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Jul 22, 2015

TRUCKING INDUSTRY * USA / Mexico: LTL trucking service

* California - DHL Global Forwarding launches one

-- As more international companies open shop in Mexico to serve both Latin American and U.S.A. markets, DHL Global Forwarding is working to ease complex cross-border transactions for shippers. The air and ocean freight arm of DHL last week launched Trans Border Connect, a service that helps shippers move less-than-truckload freight over the U.S.A.-Mexico border... DHL Global Forwarding plans to address some of those concerns with Trans Border Connect by acting as a single-source provider for door-to-door surface moves, working with multiple carriers. The company’s control tower in Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, has a team that specializes in getting cross-border shipments through customs while eliminating multiple carrier bills and hand-offs... The service initially will handle shipments to and from five strategic markets in the U.S.A. and Mexico, with all border crossings at Laredo, Texas. In the U.S.A., shipments are available to and from Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Detroit, Los Angeles and Chicago. In Mexico, shipments are available to and from Guadalajara, Mexico City, Monterey, Queretaro and San Luis Potosi... 
San José, CAL, USA - JOC, by William B. Cassidy - Jul 20, 2015

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Dec 5, 2012

TRUCKING INDUSTRY * WORLDWIDE

* Finland - Gears up for ’super trucks’

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Helsinki,Finland -Irish Trucker -4 December 2012: -- The Finnish government has obtained parliamentary (the Eduskunta) approval to allow HGVs of up to 76 tonnes gross weight on its roads. Moreover, the legal height of trucks is to be increased from 4.2 metres to 4.4 metres... The new regulations, which require a final sanction by the European Commission, are set to take effect on 1 January 2013... The changes mark a more committed indirect support mechanism by government to aid a weakened Finnish transport sector, struggling under the weight of fuel costs, by helping to bolster profitability and reduce the cost-base of the country’s hauliers... The new 76-tonne limit has been sought by the transport industry in Finland since 2010. At present, the maximum permissible weights and dimensions of heavy vehicles allowed to operate on roads in Finland is up to 60 tonnes – 25 metres in length...

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Aug 9, 2012

TRUCKING INDUSTRY * USA

* Florida - Revised HOS rules, general EOBR mandate and more on track for 2012-2013 says Ferro 

Boca Raton,FL,USA -Fleet Owner, by Wendy Leavitt -Aug. 7, 2012:  -- Anne S. Ferro, Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), provided an update on what fleets can expect in the months ahead in the way of new regulations and changes to existing rules... “Going forward, we want to increasingly focus our attention on those companies who need it,” Ferro said. “We want to get bad actors off the road” ... To accomplish that goal, Ferro noted that the agency is using the data it is collecting via CSA and other means to “make sure we are focusing our attention in the right direction” ...  Persistent violators can expect the agency to use their imminent hazard authority and all other available tools to bring unsafe operations into compliance or to shut them down, she promised... Ferro also pledged to continue working to be “fair” by making vehicle inspections more uniform across the country...


* Canada  - Truckers launch campaign against EOBRs in

British Columbia, Canada -Land Line, by David Tanner -7 Aug 2012: -- Canadian truckers are hoping a postcard campaign gets the point across that a mandate for electronic logs will not improve safety over paper logs and will cost businesses a significant chunk of change... The North American Truckers Guild, based in British Columbia, Canada, launched the online campaign last week. The timing is right, President Larry J. Hall says, because the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators is currently developing standards for electronic on-board recorders, or EOBRs, ahead of what could eventually become a government mandate for the devices... The CCMTA has invited stakeholders, including the NATG, to comment on what an EOBR should or shouldn’t do, and what kinds of standards the devices should have if or when the government takes up a mandate...

