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The Port of New Orleans is launching its Clean Truck Replacement Incentive Program (Clean TRIP), providing financial incentives for local short-haul truck owners to voluntarily replace approximately 20 Class 8 drayage trucks from model years 1993-2006 with trucks from model year 2012 and newer. The cost-share program provides 50 percent of the vehicle sale cost (up to $35,000) and a maximum of two trucks per owner or fleet. It is ...
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The Asset Intelligence® subsidiary of I.D. Systems, Inc. has released its next generation FleetView™ transportation fleet management interface for fleets of dry van trailers, intermodal containers, chassis, and flatbed trailers.
Providing online user access to the VeriWise fleet management platform, FleetView represents a major step forward ...
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SEKO Logistics has appointed Jim Mikrut as Vice President of its thriving U.S. Home Delivery Vertical business.
In 2015, SEKO saw its Heavyweight Home Delivery shipments in the U.S. grow 54% year-on-year and this momentum has continued in 2016 for heavyweight and oversized products such as ...
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Effective September 5, 2016, YRC Freight will implement a 4.9% general base rate increase for all non-contractual shipments in the United States and cross-border Canada. Domestic Canada rates will not be adjusted at this time.
The general rate increase is being made to offset industry-specific cost ...
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American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 2.1% in July, following a revised 1.6% decline during June. In July, the index equaled 134.3 (2000=100), down from 137.1 in June. The all-time high was 144 in February.
Compared with July 2015, the ...
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The introduction of more advanced diesel truck engines, innovative emissions control systems, and cleaner diesel fuel over the past decade have successfully resulted in major improvements in air quality and fuel efficiency, according to new research compiled by The Martec Group, a global technical marketing ...
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Chairman Daniel R. Elliott III of the Surface Transportation Board (STB) visited the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) in Ottawa, Canada, earlier this month to discuss opportunities for the two agencies to work together and to share information and best practices. Like the STB, the CTA ...
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Trucks carried more US freight by value with NAFTA partners Canada and Mexico in May 2016 compared to May 2015 but declines in all other freight modes led to a 3.1% decrease to $89.8 billion in the total current dollar value of cross-border freight. May ...
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American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council announces the addition of a new competition track for its National Technician Skills Competition — TMCSuperTech 2016. The new track will showcase the specialized skill set of the industry’s trailer technicians during this year’s event, scheduled for Sept. ...
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American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 1.5% in June, following a revised 2.9% gain during May. In June, the index equaled 137.2 (2000=100), down from 139.3 in May. The all-time high was 144 in February.
Compared with June 2015, the ...
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