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* USA - Schneider National Signs Contract for Mitchell 1's Tractor-Trailer.net
San Diego,CA and Green Bay,WI, USA -Layover -8 Aug 2006: -- Mitchell 1, the leading provider of technical information for vehicle maintenance, service and repair, today announced that Green Bay, Wis.-based Schneider National, Inc. has signed a contract to use Mitchell 1's Tractor-Trailer.net, the trucking industry's only web-based complete service and repair information source for all heavy-duty tractors, dry vans and reefers dating back to 1990...
* Canada - WSIB freezes '07 premium rates for trucking firms
TORONTO,Ont,Canada -Today's Trucking -8 Aug 2006: -- Reversing a policy trend of increasing premiums annually, The Workers’ Safety & Insurance Board (WSIB) has decided to keep next year's average rate level with 2006, the Ontario Trucking Association says... Thanks to a yearlong "intense lobbying" campaign by OTA and other business groups, the average premium rate remains the same across all industries...
* UK - Fears of job losses at Sandy Bruce Trucking
Glasgow,Scotland,UK -The Herald, by MARK SMITH -August 09 2006: -- Workers at Sandy Bruce Trucking were last night bracing themselves for job losses after it emerged that the company may be about to call in the administrators...
* Canada - B.C. carrier spreads the wealth after impressive year
SURREY, B.C.,Canada -Truck News, by Steven Macleod -9 Aufg 2006: -- Employees of Coastal Pacific Xpress will receive more than $400,000 in bonuses for their part in increasing company revenue by 41%... The B.C.-based long-haul carrier is sharing its profits with its 475 employees and independent owner/operators for the second consecutive year. The privately owned CPX recorded revenue of $100 million for the fiscal year ending on May 31, a substantial increase from the $71 million in revenue posted a year prior...
* USA - Incomplete security steps threaten drivers’ CDLs
USA -eTrucker, by Brittani Tingle -9 Aug 2006: -- Ninety-seven Illinois truck drivers lost their CDLs last Friday because of hazmat endorsement problems... Truck drivers with hazmat endorsements were notified 90 days before their CDL expiration date and informed of the requirements needed to renew the license with the hazmat endorsement, said Terry Montalbano, CDL administrator for the Illinois Secretary of State... The requirements include going to the Department of Motor Vehicles and filling out a Transportation Security Administration threat assessment and getting fingerprinted...
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