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Aug 3, 2012

TRUCKING INDUSTRY * Europe

* UK - Ryder purchases Euroway

(Photo: An Euroway's tractor)
Leighton Buzzard,Bedfordshire,EN,UK -Commercial Motor, by Justin Stanton -2 August 2012: -- Ryder Europe has purchased commercial vehicle contract hire and fleet management specialist Euroway for an undisclosed sum... Euroway is based in Leighton Buzzard and has a total fleet of 1,419 CVs, ranging from 3.5-tonners to tractor units, plus trailers. In 2010, its combined divisions generated a combined turnover of about £22m and a pre-tax loss of circa £730,000, and the acquisition means Ryder’s fleet totals nearly 25,000. Euroway recently announced that it had secured an exclusive two-year contract hire deal with Domino’s Pizza Group...


* UK - Roadways adds Mercedes-Benz New Actros, Scania R-Series and Volvos to fleet

Hainault,Essex,UK -Commercial Motor, by Christopher Walton -30 July 2012: -- Roadways Container Logistics is to take delivery of 50 new vehicles after it returned to profit in 2011... The order comprises 15 Mercedes-Benz New Actros, 10 Scania R-Series and 25 Volvo tractor units. It will also take delivery of 100 Dennison EF25SKA sliding skeletal trailers... For the year ended 31 December 2011, Roadways achieved a pre-tax profit of £319,000... 


* UK - MB’s 24/7 servicing praised by Churchesfire

(Photo:  MBs 24 and 7 servicing praised by Churchesfire)
Mayflower Close,Chandlers Ford,UK -Transport Engineer -2 Aug 2012: -- Churchesfire has revealed that a major factor in its decision to switch its van fleet to Mercedes-Benz was the round-the-clock servicing capability of the vehicle manufacturer's dealers... Pentagon Commercials has supplied Churchesfire with 10 Euro 5-powered Long-bodied Mercedes-Benz Vito 113CDI vans this summer. The south coast dealer won the order in the face of  unlike Mercedes-Benz dealers, who sell and maintain trucks as well as vans, neither could offer a dedicated commercial vehicle service...

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Oct 8, 2009

TRUCKING / BUREAUCRATIC AFFAIRS * USA - FMCSA to Aid Trucker Record Check

Program to allow carriers to look at accident history before hiring truck divers

Washinton,DC,USA -The Journal of Commerce, by John D. Boyd -Oct 7, 2009: -- The agency that regulates trucking safety plans to offer carriers access to an electronic database of drivers’ inspection and accident records starting in December... Drivers would have to sign a consent form, said the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, for the driver pre-employment screening program to allow trucking firms “to electronically access driver inspection and crash records as a part of the hiring process”... FMCSA said the program will also give drivers a chance to verify and correct the information that is in their records... Potential employers would get a look into the agency’s Motor Carrier Management Information System, which contains roadside inspection and compliance review results, enforcement data, state-reported crashes and motor carrier census data...


* SmartWay names Excellence Award winners

Las Vegas,NV,USA - Fleet Owner -Oct 7, 2009: -- The Environmental Protection Agency’s SmartWay program lauded the accomplishments of 37 partner organizations—motor carriers, shippers logistic service providers and trucking affiliate companies—during an awards ceremony here at the annual American Trucking Assns. (ATA) conference... The 37 firms were all named winners of 2009 SmartWay Excellence Awards. According to SmartWay, the honorees collectively will cut more than $1.3 billion in fuel costs in 2009 while eliminating six million tons of CO2 and saving more than 540 million gals. of diesel fuel... See full list...


* Agency renews efforts to ensure safe transport - DOT Warns of Lithium Battery Hazards

Washington,DC<,USA -The Journal of Commerce, by R.G. Edmonson -Oct 7, 2009: -- The Department of Transportation is renewing efforts to ensure the safe transport of lithium batteries... The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration and Federal Aviation Administration issued a joint safety advisory on Wednesday to promote awareness of a hazard implicated in more than 40 incidents since 1991... On July 15, a shipment of several thousand loosely packed cell phone batteries was found smoking after it had been delivered to its destination. On August 14, a shipment of e-cigarettes, which contain lithium batteries, caught fire in an aircraft’s cargo hold... The regulations require packing for shipment that prevents breakage, short circuits or overheating... PHMSA said shippers that violate the regulations governing the transport of lithium batteries could face civil penalties up to $100,000 per violation, or a fine of $500,000 and 10 years in prison for a criminal conviction...


