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TRUCKINGS WORLWIDE
* USA - Scottsboro trucking company Noble & Pitts acquired by Universal Truckload
Birmingham,AL,USA -Birmingham Business Journal -July 13, 2006: -- Universal Truckload Services Inc. has purchased Noble & Pitts Inc., a Scottsboro, Ala., truckload carrier with nationwide services... A news release on the acquisition says Noble & Pitts will operate as part of Universal Truckload Services' Mason & Dixon Lines subsidiary...
* USA - World's largest truck stop growing
WALCOTT,IA,USA -Cedar Rapids Gazette/Associated Press -13 July 2006: -- A truck stop billed as the world's largest is getting even bigger... The Iowa 80 Truckstop at Walcott will open its 67,000-square-foot Super Truck Showroom tomorrow... Construction on the $5 million complex started last fall and wrapped up last week. It also includes an expanded foot court and remodeled convenience and gift stores.The truck stop offers restaurants, a movie theater, a library, dentist and the Trucking Hall of Fame...
* Canada - OTA launches new compliance product line
TORONTO, Ont.,Canada -Truck News, by Steven Macleod -13 July 2006: -- An accident reporting kit will feature as the centerpiece of a product line focused on providing improved compliance product options by the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA)... The accident reporting kit includes a flash camera with 27 pictures; flashlight with battery; measuring tape; ballpoint pen; crayon; and accident reporting form. The kit is packaged in a pouch that will fit in a truck's glove box. Custom or private labeling is available for the pouch (colour and graphics), the camera and forms...
* USA - Trucking firms are revved up over costly background checks
Homeland Security proposal would cost drivers $149
Buffalo,NY,USA - Buffalo News, by JOSEPH GALANTE -17 July 2006: -- The trucking industry, already facing a shortage of drivers who feel burdened by costly mandated criminal background checks, could take another hit when the Department of Homeland Security rolls out a new program requiring drivers to undergo yet another background check... The proposal has many companies frustrated by what they call redundant and costly mandates. While most independent operators bear these costs themselves, some companies plan to pay for the checks to attract drivers... Patrick Garvey, vice president of Productive Transportation in Tonawanda, says a new ID card for truckers from the Department of Homeland Security would cost his company $8,500...
* USA - Kenworth's parts catalogs now on Web site
USA -eTrucker, by Brittani Tingle -13 July 2006: -- Kenworth PremierCare Parts & Service now offers electronic versions of the company’s latest all-makes parts catalogs on its Web site... The catalogs feature brands such as Mirrex, ClimaTech, INLINE, Dynacraft, RoadLeveler and Acrafit. Detailed product descriptions, vendor cross-reference guides and part-number indexes facilitate the search for the right part, and several catalogs offer full-color photographs, menus and illustrations for a more comprehensive presentation...
* USA - Owner-operator financial service leaders merge
USA -eTrucker, by Max Heine -13 July 2006: -- American Truck Business Services this week announced its merger with The Alliance of Independent Trucking Professionals, an association of professionals providing education and services to owner-operators and company drivers... The combination creates the largest company dedicated to improving the profitability of owner-operators and company drivers through business services, products and education offerings...
* USA - DMV Takes Action Against Trucking Firm
Hartford,CT,USA -Hartford Courant, by CAROLYN MOREAU -July 14, 2006: -- The vehicle registrations of a New Haven trucking company with a long history of safety violations was revoked Friday by the state Department of Motor Vehicles... The action came a day after a truck delivering a massive concrete slab to the Blue Back Square development in West Hartford lost its trailer on Trout Brook Drive. The truck is owned by Tony's Long Wharf Transport, LLC., owned by Anthony Juliano of Madison, according to business records maintained by the secretary of the state's office...
* USA - Management-Led Buyout of JHT Holdings Completed
KENOSHA, Wis.,USA -PRNewswire -July 17, 2006: -- Chief Executive Officer T. Michael Riggs today announced the completion of a management buyout of JHT Holdings Inc., a specialty transportation and logistics company that is the market leader in the delivery of medium- and heavy-duty trucks throughout North America...
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