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Old Dominion Freight Line Buys Utah LTL Carrier
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ld Dominion Freight Line said Tuesday it has signed an agreement to purchase the assets of UW Freight Line, a less-than truckload carrier in Salt Lake City.
January 17, 2006Canadian Firm Contrans Buys Flatbed Carrier
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. anadian entity Contrans Income Fund said Tuesday it had completed acquisition of General Freight Carriers, a flatbed carrier based in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
January 17, 2006Truckers Urged to Monitor ULSD Effect on Engines
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ltra-low-sulfur diesel fuel due out later this year should provide sufficient lubricating properties for the fuel-injection systems at the heart of the new 2007 model-year heavy-duty truck engines, according to original equipment manufacturers and companies that produce motor oils.
January 17, 2006Fleets Receiving ’07 Engines to Begin On-Highway Testing
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ome truck manufacturers have begun to offer fleet customers tractors equipped with engines that meet 2007 emission standards, while others said they would make the test vehicles available soon.
January 17, 2006Producer Prices Rise 0.9%; ‘Core’ Rate Rises 0.1%
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he U.S. producer price index rose 0.9% in December, the Labor Department reported Friday.
January 13, 2006Maryland Law Requires Wal-Mart to Boost Health-Care Spending
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. aryland has become the first state to require retail giant Wal-Mart to spend more on employee health care, or to pay the difference into the state's Medicaid fund, news reports said.
January 13, 2006December Retail Sales Rise 0.7%; Reach Record for 2005
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ecember retail sales rose 0.7%, the Commerce Department said Friday.
January 13, 2006Rail, Intermodal Freight Shipments Drop in First Week of Year
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ail freight traffic and intermodal shipments fell in the first week of 2006 from the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads reported.
January 13, 2006Business Inventories Rise for Fourth Straight Month
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. usiness inventories rose for a fourth straight month in November, rising 0.5%, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.
January 13, 2006New Mexico Grants Extension for ’06 Weight Permits
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ew Mexico has granted an extension until Feb. 28 before it begins to enforce the state's Weight Distance Tax Permit display requirement.
January 13, 2006