* Senator Sees Industry Support for Fuel Tax Hike

Washington,DC,USA -The Journal of Commerce, by John D. Boyd -Oct 7, 2009: -- Voinovich predicts big push by manufacturing, truckers for early transport bill... The top Republican on the Senate’s Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee predicted that truckers, manufacturers and other key industry groups will push for a higher federal motor fuels tax to help get an early surface transportation law through Congress... Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, told reporters that since the transport programs in the former multi-year highway law will expire after this month, “there’s an effort being made right now to try to figure out a compromise on the time for the extension”... Congress has not increased gasoline and diesel fuel taxes since 1993. Voinovich repeated his call to hike the fuel tax 10 cents a gallon, and then index it to inflation so that it keeps growing over the years without a new vote each time by Congress...

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Oct 9, 2007

TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * Australia - ATA seeks operator input into emissions trading proposal

Australia -ATN -9 October 2007: -- A survey designed by the Australian Trucking Association (ATA) will be distributed to truck operators nationwide this week, with the aim of developing a network of industry participants from which to draw upon and inform during the design process of the Australian Government’s emissions trading scheme (ETS)... With transport destined for inclusion in the ETS, it is essential the trucking industry provides an informed contribution to the development of the legislation and regulations that will define the framework and operations of the scheme, ATA Chief Executive Stuart St Clair says... The ATA will distribute information on the survey to member companies and the wider trucking industry through member organisations in the coming week... (Picture from www.istockphoto.com: Australian Outback Truck Stop)


* AWARD - CVIAQ unveils annual road transport industry awards
Melbourne,Australia -ATN -8 October 2007: -- Bob Nolan of MTU Detroit Diesel Australia received the 2007 CVIAQ Industry Recognition Award at the CVIAQ Annual Dinner and Awards night held at Hillstone St.Lucia on Saturday... The award is presented annually to an industry member who has demonstrated excellence in performance, outstanding achievement and has made a significant contribution to the industry... Nolan’s involvement with the CVIAQ began in the early 1970s with the Truck Shows at the old Dalgetys Wool Shed at Rocklea and has continued ever since...

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Sep 17, 2007

TRUCKING INDUSTRY WORLDWIDE

* Dubai - Swift Freight International Celebrates 18th Anniversary
Dubai,UAE -TNN -14 Sept 2007: -- Founded in 1989 by logistics veteran Issa Baluch, Swift is an international freight forwarder and logistics provider offering competitive options for sea freight, air freight, sea-air combined transport, overland transport, perishable transport, consolidation and multimodal transport solutions... From 12 employees in its inception, Swift now has over 500 employees, with 40 offices in 18 countries...

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Aug 24, 2007

TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * UK

* Pinguin p-p-p-picks up Salvesen’s frozen veg arm

UK -Road Transport, by Chris Tindall -24 August 2007: -- Christian Salvesen has taken another step towards concentrating solely on its logistics and transport divisions by selling its frozen vegetable business. The sale of Christian Salvesen Foods to King's-Lynn-based Pinguin Foods, for £17.2m, does not immediately affect the storage and distribution of the products this will continue to be carried out on behalf of the new owners from sites at Grimsby, Hull and Lowestoft for at least the next 16 months...

* Bullet Express boost profit with IT investment
Bothwell,South Lanarkshire,UK -Road Transport, by Roanna Avison -22 August 2007: -- Bullet Express boosts turnover after investing in an online booking system and handheld computers for its drivers. Bullet Express Logistics has put its strong financial performance down to investment in an online booking system coupled with the provision of handheld computers for drivers... Turnover for the first quarter was up £300,000 year-on-year, from £1.1m to £1.4m MD David McCutcheon says this is down to the software it bought from Sterling Solutions five years ago... This technology means Bullet drivers can return to the depot with full loads because they are briefed about collections while on the road. It has also made it easier to plan the requirements for the trunking routes once loads are brought into the depot. "This means we are far more efficient and this has helped cut costs," he concludes...

