This Is The Kind Of Audacity Obama Hopes To Represent: Higher Energy Costs
Have you seen the video yet where Barack Obama says that his plan will bankrupt the coal industry? ... to the transportation industry, trucking companies, drivers, their families, truck sales companies and service ... the coal industry is what an American President should be planning? Well forget all those OTHER people [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 14:02:55
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Via Techdirt, a story from the Wired Threat Level blog about Computer Phreaks (Russian programmers, actually) ... Safersys.org, which maintains a list of licensed interstate trucking companies and brokers ... who ran a three-year, $500K man-in-the-middle scam against American trucking companies: For over [more...]
Date: 2008-10-30 06:48:50
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NAFTA Inspired Trucking Program Rolls On
NAFTA Inspired Trucking Program Rolls On By: Dana Gabriel - 7 August, 2008 Commentary / Analysis, Globalization The cross-border trucking program, which allows 100 Mexican trucking companies to operate beyond the current 25 mile commercial zone has been extended two more years. Some American trucking companies are also participating [more...]
Date: 2008-08-07 16:12:06
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Give Truckers Bigger Trucks
LiberalTrucker contributed this post for Masslogics Trucking News. “Bigger is Better” has always been an American motto. And now many trucking companies are asking Washington to allow them to have bigger trucks ... the truckers on parity when it comes to the loads that they can carry over the border. The truckers also [more...]
Date: 2008-06-01 18:39:18
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Joining the Love Train
When it comes to transportation stocks, this year the railroads have had it all over the truckers ... , the result of cheaper costs to transport goods when compared with trucking companies. Cumulative rail ... % from 2007, according to AAR. By contrast, the American Trucking Association’s trucking tonnage index was up 2.6 [more...]
Date: 2008-10-23 17:24:27
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UPDATE 1-Paccar profit slips as slowdown spreads
UPDATE 1-Paccar profit slips as slowdown spreads October 21st, ... credit losses and truckrepossessions in the U.S. and Canada. “Some North American trucking companies ... industry truck sales were difficult to predict becauseof the “economic uncertainty,” but said [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 13:01:10
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Truckers Air Frustrations With Fmcsa And Bush
by Jim Arnold, Recently, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) released an announcement about extending a trucking pilot program. This particular program provides trucking jobs to Mexican owned and operated rigs. Why did FMCSA do this? Because they want to have one hundred Mexican trucking companies working American roads [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 20:25:23
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L.A., Long Beach OK 2.2 Billion Grant For Mexican Trucks, Excludes Americans
LandLineMag The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach boast of bringing in 40 percent of the nation’s imported goods, ... to check one of three types of operating authority numbers. 1. MC for motor carrier 2. FF for freight ... owned by Mexican trucking companies while it excludes U.S. trucks that run any miles outside [more...]
Date: 2008-08-18 17:43:43
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Logisource: Muncie’s Logical LTL Source
“RENEWING THE AMERICAN DREAM” Savvy Business Shopper Trucking Companies Can Move Heavier and Bulkier Freight Business Courier of Cincinnati - by ... using a less than truckload (LTL) carrier. These companies specialize in shipping items that weigh [more...]
Date: 2008-08-11 20:03:08
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Oil prices and economy expected to batter freight transportation stocks (Transportation-Result)
MONTREAL _ Rapidly rising fuel prices and the sluggish North American economy are expected to hurt truck and train companies` second-quarter results, says RBC Capital analyst Walter Spracklin.Declining freight volumes, the impact of foreign exchange rates and significant flooding in parts of the U.S. Midwest have created a pessimistic sentiment [more...]
Date: 2008-07-17 20:31:19
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Keep on Truckin: Ports of LA and LB Clean Trucks Programs Moving Forward
When I was thirteen years old, I purchased a "keep on truckin" patch that I placed on my backpack ... the American Trucking Associations emergency request for a preliminary injunction to stop both ... from port operations, and only responsible trucking companies large and small will be allowed to enter [more...]
Date: 2008-09-26 01:53:36
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perfect CDL is not always
received multiple offers to drive for many different companies. truckerdan pm New Truck Drivers had very bad service with Southwe…. All you have to do is fill out one application to your best job offers that American trucking ... feature in your driver employment industry is filtering. Jobs are the reason that you are here [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 01:27:53
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Effective Marketing With Vehicle Graphics
Advertising is very often a major component of a company?s marketing budget ... . The company 3M and the American Trucking Association noted that 91% of the target noticed the text [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 05:03:39
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Lawmakers try again to block Mexican truck program, win a round in fight with administration
Andrew Taylor July 11, 2008 - 08:16 a.m. WASHINGTON (AP) - Opponents of a get program giving Mexican trucks greater access to U.S ... American consumers hundreds of millions of dollars. And they judge U.S. trucking companies will benefit [more...]
Date: 2008-07-11 11:39:25
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Lawmakers try again to block Mexican truck program
WASHINGTON (AP) — Opponents of a pilot program giving Mexican trucks greater access to U.S ... save American consumers hundreds of millions of dollars. And they argue U.S. trucking companies [more...]
