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Apr 28, 2011
Category: Industry
NEW YORK- Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) today announced that it will offer millions of listeners extensive coverage of the Royal Wedding across a wide variety of channels, including Royal Radio, a 24-hour pop up channel featuring ABC News&rsqu
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Apr 28, 2011
Category: Industry
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW) announced today that Stephen K. Krull has been named executive vice president, general counsel and secretary.
Mr. Krull, 46, joins Con-way from Toledo, Ohio-based Owens Corning (NYSE: OC), where h
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Apr 28, 2011
Category: Industry
KIRKLAND , Wash. – Ken worth Truck Company has named its 2011 Kenworth Service Council, which is comprised of leading Kenworth service managers in the United States and Canada. The council’s mission is to
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Apr 26, 2011
Category: Industry
KIRKLAND , Wash., – The latest Kenworth Truck Models brochure featuring The World’s Best® trucks is now available from Kenworth dealers in the United States and Canada.
The brochure off
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Apr 26, 2011
Category: Industry
THOMASVILLE, N.C. – Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. received the Ovation Award during this year’s National Shipper’s Strategic Transportation Council (NASSTRAC) Logistics Conference & Expo.  
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Apr 21, 2011
Category: Industry
GREEN BAY, Wis. – With diesel fuel prices north of $4 per gallon, carriers and shippers are on the lookout for ways to conserve valuable fuel resources. For some in the industry, energy conservation is an art; for carriers like Schneider Nationa
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Apr 21, 2011
Category: Industry
SAN ANTONIO, (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rush Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: RUSHA ) (Nasdaq: RUSHB ), which operates the largest network of commercial vehicle dealerships in North America, today announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011
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Apr 21, 2011
Category: Industry
GREEN BAY, Wis. - With diesel fuel prices north of $4 per gallon, carriers and shippers are on the lookout for ways to conserve valuable fuel resources. For some in the industry, energy conservation is an art; for carriers like Schneider National it's
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Apr 21, 2011
Category: Industry
Today, the American Red Cross of Washtenaw County received a $50,000 contribution this week from Ann Arbor-based Con-way Inc. and its employees for the Japan Earthquake Relief Efforts.
Con-way employees nationwide participated in a campaign to rai
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Apr 20, 2011
Category: Industry
Princeton, NJ, and London, UK - ALK Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of navigation, routing, mileage and mapping solutions for consumers and the transportation/logistics industry, announced today that Barry J. Glick has joined the company as it
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Apr 20, 2011
Road Systems, Inc. Honored with 2010 Plant Safety Award from Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association
Category: Industry
SEARCY, Ark. — Road Systems, Inc. (RSI), a trailer manufacturer and subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW), today announced that it has been honored by the Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association (TTMA) with its 2010 Plant Safety Award. This
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Apr 19, 2011
Category: Industry
A. Duie Pyle, a leading transportation and logistics provider, was the recipient of the American Chemistry Council's 2011 Responsible Care Partner of the Year Award. The award recognizes the performance and excellent safety record of Partner companie
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Apr 18, 2011
Category: Industry
PHOENIX – After enduring a global economic downturn and diminished sales over the past couple years, the nation’s commercial truck dealers are eagerly waiting to get “back to normal” and setting their sights on the
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Apr 18, 2011
Category: Industry
PHOENIX – Richard Ryan of South Carolina was named today as the national Truck Dealer of the Year at the American Truck Dealers (ATD) annual conference, held this year in Phoenix.
“I’ve had a wonderful career,&r
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Apr 18, 2011
Category: Industry
KIRKLAND , Wash.– The aerodynamic Kenworth T700 equipped with the low-emission PACCAR MX engine was named the 2011 Heavy Duty Commercial Truck of the Year by the American Truck Dealers (ATD) Sunday at the annual ATD Convention and Expo
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Apr 15, 2011
Category: Industry
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Averitt Express recently joined the Women In Trucking Association, a non-profit organization aimed at promoting the employment and interests of women in the transportation industry.
“We are pleased to welcome
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Apr 14, 2011
Category: Industry
TAMPA, Fla. – Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. kicked off its third annual truck tour with a stop in Tampa on Wednesday, April 13.
The Old Dom
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Apr 14, 2011
Category: Industry
PHOENIX – From reviewing the basics of business to the launch of a new program for the next generation of truck dealers, attendees of the American Truck Dealers (ATD) annual meeting this weekend will walk away with a wealth of ide
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Apr 14, 2011
Category: Industry
GREEN BAY, Wis. – CivilianJobs.com, an online resource connecting United States military members with civilian careers, announced that Schneider National has been named a finalist for the 2011 Most Valuable Employers (MVE) for Military awa
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Apr 13, 2011
Category: Industry
Granger, IA Barr-Nunn Transportation announced this week that they are issuing a pay increase effective 4/15/11 for all hazmat endorsed company drivers running in the OTR fleets.
New hazmat endorsed OTR drivers will now earn $0.40 per
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Apr 13, 2011
Category: Industry
GREEN BAY, Wis. - In 1976, Mark DeSotel first got behind the wheel of a Schneider National truck and embarked on the journey toward his own remarkable achievement. He didn't know it then, but DeSotel's first accident-free mile would be followed by 3,9
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Apr 12, 2011
Category: Industry
A. Duie Pyle, a leading Northeast transportation and logistics provider, is making one giant step forward in minimizing its impact on the en vir onment as the co mpany's largest ware house facility churns out solar energy a t full c
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Apr 12, 2011
Category: Industry
National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman completed a two-day, four-state journey from Washington, D.C., to Louisville, Ky., in order to get a cab's-eye view of the commercial truck industry.
Chairman Hersman, who holds
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Apr 11, 2011
Category: Industry
(Fort Dodge, Iowa) - Decker Truck Line, Inc. is pleased to announce that Kenny Clark and Ben Hubbard have been chosen as the company's March 2011 Drivers of the Month.
Kenny Clark was selected as Driver of the Month in the Flatbed Division
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Apr 11, 2011
Category: Industry
The students at John Brown Elementary School in Rathdrum, Idaho, are fortunate to have Jim Buwalda as their Trucker Buddy. His nomination, lauding him as being a driver who enjoys spending time, money and effort on their class, led to his recognitio
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Apr 08, 2011
Category: Industry
Matt Slovack, who drives for Smith Transport and is a seasoned Trucker Buddy of many years, nominated February’s Teacher of the Month Linda Ford. They have been a Trucker Buddy team for over six years. Ms. Ford teaches a 4th grade class
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Apr 08, 2011
Category: Industry
(Grain Valley, Mo.) – The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) is infuriated on behalf of small-business truckers and professional truck drivers at today’s announcement by the White House to open up U.S. highways to Mexic
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Apr 06, 2011
Category: Industry
Knight Transportation is excited about the 1,400 (2012) tractors that are being delivered to their service centers now! Drivers are raving about the bright and shiny Volvo VN670s and International ProStars, equipped with best-of-breed technology
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Apr 06, 2011
Category: Industry
(Nashville, Tenn.) – Western Express, Inc., a leading flatbed and dry van carrier, just increased its starting pay for both flatbed and dry van fleets by an additional two cents per mile. In addition to this increase, Western Express c
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Apr 06, 2011
Category: Industry
GREEN BAY, Wis. – In 1976, Mark DeSotel first got behind the wheel of a Schneider National truck and embarked on the journey toward his own remarkable achievement. He didn’t know it then, but DeSotel’s first accident-free mile would
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