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Aug 21, 2007

TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * UK - Stobart reverse is forward step

A Guernsey property firm has bought out Eddie Stobart
Vale,Guernsey,UK -The Guernsey Press and Star, by Simon Tostevin -21 Aug 2007: -- ... Westbury Property Fund Ltd is paying £138m. for the UK haulage company in a complex reverse takeover... The merger will create an enlarged company, known as Stobart Group Ltd, specialising in road, rail and port transport logistics, with assets of more than £250m... (Picture by PA, 0473337 - Eddie Stobart’s iconic fleet of trucks has been bought by Westbury Property Fund Ltd.)

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Aug 17, 2007

TRUCKING INDUSTRY COMMENTS * USA - Home building falls; trucking could feel impact

Construction of new homes fell to the lowest level in more than a decade in July as builders continued to struggle with the steepest housing slump since 1991

Washington,DC,USA -The Trucker -16 Aug 2007: -- ... The news is both negative and positive for the trucking industry, and the negative probably has the more profound impact on trucking since flatbed carriers transport much of the home construction supplies along the highways... On a more positive note, fewer jobs in the home construction industry means workers will be looking for new jobs. Some trucking industry executives have pointed to construction as an industry that attracts men and women who otherwise might enter trucking...

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Aug 16, 2007

TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * UK - Trucking giant reverses on to market

London,UK -Times Online, by Robin Pagnamenta -August 16, 2007: -- Eddie Stobart, the iconic UK trucking group, is trundling towards a listing on the London stock market after a £138 million deal in which the company reversed into Westbury Property Fund... As part of the deal, Westbury - to be renamed Stobart Group - will sell off its property portfolio for £142 million and acquire O’Connor, a rail freight handling business based in Widnes, for £23 million... Stobart operates more than 900 trucks - all given women’s names - based at 28 depots. It has annual turnover of nearly £170 million... (Picture by daves images.com)

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Tough trucking * Canada - The industry has some serious challenges ahead of it

“This industry has the largest proportion of people aged 55 and older than any other Canadian industry”

Langley,BC, Canada -The Langley Times, by Frank Bucholtz -Aug 15 2007: -- ... Paul Landry, CEO of the B.C. Trucking Association, which is based in Langley, says “This industry has the largest proportion of people aged 55 and older than any other Canadian industry”... Considering that people in that age group are thinking of retirement, if not actively working towards it, there’s some tough sledding ahead... Trucking is competing with many other industries for workers. While construction has been red hot in the Lower Mainland and other parts of B.C., the general economy is doing well and many people are taking jobs where they can sleep in their own beds at night... (Photo From: sim1's Canada page)

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Aug 13, 2007

TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS WORLDWIDE

* India - Ashok Leyland divests 40-per cent stake in Ashley Transport to Shriram Transport Finance
Chennai,India -domainb -13 August 2007: -- The country's largest non-banking finance company Shriram Transport Finance Company Limited has bought 40-per cent stake in Ashley Transport Services Limited for an undisclosed sum... Owned by Ashok Leyland Limited and its sister companies the Rs10-crore (equity base) Ashley Transport Services operates a transport exchange that brings together truckers and shippers for load placement...

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Aug 9, 2007

TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS WORLDWIDE

* Germany - Deutsche Post's 2Q Profits Rise
Germany -Bloomberg -7 Aug 2007: -- Deutsche Post AG, parent of DHL Americas, said its second-quarter profit rose 13% as its DHL Express unit increased package volumes in Asia and earned more per shipment in the U.S... Net income rose to 285 million euros, about $391 million or 33 cents a share, from about $346.4 million or 28.9 cents a year ago...

