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By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
Despite a rosier employment picture, high fuel and oil prices coupled with a still-sluggish home building market are keeping economists guessing as to the true health of the U.S. economy – providing yet more uncertainty for freight volumes.
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The National Shippers Strategic Transportation Council (NASSTRAC) has named U.S. Xpress Enterprises its Truckload Carrier of the Year.
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By Deborah Whistler, contributing editor
The Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation is sponsoring Transportation Safety Days aimed at helping truck drivers and trucking company representatives and safety coordinators increase their understanding of Pennsylvania’s regulations and improve safe operating practices for drivers.
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Webb Wheel Aftermarket is utilizing new media applications to provide customers with company news, proper wheel-end maintenance procedures and part interchange details that can be used for technician training, service repair instruction and to find correct replacement components.
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Bar’s Products has redesigned its website with a new focus on ease of use, particularly when it comes to finding the correct Bar’s Leaks or Rislone products.
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ACT Research Co. (ACT) has announced it is shifting its long-term forecast for the commercial vehicle industry.
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Autocar, makers of Class 8 LCOE trucks, terminal tractors, and Class 6-7 trucks, has unveiled a new online tool to provide customers and distributors with answers to their questions quickly.
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By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
Sometimes, when the going gets tough, there’s only one thing you can do: hammer down on the accelerator and punch on through!
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Running Green
By Deborah Whistler, contributing editor
The California Air Resources Board announced that during the fourth quarter of 2011 it settled 33 cases of air quality violations by trucks and buses, mostly for failure to properly conduct and pass self-inspections aimed at measuring vehicle smoke emissions to ensure state requirements are met.
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Trucking Around the World
From HGV Ireland: Hybrid trucks, with both diesel engines and electric motors, and even electric trucks are possible solutions for urban distribution in satisfying the increasingly tougher environmental demands imposed by not only governments but companies as well.
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