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  • Average diesel price edges higher to $3.856

    The U.S. average diesel price increased six-tenths of a cent to $3.856 a gallon for the week ended Monday, Feb. 6, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. The latest price ... (more...)
  • USA Truck posts 4Q, full-year net loss

    USA Truck Inc. on Monday, Feb. 6, announced base revenue of $100.3 million for the quarter ended Dec. 31, a decrease of 1.7 percent from $102.0 million for the same quarter of 2010. The ... (more...)
  • January Class 8 orders down but ‘within expectations’

    FTR Associates on Monday, Feb. 6, released preliminary data showing January Class 8 truck total net orders of 24,906 units for all major North American OEMs, down 17 percent month over month from December ... (more...)
  • ATD chairman: ‘Change will come with or without us’

    In his last speech as chairman of the American Truck Dealers, Utah commercial truck dealer Kyle Treadway urged dealers to embrace the many changes affecting heavy- and medium-duty truck retailing, including the introduction of new ... (more...)
  • UPS taps labor relations exec McDevitt to handle human...

    John McDevitt, a 35-year UPS veteran and member of the company's management committee, will assume responsibility for UPS human resources in addition to his current role overseeing labor relations. McDevitt, 53, will succeed Allen Hill, ... (more...)
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  • ProPickup Truck Expo debuts at 2012 GATS

    The ProPickup Truck Expo – a new trade show that showcases pickups and accessories used in construction, trucking, landscaping and similar industries – will take place Aug. 22-24 as part of the Great American ... (more...)
  • Surface transportation bill clears House committee

    The American Trucking Associations on Friday, Feb. 3, applauded the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for approving the latest surface transportation bill, which if eventually passed would represent the first reauthorization since 2005’s SAFETEA-LU ... (more...)
  • ‘Fly-in’ brings pro-trucking transportation executives...

    About 170 truck transportation stakeholders participated in last week’s industrywide "Stand Up For Trucking" fly-in, which resulted in about 140 visits to Congressional offices. The timing of the fly-in on Feb. 1 was significant as ... (more...)
  • EPA announces millions in grants for San Joaquin Valley...

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $5 million in funding that will pay for cleaner locomotives throughout California’s San Joaquin Valley, including a locomotive operating between the Port of Stockton and Lodi. In addition, about ... (more...)
  • Hill Brothers adjusts lease purchase program

    Hill Brothers Transportation has announced new terms for its lease purchase program, allowing drivers to become owner-operators immediately without a waiting period and without any money down. Drivers can start out at Hill Brothers as ... (more...)
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