* The Netherlands - TNT: Plans to Update Strategy in Response to Changing Environment
Holland -TNN (UK) -8 August 2007: -- TNT has reported higher second quarter and first-half profits than the previous year, however operating margins were lower than reported mid-way through 2006... TNT also plans to undergo a strategic review in response to changing market conditions, which will investigate growth opportunities, and consider trends in just-in-time delivery, e-commerce, environmental issues and demographic changes... (Picture: TNT Headquarters in Holland)

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Jul 3, 2007

TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS WORLDWIDE

* Canada - Bison buys Glenncoe fleets

Winnipeg,Manitoba,CAN -Today's Trucking -29 June 2007: -- Bison is venturing across the mountains. The Winnipeg-based transport carrier, Canada's 13th largest, has announced the acquisitions of Glenncoe Transport of Kelowna and its subsidiary Winfield Motor Freight Inc... Glenncoe Transport, which also ranks on Today's Trucking's annual Top 100 For-Hire carrier list, is a truckload carrier, primarily serving British Columbia, Alberta and the US Pacific Northwest. It operates 160 trucks, 550 trailers and employs more than 200 people... (Photo: Bison plans on running Glenncoe as a distinct separate business both companies say)
* Israel - Facing a shortage of truck drivers
Haifa,Israel -Port2Port -Jul 2, 2007: -- The shortage is attributed mainly to the new point system... Israeli trucking companies will soon start recruiting truck drivers from Turkey and Jordan... A conspicuous shortage of truck drivers is hurting the Israeli trucking industry, according to recent comments by carrier executives. Gabi Ben Harush, the chairman of the Road Transport Board, said last week that the most problematic area is the south of the country: Eilat, Ashkelon and Dimona where truck drivers are hard to come by. He also noted that for the first time there are signs that the shortage is also felt among Arab communities which have always been in a position to recruit large number of truck drivers. The shortage, according to Ben Harush, is attributed mainly to the point system enforced by The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) and the police...

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Jun 29, 2007

TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS

* USA - Happy birthday, UPS; you wear 100 well
Seattle,WASH,USA -UPI News (PR)/Daily India -June 27, 2007: -- United Parcel Service, which began in a Seattle basement and grew to an international billion-package shipper, celebrates its 100th anniversary this summer...

* USA - C.H. Robinson Plans European Growth
Nantucket,Mass,USA -Associated Press/Forbes -28 June 2007: -- Trucking and logistics company C.H. Robinson Worldwide will focus on global expansion over the next few years as it sees tremendous growth opportunities outside North America, the company's top executive said at a conference Thursday... During a presentation at the Wachovia Securities 2007 Nantucket Equity Conference in Nantucket, Mass., Chairman and Chief Executive John P. Wiehoff said the Eden Prairie, Minn.-based company will attempt to replicate the strength of its North American business in Europe in the future...

* USA - Schneider Logistics hooks up with Canuck consultant
Green Bay,Wis,USA -Truckstop News -28 June 2007: -- Dan Goodwill and Associates Inc., a Canadian transportation consulting firm, and Schneider Logistics, one of the U.S.'s largest truckload carriers, have formed a strategic alliance to provide transportation advisory services to shippers throughout North America...

* Canada - Does purchase signal change in growth strategy for Bison Transport?
Winnipeg,Man,CAN -Fleet Owner (USA), by Lou Smyrlis -28 June 2007: -- The purchases of Glenncoe Transport and Winfield Motor Freight mark a change from past growth strategy for Bison Transport, which has chosen to fuel its considerable expansion over the past decade through organic growth... The acquisition follows on the heels of several recent expansions and new service launches, including the opening of a new terminal and maintenance facility in Calgary, a new Intermodal Division connecting Ontario with Western Canada, a Refrigerated Division serving US and Canada, and a rapid expansion of Bison’s turnpike double operations (twin 53’ trailers) in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta...

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Jun 20, 2007

TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS * USA

* Barr-Nunn opens Southeast regional fleet to owner-operators
USA -eTrucker, by Kristie Busam -20 June 2007: -- Barr-Nunn Transportation’s southeast regional fleet is open to owner-operators. There are many owner-operators that want to be home weekends who operate in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. The hiring areas for the Southeast regional fleet includes the following cities: Jacksonville. Orlando, Tallahassee and Tampa, Fla.; Albany, Atlanta, Savannah and Tifton, Ga.; Charlotte, N.C.; and Memphis, Tenn...

