http://www.ccjdigital.com Business solutions for professionals who run trucking companies and maintain equipment. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:01:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.ccjdigital.com/house-committee-oks-surface-transporation-bill/ http://www.ccjdigital.com/house-committee-oks-surface-transporation-bill/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:10:03 +0000 CCJ Staff http://www.ccjdigital.com/?p=56245 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 act. “ATA is very pleased that the committee, under Chairman Mica’s leadership, has been able to, for the first time in more [...]]]> http://www.ccjdigital.com/house-committee-oks-surface-transporation-bill/feed/ 0 http://www.ccjdigital.com/%e2%80%98fly-in%e2%80%99-brings-pro-trucking-transportation-executives-message-to-d-c/ http://www.ccjdigital.com/%e2%80%98fly-in%e2%80%99-brings-pro-trucking-transportation-executives-message-to-d-c/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:00:25 +0000 CCJ Staff http://www.ccjdigital.com/?p=56252 http://www.ccjdigital.com/%e2%80%98fly-in%e2%80%99-brings-pro-trucking-transportation-executives-message-to-d-c/feed/ 0 http://www.ccjdigital.com/epa-announces-millions-in-grants-for-san-joaquin-valley-clean-air-projects/ http://www.ccjdigital.com/epa-announces-millions-in-grants-for-san-joaquin-valley-clean-air-projects/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:50:34 +0000 CCJ Staff http://www.ccjdigital.com/?p=56243 http://www.ccjdigital.com/epa-announces-millions-in-grants-for-san-joaquin-valley-clean-air-projects/feed/ 0 http://www.ccjdigital.com/hill-brothers-adjusts-lease-purchase-program/ http://www.ccjdigital.com/hill-brothers-adjusts-lease-purchase-program/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:20:46 +0000 CCJ Staff http://www.ccjdigital.com/?p=56238 http://www.ccjdigital.com/hill-brothers-adjusts-lease-purchase-program/feed/ 0 http://www.ccjdigital.com/echo-global-names-karpick-vpinvestor-relations/ http://www.ccjdigital.com/echo-global-names-karpick-vpinvestor-relations/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:10:15 +0000 CCJ Staff http://www.ccjdigital.com/?p=56236 http://www.ccjdigital.com/echo-global-names-karpick-vpinvestor-relations/feed/ 0 http://www.ccjdigital.com/ups-announces-120-grants-totaling-6m-to-nonprofits-worldwide/ http://www.ccjdigital.com/ups-announces-120-grants-totaling-6m-to-nonprofits-worldwide/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:00:42 +0000 CCJ Staff http://www.ccjdigital.com/?p=56234 http://www.ccjdigital.com/ups-announces-120-grants-totaling-6m-to-nonprofits-worldwide/feed/ 0 http://www.ccjdigital.com/trucking-adds-5300-jobs-in-january/ http://www.ccjdigital.com/trucking-adds-5300-jobs-in-january/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:00:29 +0000 Avery Vise http://www.ccjdigital.com/?p=56185 The for-hire trucking industry added 5,300 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis in January, while payroll employment in the entire U.S. economy surged by 243,000 civilian nonfarm jobs, according to preliminary numbers released Friday, Feb. 3, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The U.S. unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent. Payroll employment in for-hire trucking is [...]]]> http://www.ccjdigital.com/trucking-adds-5300-jobs-in-january/feed/ 0 http://www.ccjdigital.com/ftr%e2%80%99s-trucking-conditions-index-continues-positive-trend/ http://www.ccjdigital.com/ftr%e2%80%99s-trucking-conditions-index-continues-positive-trend/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:59 +0000 CCJ Staff http://www.ccjdigital.com/?p=56131 FTR announced that its Trucking Conditions Index increased in December to a reading of 7.0. This is the third consecutive month that the reading has increased, reflecting an improving climate for truckers as U.S. economic fundamentals strengthened during the fourth quarter of 2011, FTR says. Capacity pressures from forecasted 4 percent growth in truck loadings [...]]]> http://www.ccjdigital.com/ftr%e2%80%99s-trucking-conditions-index-continues-positive-trend/feed/ 0 http://www.ccjdigital.com/ckcvr-fleet-sentiment-report-buying-index-up-4-points/ http://www.ccjdigital.com/ckcvr-fleet-sentiment-report-buying-index-up-4-points/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:50:02 +0000 CCJ Staff http://www.ccjdigital.com/?p=56129 http://www.ccjdigital.com/ckcvr-fleet-sentiment-report-buying-index-up-4-points/feed/ 0 http://www.ccjdigital.com/house-committee-to-study-truck-weight-reform-proposal-further/ http://www.ccjdigital.com/house-committee-to-study-truck-weight-reform-proposal-further/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:45:03 +0000 CCJ Staff http://www.ccjdigital.com/?p=56156 http://www.ccjdigital.com/house-committee-to-study-truck-weight-reform-proposal-further/feed/ 0