Date: 2008-07-11 07:55:26
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Truckers In America Face A Tough Road Ahead
by Jim Arnold, Each of us should thank an American trucker each day for making our lives possible ... difficulties for truckers. As fuel costs have risen, trucking companies have had to find ways to cut back. Since truck operations are their highest costs, most trucking outfits have focused [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 20:24:18
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New DSCC ad portrays McConnell as delivery driver; hits on bailout, debt
Incumbent U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Louisville) is shown as a delivery truck driver in the latest television spot from the Democratic Senatorial ... ." Mostly animated, the ad puts a photo of McConnell atop of the body of a truck drive. The ad questions ... ." "And McConnell gave tax breaks to companies that deliver American jobs to China," concludes the [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 17:27:40
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Americans making changes
American energy consumption is dropping. But will falling gasoline prices reverse that trend? From today's the Wall Street Journal: Source: WSJ ... -saving washing machines. Some trucking companies have rejiggered their engines to max out at lower speeds ... a year earlier, a 3.7% decline, according to the Transportation Department. With shipping [more...]
Date: 2008-08-13 03:29:26
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Trucks run on diesel fuel commodity in
The average price of gasoline has hit 3. 60 per gallon, up percent just since the start of the year ... Graves, president of the American Trucking Association, which represents the big firms. few weeks ... chasing too few loads. He hauls for small company, trying not to let his 250gallon tanks run too low [more...]
Date: 2008-08-14 15:27:11
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Shipping Costs Start to Crimp Globalization -- Companies looking to keep prices low will have to move some production closer to consumers.
From The New York Times: The world economy has become so integrated that shoppers find relatively few T-shirts and sneakers in Wal-Mart and Target ... , because they can lower costs by trucking their output overland to American consumers ... . Until recently, standard practice in the furniture industry was to ship American timber [more...]
Date: 2008-08-03 12:37:38
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Take a pill
Barack Obama says that "American-made motorcycles like Harleys don’t matter to John McCain."Why, you ask? ... to let corporations kill people.; if you think that, in the absence of inspections, trucking companies are actually indifferent to whether tires fly off their vehicles, disrupting the movement [more...]
Date: 2008-08-12 09:30:00
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Survey: Fuel trumps economy
Over 50% of trucking industry executives are worried about fuel prices more than any other issue, according to the American Transportation Research Institute’s (ATRI) 2008 report of the ten most critical issues facing U.S. trucking companies [more...]
Date: 2008-10-08 17:16:00
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Pounding McSame
Pounding McSame by BooMan Mon Sep 15th, 2008 at 06:34:33 PM EST Majority Leader Harry Reid, from the Senate floor: Today, with all the bad news, ... part of school and school districts. Trucking companies in desperate shape all because of the high ... isn't strong for the 606.000 Americans who lost their jobs this year. This is 606,000 people [more...]
Date: 2008-09-15 22:41:01
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Dennis Phillips – Real American Hero
As a poker journalist, I should remain objective about my views regarding the relative merits of the November Nine ... , an account manager for a trucking company in my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri, US of By God A! He’ [more...]
Date: 2008-11-11 15:59:48
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Tiger Trucks: From China With Love
With the emergence of the Chinese auto industry, it’s no surprise that there are a few American companies beginning to import Chinese vehicles ... international businessman who had previously worked sourcing parts for JM Family Enterprises (JM Family [more...]
Date: 2008-10-18 15:00:32
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Truckers Strike 2008: A Salute And Links
A Salute To The American Trucker: ... at garnering national mainstream attention to soaring fuel prices and low freight rates. In Indiana ... said. With trucking companies already committed to the roll on Washington, 50 is a minimal number [more...]
Date: 2008-04-18 00:16:07
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Five Reasons Why We're Not Proud To Buy American Cars [Jalopnik Automotive Amerigasm]
We just read Car & Driver's recent salute to five vehicles demonstrating all that's right and good with American car companies ... of a 2009 or 2010 model that you're excited about. Is it a big truck or a bland mid-size sedan [more...]
Date: 2008-07-03 15:15:00
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Jalopnik: Obsessed With...
'60 Minutes' Does the Usual Italian Black Face, Ignoring the Jewish 'Cosa Nostra'
Yahoo Sports breaks a taboo today, by saying that both general managers for the American League teams in the championship series share " ... right, that kind of thing. He's written a book, published by CBS's sister company, of course ... and garbage-hauling and trucking industry? Something like that. True corruption. But what about our thing [more...]
Date: 2008-10-13 12:40:01
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Poll from Motorola: the use of GPS technology provides substantial savings
The company Motorola reported that during the poll conducted recently on behalf of informatization among the leaders of North American enterprises engaged in passenger transport, industrial production, freight transport and warehousing ... year save on fuel up to 51582 dollars. Given that the U.S. truck fleet is more than a million units [more...]
Date: 2008-08-01 15:55:47
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