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TRUCKING WORLD NEWS
* Taft's 'Perfect' Volvos
UK -TNN -30 Jan 2006: Taft International Transport of Canterbury, Kent, have replaced their entire fleet of mixed vehicles with 14 new Volvo FH12 tractor units on a three-year contract hire deal... They have been specified with Globetrotter XL cabs in 'Prestige' trim with electronic climate control, radio/CD players and 14-speed splitter gearboxes, Volvo Engine Brakes, Air Flow system and sliding fifth wheels...
* Schneider National introduces new tractor leasing program for owner-operators
Green Bay, Wis,USA -Transportation & Logistics, by Julia Kuzeljevich -26 Jan 2006: The new Owner-Operator Success Lease Program is offered by Schneider Finance, Inc., a truck financing subsidiary of Schneider National. Through the program, all new units leased or sold by Schneider Finance will include Thermo King TriPac heating and cooling units in aerodynamic Freightliner Century, Kenworth T2000, Volvo 780, and Peterbilt 386 and 387 tractors...
* DWP employees relate grievances
Los Angeles,CA,USA -Los Angeles Daily News, by Dan Laidman -28 Jan 2005: The Department of Water and Power Commission launched an investigation Friday into allegations of workplace discrimination as a steady stream of workers at the nation's largest municipal utility told of alleged harassment, retaliation and misspent taxpayer dollars... Commissioners decided to hold the hearing after receiving an anonymous letter charging that harassment and retaliation are rampant in the department and several speakers made similar statements during public comment periods at board meetings...
* Trucking firm shares secrets of its success
New Brunswick,Canada -Canada East Telegraph-Journal, by Nina Chiarelli -28 Jan 2006: Armour Transportation Systems among companies featured in new book on lessons from Canada's best-managed firms... Started by his father Gordon in the 1930s, Armour Transportation Systems began humbly as a small company that trucked hay and gravel to Moncton from tiny Taylor Village southwest of Memramcook... It has parlayed itself from a tiny family business operating out of southeastern New Brunswick's countryside to a diversified company with 1,500 employees that's now a major player in Atlantic Canada's transportation industry...
* Wattie’s off the road
Norfolk,England,UK -Norfolk Eastern Daily Press, by ED NASH -28 Jan 2006: Walter Claxton, who turned 79 today, will have to retire from haulage after thousands of miles of trucking... With nearly 400,000 miles on the clock Wattie's lorry could have been round the earth 16 times... But in fact the trusty red Bedford truck has spent the past 14 years zipping...
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