg

Google News - Fri, 07/30/2010 - 15:49

Greece to Use Military to Provide Fuel, Vital Goods as Truckers Defy Order
Bloomberg
“The refusal of private truck drivers to comply with the decisions of the state to mobilize vehicles and personnel is a heavy blow to the rule of law,” ...

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Trucking Industry Says Economy Is Slowing

Trucking News from Yahoo - Fri, 07/30/2010 - 15:48
ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello said that the two sequential decreases reflect an economy that is slowing. Furthermore, growth in truck tonnage is likely to moderate in the months ahead as the economy decelerates and year-over-year comparisons become more difficult.
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Salem company diversifies with truck rentals - Statesman Journal

Google News - Fri, 07/30/2010 - 12:55

Salem company diversifies with truck rentals
Statesman Journal
KD Sand & Gravel, Inc., located at 2650 Salem-Dallas Hwy NW, has recently added U-Haul truck and trailer ...

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Alaska truck drivers qualify for national competition - Alaskajournal.com

Google News - Fri, 07/30/2010 - 12:54

Alaska truck drivers qualify for national competition
Alaskajournal.com
AP Stories AP Alaska AP Business AP Money By the Journal of Commerce Drivers competing in the 2010 National Truck Driving Championships, sponsored by the ...
Eyefortransport Gears Up For TruckIT ForumTruckinginfo
Readers write for July 30, 2010Minneapolis Star Tribune
ATA Announces Second Annual Video ContestTruckinginfo
Truckinginfo
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Bill introduced to empower ports in clean-truck fight - Fleet Owner

Google News - Fri, 07/30/2010 - 12:52

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Bill introduced to empower ports in clean-truck fight
Fleet Owner
A bill just introduced in Congress would give federal approval to local cities and ports to enact their own clean-truck programs, similar to what the Port ...
Port of LA could benefit from billDaily Breeze
Port bill draws congressional backerseTrucker
Put an End to Sweatshops on WheelsHuffington Post (blog)
PR Newswire (press release) -Politico (blog)
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Call for truck safety review - Stuff.co.nz

Google News - Fri, 07/30/2010 - 12:00

Stuff.co.nz

Call for truck safety review
Stuff.co.nz
Laurel Anne FitzGeorge, 64, died on Rimutaka Hill Road when the brakes in a fully laden 40-tonne truck failed and it overturned on to her Mazda sedan in ...

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Fairbanks Borough Assembly approves gas trucking - Alaska Dispatch

Google News - Fri, 07/30/2010 - 10:40

Fairbanks Borough Assembly approves gas trucking
Alaska Dispatch
... Port Authority's plan to buy Fairbanks Natural Gas LLC for $55 million and begin trucking liquefied natural gas from the North Slope to Fairbanks. ...
Fairbanks Borough Assembly gives it approval to plan to truck liquefied gasFairbanks Daily News-Miner
Fairbanks borough assembly puts brakes on road renovationFairbanks Daily News-Miner

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