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TRUCKING INDUSTRY * USA
* Texas - Mega truck dealer sees “real” recovery arriving in 4Q 2010
San Antonio,TX,USA -Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr -Dec 16, 2009: -- The top executives of national truck dealership chain Rush Enterprises fully expect tough times to continue for trucking until the fourth quarter of next year, when a slow but steady improvement should be evident... Rusty Rush also noted that trucks are just not running as many miles as they used to, so they will last longer and not need replacing as soon as in even the recent past... The model mix of trucks is also shifting heavily towards aerodynamic cabs and smaller displacement engines, Rush noted, the better to maximize fuel savings... Though fleets remain in “survival mode” and are not spending money on trucks... Overall, though, Rusty Rush expects 2010 to be an improvement over 2009, but what he would term a “real” economic recovery remains a ways off. “I believe things will be better next year, but not significantly until the fourth quarter,” he added... (Photo from Fleet Owner: The Rush Truck Center of Nashville, TN) 
* Illinois - Caterpillar Logistics to Build Facility in Ohio
Peoria,ILL,USA -Associated Press/Transport Topics -11 Dec 2009: -- Caterpillar Logistics Services said it will open a new parts distribution center in Clayton, Ohio. The center, near Dayton, Ohio, will span more than 1 million square feet... Construction will begin early next year and be completed by 2011. The company estimates the facility will cost more than $50 million to build... The facility will eventually replace Caterpillar’s distribution facility in Indianapolis, AP said. It will also take over some of the work from the distribution center in Morton, Ill... (Photo from logistics Carterpillar)
* California - Trucking firm CRST is hiring in Southern California during down economy
South CAL,USA -KPCC, by Brian Watt -Dec. 16, 2009: ... A recruiter almost every month to the Harbor Work Source Center in San Pedro. His most recent visit was earlier this week... About 30 people – mostly men – sat at tables listening to Stan Ferdyn of CRST explain why major corporations like Black and Decker and General Mills use his company to move their dry goods across the country... Iowa-based CRST focuses on long hauls, and Ferdyn says it has about 1250 trucks on the road right now. He understands that a lousy economy pushed this crowd to his presentation... (Photo from joincrst) 
* One comment from OOIDA: (http://www.blip.tv/file/2840596) -16 Dec 2009: Anyone considering this company should do further research on them, especially regarding the reasons for using team drivers... An extensive investigative report was recently done on this very company... If anyone promises you a job, get it in writing and do not sign a lease purchase program...
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