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BusinessGovernmentTechnology

Getloaded.com Offers Cellphone-Based Service

Web-based load board Getloaded.com said Friday it will offer its core services to truckers via cell phone.

July 16, 2007
BusinessSafetyGovernmentTechnologyEquipment

ATRI, FMCSA to Host Safety Webinar

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the American Transportation Research Institute will co-host a trucking industry Webinar on Wednesday, July 25, on onboard collision warning systems.

July 16, 2007
BusinessGovernment

New York Manufacturing Index Jumps in July

Manufacturing growth in New York rose this month at the fastest rate in a year, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Monday.

July 16, 2007
BusinessFuelSafety

Volvo, Mack to Research Engine Efficiency

Volvo AB and Mack Trucks have agreed to develop a heavy-duty diesel engine that would use 10% less fuel and emit 10% less carbon dioxide than 2007 engines under a new agreement between the U.S. and Swedish governments.

July 16, 2007
BusinessGovernment

Gasoline Prices Climb 6 Cents, Lundberg Says

Gasoline prices rose about 6 cents in the last three weeks, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.

July 16, 2007
BusinessLogistics

KAG Joins Alliance to Streamline Ethanol Market

KAG Ethanol Logistics said it has joined LB Transport and Iowa Northern Railway Co. in an investment alliance with Manly Terminal to streamline the U.S. ethanol marketing and distribution process.

July 16, 2007
BusinessSafetyGovernment

FMCSA's Hill Backs Truck-Only Lanes

The nation鈥檚 chief trucking safety official endorsed the concept of exclusive highway lanes for trucking, saying that segregating commercial traffic from passenger vehicles would dramatically reduce the number of truck-related fatalities.

July 16, 2007
BusinessGovernment

N.Y.C. Congestion-Fee Plan May Be Voted on Monday

New York City鈥檚 plan to charge 鈥渃ongestion fees鈥 on cars and trucks in central Manhattan may come for a vote Monday when state legislators convene in Albany, the state capital, the Associated Press reported.

July 16, 2007
GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuel

Some Fleets Pleased With 鈥07 Engines

Truckers who have purchased heavy-duty tractors with 2007 engines say the vehicles have run as well, if not better, than previous engines in terms of fuel, performance, reliability and maintenance.

July 16, 2007