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Prime Inc reports reduction
in lane-departure-related
accidents with Iteris system

Iteris Inc and Prime Inc, a refrigerated, flatbed, and tanker truck fleet based in Springfield MO, announced that after carefully tracking the effectiveness of Iteris' AutoVue Lane Departure Warning (LDW) system over the past four years...

'Maintaining Non-Union
Status' publication issued

Union leaders continue to actively lobby for key provisions of the Employee Free Choice Act. The potential passage of that pro-union legislation, coupled with government efforts focusing on the alleged misclassification of independent contractors...

Vigillo CSA 2010 Scorecard
use hits half-million mark

Vigillo LLC, creators of data mining software products designed to aggregate, organize, and deliver fleet safety information in an easy-to-read scorecard format, announced that more than a half-million drivers at 1,300-plus carriers, are being scored by its CSA 2010 Carrier & Driver Scorecard...

FMCSA raises
fees for UCRA

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) published a final rule April 27, 2010, that will significantly increase fees for motor carriers under the Unified Carrier Registration Agreement ...

Trucks best serve demands
of agricultural shippers,
according to USDA study

Trucks provide America’s agriculture producers with the best service for transporting time-sensitive products from supplier to farm and farm to market, said a study released recently by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), in coordination with the US Department of Transportation...

NSC chapter recognizes
Dupré with safety award

The South Louisiana Chapter of the National Safety Council (NSC) recently presented Dupré Logistics with the Occupational Safety Award of Merit for two million to four million hours worked...

Few drivers rate fleet
benefits 'above average'

Open Road Drivers Plan, a legal program serving thousands of over-the-road drivers across the United States and Canada, conducted a survey earlier this year to determine the key benefits that influence...

Teamsters misleading
about effects of Port
of Los Angeles suit: ATA

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) says its lawsuit against the Port of Los Angeles that went to trial the week of April 20 does not threaten the Clean Truck Program at the Port of Los Angeles...

Odyssey acquires
International Forwarders

Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation (OL&T) announced that it has acquired International Forwarders Inc (IFI), an independently owned export freight forwarder and customs house broker based in Charleston SC...

ATA March Truck Tonnage
Index rises; level highest
tallied since November '08

The American Trucking Associations' advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 0.4% in March 2010 after a revised 0.3% decrease in February...