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Truckers Wire (Page 3)

Comprehensive News Feed for Truckers.

Results 41 - 60 of 19,422 in Truckers

  1. House committee probes medically unfit truckersRead the original story

    Yesterday | The Oregonian

    It's so easy to fabricate the medical certificates required to operate commercial trucks on the nation's highways that there's almost no incentive for truckers to obtain a legitimate document, according to a ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News

  2. Navistar Offers New Aftermarket APURead the original story

    Yesterday | 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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  3. Owner-Operator Screening Service Offered by TLCRead the original story

    Yesterday | 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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  4. Carrier Priority Card Program Now Available OnlineRead the original story

    Yesterday | Heavy Duty Trucking

    Carrier Transicold, Athens, Ga, launched a new Web site for its priority card holders, giving customers and dealers instant access to helpful information to manage their accounts.

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  5. Panelite Now Under Sole OwnershipRead the original story

    Yesterday | Heavy Duty Trucking

    Panelite, Oklahoma City, is now under the sole-ownership of Veleta Barnhart, co-founder and co-owner of the 24 year-old supplier of decorative chrome & stainless steel accessories for heavy duty trucks.

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  6. Reports link crashes to driver healthRead the original story

    Yesterday | Today's Trucking

    For a few weeks the mainstream media sided with the trucking industry, publishing a number of stories which detailed how the rising cost of diesel was crippling already slim margins.

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    Related Topix: Trucking

  7. Topol nek postpones trucking banRead the original story

    Wednesday | Prague Post

    Truck drivers are trying to get around weekend bans, or at least to limit them. Czech truckers face the strictest restrictions in the EU.

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  8. House committee probes medically unfit truckers Study says it's so...Read the original story

    Yesterday | WFLS

    ... the road. A study expected to be released at a House Transportation Committee hearing today says it's so easy for truckers to fake a medical certificate that there's almost no incentive to get a real one. Officials from the Federal Motor Carrier ...

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  9. Crude Prices Drop Below $125Read the original story

    Yesterday | Heavy Duty Trucking

    Crude oil prices fell below $125 yesterday for the first time in more than six weeks, with light, sweet crude for September delivery falling $3.98 to settle at $124.44 a barrel on the New York Mercantile ...

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    Related Topix: US Energy Systems, Energy

  10. Marten 2Q Revenue Up, Income DownRead the original story

    Yesterday | Heavy Duty Trucking

    Marten Transport, Mondovi, Wis., is dealing with the economic downturn by increasing its logistics business, growing its regional business, "right-sizing" its fleet, and investing in APUs to help with fuel ...

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    Related Topix: Transportation, Trucking, Marten Transport, Mondovi, WI

  11. Penske Earns ASE Certification for Technician Training ProgramRead the original story

    Yesterday | Heavy Duty Trucking

    Penske Truck Leasing received certification from the National Institute of Automotive Service Excellence for the company's Continuing Automotive Service Education program.

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    Related Topix: Automakers, Leasing

  12. PHH Arval 2008 Green Fleet Survey ResultsRead the original story

    Yesterday | Heavy Duty Trucking

    PHH Arval of Sparks, Md., recently conducted its annual industry-wide survey of public and private sector fleet managers on the subject of the environment.

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    Related Topix: Transportation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  13. Solar Kilowatt Range Power Inverters from Clore AutomotiveRead the original story

    Yesterday | Heavy Duty Trucking

    Clore Automotive introduced new kilowatt range power inverters featuring Solar Sonic Compression technology, designed to deliver clean, reliable power, from a 12 volt power source to a variety of power ...

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  14. Tonn-O-Rac Available For 2008 Chevrolet/GMC PickupsRead the original story

    Yesterday | Heavy Duty Trucking

    Tonn-O-Rac, the cargo rack system designed to work with a soft tonneau cover, is now available from Downey Products for 2008 Chevrolet/GMC pickup trucks including the Silverado, Sierra, Colorado and Canyon.

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    Related Topix: GMC, Chevrolet, GMC Canyon, Chevrolet Colorado

  15. Independent drops out of freeholder contestRead the original story

    Yesterday | Bridgeton-Millville News

    ... are more trucks than product," Green said. "My profits have been cut in half." From Capitol Hill to California, truckers have protested since March the sharp rise in diesel costs that have their operations running on empty. When the time is right, ...

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    Related Topix: Salem County, NJ, Carneys Point, NJ, Freehold, NJ

  16. Australian truckers clog hi...Read the original story

    Yesterday | The Times

    ... may cut spending on maintenance in order to remain profitable, making road transport more dangerous. Protests by truckers, taxi drivers, fishermen and farmers demanding fuel-tax breaks spread across the world in recent months, increasing fears of ...

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  17. Patron is shot during robbery at Tulpehocken pizzeriaRead the original story

    Yesterday | Reading Eagle/Reading Times

    A man was shot in the back Wednesday night during an armed robbery at a restaurant in the village of Mount Aetna in Tulpehocken Township, according to emergency dispatchers and neighbors.

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    Related Topix: Mount-Aetna, PA, Berks County, PA

  18. Turn right at TT.comRead the original story

    Yesterday | Today's Trucking

    Marco Beghetto. What can we say? He's Italian and talks with his hands a lot. He's funny .

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  19. Transport costs bringing manufacturing back home: ShippersRead the original story

    Yesterday | Today's Trucking

    ... it reduces diesel emissions in the supply chain. Of course, says the official that might mean less freight for truckers moving goods coming into the nation's ports. One of the few bright spots in the current U.S. economy, exports, is facing a ...

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  20. Witness testifies trucker braking before fatal I-95 accident

    Yesterday | Daytona Beach News-Journal Online

    Miguel A. Leon applied the brakes at least twice before his tractor-trailer rig slammed into the back of a Volkswagen Beetle, killing two Flagler College students in a crash on Interstate 95, another trucker ...

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    Related Topix: Flagler College, Bay Minette, AL