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Auto Hauler Allied Selects Jack Cooper Transport Bid

At an auction that concluded on Thursday, bankrupt auto transporter Allied System Holdings selected fellow auto hauler Jack Cooper Transport as the entity with the best and highest bid.

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What owner-operators need to know about natural gas

You’re heard the arguments against using natural gas in trucking. Range limitations, as well as weight and fuel tank configuration, are the primary issues. Yet the industry as a whole seems to have decided that the advantages of using natural gas outweigh any problems. The United States has the largest natural gas reserves in the […]

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Agency testing feasibility of remote safety audit for new carriers

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced via the Federal Register this week that it began in July testing a new safety audit program for new entrant carriers in order to test the feasibility of performing the required audits remotely and electronically as opposed to on-site.

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CVSA’s brake inspection spree starts this weekend

More than 30,000 brake inspections will be performed next week as the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s annual Brake Safety Week begins Sunday, Sept. 8, and runs to Saturday, Sept. 14.

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Today’s IC model offers challenges, opportunities

Despite the hurdles facing the independent contractors and the carriers that use them – including misclassification, higher equipment and fuel costs and new regulations – the independent contractor model is as strong as ever. That was the message from a panel of leading fleet executives at the 2013 Truckload Carriers Association Independent Contractor Division Meeting […]

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AHAA’s September 2013 Newsletter

  In a short period of time, AHAA has established itself as an important association for the vehicle logistics industry in North America, representing the heart of this industry: the small and medium-sized companies.  The finished vehicle logistics industry has been through some tough times, but now there is a lot more positivity, with the […]

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Investment returns to North American outbound logistics.

More than 320 delegates gathered in California this year to discuss an industry that is growing and investing once again in equipment and systems. But with many changes still to come, especially growth in Mexico, there is uncertainty over infrastructure and services across the outbound chain. Christopher Ludwig and Marcus Williams report from Newport Beach

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Damage lessons from the field

Carmakers are concerned about finding and repairing damage, but to prevent repeat errors it is necessary to have visibility of damage across the supply chain, and to listen to the story behind each and every incident.

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Hours-of-service: House reps send letter to Foxx ‘expressing deep concern’

Fifty-one representatives from the U.S. House have sent Secretary  of Transportation Anthony Foxx a letter to “express [their] continued deep concern†about the hours-of-service rule that went into effect July 1, pointing to the 34-hour restart provision within the rule as restrictive and not studied sufficiently.    

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