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TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * USA & Canada
* Canada - Soaring loonie hurting trucking industry
Portage la Prairie,Manitoba,Canada -The Daily Graphic/Herald-Leader -5 Sept 2009: -- People who currently work in the transport industry say now may not be the best time to get into a trucking career... The relatively strong Canadian dollar has wreaked havoc with the industry up north as people in the United States don’t buy Canadian materials or products as much anymore, said Paul Stanley, owner of Principle Logistics freight brokerage in Portage la Prairie... As an indication of how bad it has gotten, he noted, even large transport companies like YRC (formerly Reimer Express Lines Ltd.) and Day & Ross Inc. are calling him to check if he can connect them with a company that has freight to haul to keep their employees busy... A decade ago, there were plenty of shipments going south with a few coming back up north, meaning transport companies made their money when they left Manitoba for the U.S. Now, however, Stanley pointed out, that situation is completely reversed, with not many shipments heading south and more heading north, meaning the money is made on the return trips... (Staff photo by Central Plains Herald-Leader)* USA - Trucking Jobs on the rise
Fresno,CAL,USA -KFSN -September 02, 2009: -- The owner of one local truck driving school is seeing more students from all walks of life, ready to hit the road... One industry where demand is rising is the truck-driving business. We spoke to the owner of one local truck driving school who's seeing more students from all walks of life, ready to hit the road... Alfredo Arceo was laid off from his construction job a month ago, and decided this was the perfect time to try something new. Alfredo Arceo, now a truck driving student said: "Since I was a little boy I wanted to drive a truck, but I didn't have the chance so I got laid off and I had the money so I came to this school"...
* Efficiency Enterprises Awarded Clean Cities Grant from U.S. Department of Energy - Sustainable Trucking Fleet to Provide Energy Efficiency to Maryland Communities
Baltimore,MD,USA -Business Wire -3 Sept 2009: -- Efficiency Enterprises, Inc., a family-owned, truck leasing company operating in Florida, Maryland and New York, proudly announced today that its Maryland operation has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy as part of a $300 million project to reduce its carbon footprint. The Maryland Clean Cities project, one of 25 cost-share projects across the nation and funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, allows Efficiency Enterprises to add hybrid electric trucks to its fleet... Efficiency Enterprises provides full service truck leasing, repair, and preventative maintenance and operates convenience stores with gasoline and full service truck diesel islands in its Baltimore and Tampa facilities...* USA - Energy Department Forced to Release Photos of Trucks Used to Transport Nuclear Bombs and Components and Nuclear Weapons Materials
Columbia,SC,USA -Friends of the Earth/Common Dreams, by Tom Clements -September 3, 2009: -- Friends of the Earth announced today it has used the Freedom of Information Act to force the U.S. Department of Energy to release color photos of the special trucks that transport nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons components and "special nuclear material" such as plutonium and highly enriched uranium. It is believed that these are the first nuclear bomb truck photos released by the Department of Energy in recent years... (Photo from brookings.edu)
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