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Jun 9, 2007

TRUKING INDUSTRY NEWS

* Canada - Trimac Acquires Gas Transporter
Alberta,Canada -Transport Topìcs (USA) - 4 June 2007: -- Canadian transportation firm Trimac Income Fund said it has completed its purchase of Alberta-based Logistics Express... Logex transports liquefied gases such as oxygen, nitrogen and carbon dioxide, primarily on behalf of industrial gas manufacturers... Trimac is Canada’s largest provider of bulk trucking services...


* USA - Dynamex Reports Higher 1Q Earnings
Phoenix,AZ,USA -Transport Topics -8 June 23007: -- Logistics and delivery firm Dynamex Inc. said its fiscal third-quarter profit rose to $3.5 million or 32 cents a share, from $3.2 million or 29 cents a year earlier... Sales for the fiscal quarter ended April 30 rose 19.1% to $104 million, the company said in a statement... Operating income was $5.4 million, up $126,000 from a year earlier...

* USA - Schneider National Offers New Lease Option for Owner-Operators
Green Bay,Wis,USA -Layover -8 June 2007: -- Schneider National, Inc., today announced that the company is offering a new Percent-of-Revenue lease option to Schneider owner-operators that will provide a competitive advantage over other trucking companies... This option is available to owner-operators in all states east of the Mississippi River, as well as Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. Schneider owner-operators, and those looking to join Schneider, must have at least one year of experience to participate in the new program...

* USA - Menlo Worldwide, LLC To Acquire Southeast Asia 3PL Cougar Holdings PTE LTD
SINGAPORE and SAN MATEO,Cal,USA -Layover -7 June 2007: -- Cougar Logistics Corporation Ltd., which owns logistics operations in Singapore and Southeast Asia, and Menlo Worldwide, LLC, the global logistics subsidiary of Con-way Inc., announced today they had signed a definitive agreement whereby Menlo will purchase Cougar Holdings Pte Ltd., and its primary subsidiary, Cougar Express Logistics... Companies sign purchase agreement, US$33.9 million deal to close in 90 days pending regulatory clearance, shareholder approval...

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May 17, 2007

TRUCKING INDUSTRY NEWS

* USA - Jerry Moyes Completes Acquisition of Swift Transportation

USA -TruckingInfo -11 May 2007: -- Jerry Moyes announced Thursday that Saint Corp., a corporation formed by Moyes and certain related parties, has successfully completed the acquisition of Swift Transportation Co. Inc... Moyes is the founder and former chairman of the board and CEO of Swift. Saint entered into a definitive agreement with Swift in January to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Swift common stock for $31.55 per share in cash, including the assumption of approximately $332 million of net debt, valuing the all-cash transaction at approximately $2.6 billion, or about $3.6 billion counting the Moyes family's rollover of their Swift investment and their contribution of Interstate Equipment Leasing...

* USA - YRC Worldwide to focus more on China, Asia, Zollars says
Kansas City,MO,USA -The Kansas City Star -May 17, 2007: -- After building up its domestic operations for several years, YRC Worldwide Inc. will look to the east for future expansion-- the Far East... That was the message of YRC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bill Zollars at the trucking giant's annual shareholders meeting today at its Overland Park headquarters... 'We're in the process of establishing a ground network in China to connect Asia to the U.S.,' Zollars said, noting that the company hoped to complete two acquisitions in China in the next six months...

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Apr 12, 2007

Trucking Industry * USA - Regulators O.K. Trucking's Survey

New York,NY,USA -The Houston Chronicle (Houston,TX)/Associated Press -April 10, 2007: -- The Department of Justice said Tuesday it would not oppose a plan by the National Association of Small Trucking Companies and the accounting firm Bell & Co. to conduct an operational and financial survey of small- and medium-sized trucking companies that the group plans to share with its members... The Hendersonville, Tenn.-based association wants to provide it 2,250 members with competitive benchmarks and the government said it does not consider the idea anti-competitive and thinks it could lead to consumer benefits... Association President David Owen said the survey would offer smaller trucking companies benchmarks on items such as truck maintenance costs, fuel costs and driver wages...

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