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FleetOwner: BREAKING NEWS |
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CalStart to offer biomethane workshop
Jul 30, 2010 1:28 PM
The California-based group Clean Transportation Technologies and Solutions or (CalStart) is offering a one-day workshop on November 18 year to review the potential for using biomethane as a transportation fuel...
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New navigation package from In Motion
Jul 30, 2010 1:26 PM
Canadian firm In Motion Technology is rolling out a communication and navigation system for fleets called “onboard Nav” crafted with inexpensive, off-the-shelf personal navigation devices...
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Mack unveils rolling reman parts center
Jul 30, 2010 1:24 PM
Remack, the remanufacturing arm of Mack Trucks, Inc., has converted a 35-ft recreational vehicle into a high-tech mobile learning center to provide more effective onsite parts training to both dealers and customers...
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New APU option unveiled
Jul 30, 2010 1:21 PM
Portland, OR-based PacWest Global has signed on to help promote and sell “zzzBox,” a new auxiliary power unit (APU) technology packaged developed to replace diesel-operated APU systems...
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Celadon named Ryder’s top truckload carrier
Jul 29, 2010 1:47 PM
For the third consecutive year, Celadon Trucking Services received Ryder’s 2009 Carrier of the Year award, recognizing Celadon as Ryder’s top truckload service provider...
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ATRI’s Rebecca Brewster honored with Halladay Award
Jul 29, 2010 1:43 PM
Rebecca Brewster, president & COO of the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), has been honored with the J.R. “Bob” Halladay Award for her dedication and commitment to the trucking industry....
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Dollars & Sense |
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Wake-up call
Apr 18, 2007 4:41 PM,
by Timothy D. Brady
DOT, trucking, logistics industry members and truckers need to wake up. They need to realize the purported driver shortage, driver pay, working conditions, and safety are all interconnected. To solve the safety problems, it’s necessary to address and resolve them all....
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Banking on your success
Mar 14, 2007 4:49 PM,
by Timothy D. Brady
Trucking is a risky business. The one who knows this better than anyone else is the owner of a small trucking company. Equipment is expensive to acquire and maintain, revenue is elusive, (here one day; gone to a cheaper hauler the next), and the liability risk is astronomical with one’s drivers constantly one vehicle away from a lawsuit eleven hours a day. Add to this, anyone with a CDL and a few thousand dollars can be trucking in just a few weeks, regardless of their knowledge of the business of trucking. So what separates the men from the boys, the women from the girls, when it comes to succeeding in trucking? The answer is another question: What is your strategy for becoming “Self-Capitalized?” In short, does your banker believe in you and your plan for success? Are you bankable? ...
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Security— What security?
Feb 12, 2007 11:58 AM,
by Timothy D. Brady
How safe are you really, when you’re out on the road? We hear on the news about how an individual registers at a trucking school, misses the first two days of class and shows up on the third day attired in dress slacks, dress shirt, loafers with no socks, ready to learn how to drive an eighteen-wheeler. And he isn’t interested in learning how to back the tractor-trailer rig. But he does want to know all about Haz-Mat hauling and background checks. Now that’s a red flag; and yes, Homeland Security was called and the individual is in custody while the investigation continues....
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