BELINDA Thorn is giving up her holiday to help an aid charity, but this is no fund-raising trek in an exotic location. Belinda, from Elmswell, will be driving a 7.5 tonne truck across Europe to distribute everything from wheelchairs to school books and reading glasses to needy people in Kosovo. The convoy has been organised
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U.S. Xpress Enterprises and Canadian freight carrier Maritime-Ontario Freight Lines Ltd. (M-O) have partnered to launch a cross-border North American shipping solution. Through the partnership, each company will leverage its national network to move freight across the border and throughout each country, creating a seamless North American network covering the United States, Canada and Mexico.
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Data recently compiled and analyzed by experts on key segments of economic activity paint a positive picture of a economic recovery now on an upward trend that will benefit trucking as the year progresses. For starters, the Institute for Supply Management(ISM) stated that its latest Report On Business (Manufacturing) indicates economic activity in the manufacturing
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Two Reddaway professional drivers have won top honors for safe-driving skills in the states of Utah and Nevada. Joe Kwiatkowski placed first in the flatbed class at the Utah Truck Driving Championship. Scott Rideout placed first in the twin trailers class at the Nevada State Truck Driving Championship.Kwiatkowski and Rideout will go on to compete
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In comments filed July 30, American Trucking Associations told the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that while it supports the agency’s new process for improving its carrier oversight program Compliance, Safety, Accountability, the system still has serious deficiencies that must be corrected. “ATA supports this new approach to making adjustments to the Safety Measurement System
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A Lexington woman has been charged with taking more than $200,000 from the trucking company where she worked. The State newspaper reported 39-year-old Lori M. Caldwell turned herself in to Lexington County sheriff’s deputies late last week. Caldwell was charged with breach of trust with fraudulent intent involving more than $10,000. She could be sentenced
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Celadon Group Inc. on Monday, July 30, said revenue for its 2012 fiscal fourth quarter ended June 30 increased 4.0 percent to $157.5 million from $151.2 million in the 2011 quarter. Freight revenue, which excludes fuel surcharges, increased 4.6 percent to $124.3 million from $118.8 million. Net income increased 63.6 percent to $9.0 million from
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Marten Transport (Nasdaq:MRTN) has been downgraded by TheStreet Ratings from buy to hold. The company’s strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income and revenue growth. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing
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Used-truck pricing stayed high in June, even as new-truck orders fell, according to Chris Visser, senior analyst for American Truck Dealers Official Commercial Truck Guide. In his Commercial Truck Blog, Visser reports that preliminary data indicates that used-truck pricing remained at a historically high level in June, despite steadily declining new-truck orders. The ATD/NADA Commercial
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A California court awarded $11.5 million to a woman who was injured by a piece of iron that flew off a flatbed in Sept., 2010. The truck was operating for Selma-CA., -based Lion Raisins and was on highway 99. The flatbed was carrying empty wooden bins held in place by cables. At one point, the
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