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TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * USA
* California - CARB broadens port drayage truck extension
Sacramento,CAL,USA -Land Line Magazine -December 10, 2009: -- Truck owners who are replacing their existing trucks this winter and spring may be able to enter the port after all in the New Year... CARB recently issued a four-month extension, allowing participants in state grant programs to continue entering the port in older trucks as long as their trucks had been ordered and would be in use by April... This week, CARB announced it was expanding the grant extension to include anyone who is registered in CARB's Drayage Truck Registry and could prove they had ordered a truck to be in use by April... To receive the limited four-month extension until April 30, 2009, trucks owners must:* Register their truck in the Drayage Truck Registry;
* Complete a simple cover sheet; and
* Provide a copy of a purchase order or other acceptable documentation.
(Photo from arb.ca.gov: diesel port truck)
* Maryland: Reduces operating hours at many rest areas
MAR,USA -Land Line Magazine -December 10, 2009: -- In an effort to save money during these “challenging economic times,” the state of Maryland has recently enacted a new policy that reduces the amount of operating hours at many of its rest areas... David Buck, spokesman for the State Highway Administration in Maryland, said “budgetary issues” are behind the recent decision to modify service hours at many of the state’s rest areas... He said the move is expected to save the state more than $567,000 in operating costs, which include lighting, water, staffing and supplies. Buck added that the state’s Department of Tourism is responsible for staffing at the sites... (Photo from aaroads.com: mid atlantic Maryland 95 nb exit 85)
* DC - Census Bureau: '08 Trucking Revenue Up; Miles Down
Washington,DC,USA -Truckinginfo -11 Dec 2009: -- Despite the fact that total vehicle miles traveled were down 2.1 percent in 2008, the trucking industry saw a 2.2 percent improvement in revenue over 2007, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2008 Service Annual Survey... For 2008, truck transportation raked in about $233.8 billion in revenue, up from about $228.8 billion in 2007 and about $221.7 billion in 2006. General freight trucking saw revenues of about $156 billion, a 2.5 percent year-over-year increase. Truckload's revenue was about $96 billion, while less-than-truckload was down 0.3 percent to $33.858 billion... Despite the improvements, the total distance traveled in highway miles was 91.5 billion in 2008, compared with 93.4 billion in 2007. The miles traveled by empty vehicles was up 0.5 percent, while the miles traveled by loaded or partially loaded vehicles was down 2.7 percent...
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