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Truckers Wire (Page 2)

Comprehensive News Feed for Truckers.

Results 21 - 40 of 14,948 in Truckers

  1. Regulators Scolded On Medically Unfit TruckersRead the original story

    Friday | WCCO-TV

    House lawmakers scolded federal regulators Thursday for failing to implement recommendations made in 2001 that were designed to keep medically unfit commercial truck and bus drivers off the nation's highways.

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, James Oberstar, US House of Representatives, Democrat

  2. It's a magnetic view, indeed: Blasts tied to aurora borealisRead the original story

    Friday | The Orlando Sentinel

    ... of the drug are sold as a powder, often mixed with cocaine or heroin, and sometimes used as a heroin replacement. Truckers' medical certificates 'relatively easy' to falsify It's so easy to fabricate the medical certificates required to operate ...

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Duragesic, Fentanyl (generic), Medication, Drugs, Science / Technology

  3. Saia reports lower 2Q operating income on higher revenuesRead the original story

    Friday | Truckers News

    Revenues were $276 million, an increase of 9 percent over the prior-year quarter.

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  4. YRC Worldwide posts lower 2Q net earnings, operating revenueRead the original story

    Friday | Truckers News

    YRC National Transportation less-than-truckload revenue per hundredweight up 8.2 percent from second quarter 2007; LTL tonnage per day down 9.9 percent; revenue of $1.7 billion, consistent with 2007; and YRC ...

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  5. Trucking group to file port suitRead the original story

    Friday | Daily Breeze

    ... Long Beach had tried to avoid a lawsuit by adopting a plan that allows both employee and independent owner-operator truckers to continue hauling goods to and from the port, as long as their vehicles meet the program's new emissions standards. "We're ... 5 comments

  6. 10 charges. Truckers worked too many hours, report saysRead the original story

    Friday | Montreal Gazette

    Last winter's snow clearing is costing Laval more than its residents might know.

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  7. Truckers revoke blockade * Czech Republic - Demand fuel discountsRead the original story

    Friday | Trucks world news

    Czech truckers face the strictest restrictions in the EU Prague,Czech Rep. - -23, July 2008: -- Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek averted a mounting menace to local roads and highways July 15, preventing a ...

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    Related Topix: Czech Republic, Europe, World News, Mirek Topolanek

  8. CTNA Announces New Investments for Mt. Vernon FacilityRead the original story

    Friday | Heavy Duty Trucking

    Continental Tire North America announced more than $60 million in new investments for its Mt.

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    Related Topix: Rubber-Plastics, Manufacturing, Industrial Machines, Mount Vernon, IL, Vernon, IL

  9. Knight Transportation Reports Revenue and Net Income for the Second Quarter of 2008Read the original story

    Friday | Heavy Duty Trucking

    Knight Transportation, Phoenix, saw net income fall in the second quarter, but is "cautiously optimistic" that things are starting to look up.

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    Related Topix: Transportation, Trucking, Knight Transportation

  10. Navistar Offers New Aftermarket APURead the original story

    Friday | Heavy Duty Trucking

    Truck owners and fleets can reduce fuel usage, lower emissions and comply with new anti-idling laws with the new Fleetrite Auxiliary Power Unit , a new retrofit product from Navistar.

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  11. Con-Way Inc. Reports Second-Quarter 2008 ResultsRead the original story

    Friday | Heavy Duty Trucking

    For the second quarter of 2008, Con-way Inc., San Mateo, Calif., "turned in commendable results despite a challenging business environment and the inflationary effect of unprecedented fuel prices," according to ...

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  12. Owner-Operator Screening Service Offered by TLCRead the original story

    Friday | Heavy Duty Trucking

    The TLC Companies, a professional employer organization, has begun offering a new service for its clients called ValuScreen.

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  13. Pilot Opens New Travel CenterRead the original story

    Friday | Heavy Duty Trucking

    Pilot recently opened a new travel center in Winnemucca, Nev., off Interstate 80 at exit 173.

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  14. CalArk Opens New TerminalRead the original story

    Friday | Heavy Duty Trucking

    CalArk International, Little Rock, Ark., recently opened its newest terminal in Taylor, Mich., approximately 18 miles southwest of Detroit.

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    Related Topix: Little Rock, AR, Little Rock Metro

  15. Shift summer road repairs to nightfallRead the original story

    Friday | Easton Express-Times

    ... this is the middle of the vacation season, this roadwork could and should be done at night, when the impact on truckers and travelers would have the least impact. We encountered no such road delays in New York or New Jersey. PennDOT deserves a ...

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    Related Topix: Delaware Water Gap, PA, Gap, PA, Opinion

  16. Sale of debt certificates by LLCC almost completeRead the original story

    Friday | State Journal-Register

    Lincoln Land Community College officials anticipate closing early next month on the sale of debt certificates for $33.8 million in construction projects.

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    Related Topix: Taylorville, IL

  17. Victim in deadly 64/40 pileup sues truckerRead the original story

    Thursday | KMOV-TV Saint Louis

    ... him to "another officer". What chumps. Maybe it IS the patrol's fault for not giving a darn and allowing these truckers to drive that way. Pulling over them big rigs would just be far too much trouble, and would cut into donut time or time to act ...

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  18. Trucker convicted for fatal I-95 crashRead the original story

    Thursday | St. Augustine Record

    A truck driver charged with killing two Flagler College students on Interstate 95 has been convicted of two counts of vehicular homicide.

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  19. Trucker convicted for I-95 crashRead the original story

    Thursday | Bradenton Herald

    A truck driver charged with killing two Flagler College students on Interstate 95 has been convicted of two counts of vehicular homicide.

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  20. House examines problem of medically unfit truckersRead the original story

    Thursday | The Boston Globe

    House lawmakers scolded federal regulators yesterday for failing to implement recommendations made in 2001 that were designed to keep medically unfit commercial truck and bus drivers off US highways.

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, James Oberstar, US House of Representatives, Democrat