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Oct 14, 2010

TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * USA - We see trucks everyday, going to and from their destination

* USA - Trucking Conditions: Index rises in August

Nashville,IN,USA -Refrigerated Transporter -Oct 13, 2010: -- FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index edged higher in August 2010 to a reading of 2.3. The Trucking Conditions Index is a compilation of factors affecting trucking firms; the August reading—which is the sixth consecutive reading in positive territory—reflects a healthy environment for trucking...   Strong manufacturing increases have generated truck freight above GDP. Expected freight growth of 4%, limited driver capacity, and fleet downsizing will keep the index in positive territory through 2011. The August Trucking Conditions Index and the current status of factors affecting the trucking industry are reported in the October issue of FTR’s Trucking Update... (Photo Newport-St. Paul Cold Storage)


* Florida - Integrated Freight Buys Wichita Truckload Carrier

Sarasota,FLA,USA -Transport Topics -13 Oct 2010: -- Integrated Freight has acquired refrigerated truckload carrier Bruenger Trucking Co. for $11 million, the companies said... The deal brings 160 new tractors into Integrated Freight’s fleet, putting its total tractor count at about 700... Bruenger, Wichita, Kan., brings about $21 million in new business to Integrated Freight, making the combined carrier an estimated $60 million company... Like Integrated Freight, Bruenger is primarily a refrigerated carrier with some dry-van operations...


* Southern Idaho, Trucking Doing Good. The trucking industry may be the answer to the economy getting back into the black...


Jerome,ID,USA -11 KMTV by Brittany Cooper -Oct 13, 2010: -- In 2008, research revealed that the trucking industry provided one out of 16 jobs in the state of Idaho. And more than 72% percent of the communities depended on trucks to exclusively deliver goods... Trucking goes clear out of the valley, goes out of the state and nationwide. So we're able to deal with that, bring that money from other places and back into the valley through wages, fuel uses and we buy locally... And Arlo G. Lott trucking company stays busy these days, with nearly 200 employees. Cole Prestwich with A.G.L Trucking, said "We have plenty of trucks, plenty of people wanting to drive a truck. We're doing quite well as far as Arlo G. Lott Trucking is concerned" ... Prestwich says the industry is doing well in the Magic Valley and even Eastern Idaho...


* Oregon - Trucking Company, Stinger Transportation, Continues Green Strategies

Springfield,ORE,USA -Go Green Fleet Solutions, by DeeAnna Breazeale - October 14, 2010:  --  The Oregon based Stinger Transportation company has set an example for the trucking industry by being environmentally responsible and improving the world we live in... According to Ron Cholin in 2010 Stinger Transportation used 48 gallons of fuel per day per vehicle. After consulting with Go Green Fleet Solutions, Stinger decided to go with an alternative fuel solution and selected the Life Force APU (auxiliary power unit). With just a single APU addition, which is only one part of the GGFS Peak Profit Program, Stinger will reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by more than 26.40 million tons per year and save approximately $5040.00 per year on fuel per vehicle... The Go Green Fleet Solutions’ package is comprised of a list of products, most of which are EPA Smartway Approved. Among this list are Life Force Auxiliary Power Units, Freightwing Trailer Deflectors, OPS-1 Oil Refiner Systems, HHO Tek Platinum Pre Combustion Catalyst Systems, and Pressure Pro Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems. The Go Green Peak Profit Program has proved itself as an economical solution to the rising costs of fuel today...

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