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TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * USA
* Missouri - Con-way Bill Compton: 4 million miles behind the wheel
(Photo from The Joplin Globe, by T. Rob Brown - Bill Compton, a driver for Con-way Truckload, on Wednesday morning gets one of many hugs at a ceremony honoring him for having driven four million miles) 
Joplin,MO,USA -Market Watch -July 17, 2013: -- Con-way Truckload, a full truckload carrier and subsidiary of Con-way Inc., recently held a special recognition event to honor Professional Driver Bill Compton for surpassing 4 million miles driving for the company. A 33-year veteran with the same carrier, Compton bucks the industry driver turnover trend to become the first Con-way driver to reach this significant milestone...
* Illinois - Analysis: Are trucker profits signaling a market U-turn?
* Wiscosin - Roadrunner Keeps on Trucking
Cudahy,WIS,USA -MoneyShow, by Tom Bishop -16 July 2013: -- Roadrunner Transportation Systems is a trucking company that does not own its own trucks. Instead it utilizes 3,300 independent contractors, triple the number four years ago... ICs are individuals or small teams that own or lease their own trucks and provide dedicated capacity to Roadrunner. And they are an industry leader in driver retention, important in a tight market where the average driver is 56... In addition, when it is not economic to use its own ICs (Roadrunner is very clever in that regard), it utilizes any of 9,000+ third-party trucking companies from JB Hunt on down... Because they don’t own their trucks (though there are 3,300 dedicated to Roadrunner), the company has a strong variable cost business model that provides very strong free cash flow and a high return on invested capital... The company has about 250 sales people, serving about 35,000 customers that they do business with. And they are now cross selling Roadrunner’s various services to every one of them...
* American Trucking Industry : Highway truck inspection
Video from Youtube, "2005 Educational Film" from s88TV1 s88TV -Jul 14, 2013: -- This film was produced in an effort to keep the trucking industry as safe, reliable, and productive as possible by showing drivers and inspectors how to maintain highway haulage vehicles. Watch as an Mine Safety and Health Administration inspector performs his inspection of an over-the-road truck...
* Wisconsin - DOA announces diesel truck grants
Madison,WIS,USA -Wisconsin Ag Connection -17 July 2013: -- The Wisconsin Department of Administration announced this week that $1 million in grant monies are available to common, contract and private motor carriers who want to reduce diesel truck idling... Program coordinators say that when idling is reduced on diesel trucks, it saves on fuel costs and lowers air pollution emissions... DOA Secretary Mike Huebsch says, the program's primary goals are to help Wisconsin motor carriers reduce air pollution emissions and fuel consumption. Wisconsin motor carriers are eligible to apply for cost-sharing funds through the Diesel Truck Idling Reduction Grant Program. The program provides Wisconsin-based trucking companies up to 50-percent reimbursement for idling reduction equipment and installation on heavy-duty diesel truck-tractors...
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