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Gas Prices Rise Nationwide But Higher in Midwest, Northeast, and Mid-Atlantic

AAA released its latest Fuel Gauge Report, which said the national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is $3.67, as of July 22. This price is 6 cents higher than on July 15 and 20 cents higher than on July 22 last year.

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Prime Launches Military Fast Track Campaign in North Carolina

At the beginning of 2013, an estimated 844,000 veterans were unemployed and looking for work, including 252,000 post 9/11 veterans. According to the White House report, “Fast Track to Civilian Employment,†there is somewhere between 240,000 to 360,000 service members who separate from the military each year. A million more are expected over the next […]

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Truck Driving Jobs Ranked as One of Toughest to Fill

More than a third of hiring managers currently have positions that have remained open for 12 weeks or longer, according to new research by the online lob listing service CareerBuilder. Among the hardest to fill are slots for truck drivers.

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Employers feeling the impact of government regulations

Employment and labor law firm Littler Mendelson, P.C., recently released the results of its 2013 Executive Employer Survey. The annual survey, completed by more than 400 in-house counsel, human resources professionals, and C-suite executives, analyzed how employers are being impacted by regulatory changes and current economic conditions during President Barack Obama’s second term.

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The NAFMP is designed to address the issue of driver fatigue with a comprehensive approach

For the past several years, Canadian and American regulators, carriers, and researchers have worked on the development of a comprehensive approach for managing fatigue. This work has been led by a consortium of government and industry agencies with an interest in developing a more effective means of dealing with professional driver fatigue.

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Wireless Mobile Devices Cleared as Transponders for Electronic Inspection

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration officially approved mobile devices such as smart phones and GPS navigators as transponders for electronic inspection and weigh station bypass systems. The new policy permitting Commercial Mobile Radio Service devices expands the scope of these systems beyond the traditional Dedicated Short Range Communications systems now used for electronic screening […]

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Made in America Re-shoring, Mexico and the opportunities within tomorrow’s supply chain

24-26 September 2013 MGM Grand Hotel, Detroit The result is new investment in production plants across North America, with Mexico in the spotlight but by no means alone. It means re-shaping the tier supplier base as China prices ramp upwards. And it means new  

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Amports to develop vehicle terminal at port of Tampa

The Tampa Port Authority has announced the development of a new vehicle terminal at the port of Tampa, Florida in conjunction with Amports, one of the US’s largest auto-processors. The terminal is expected to attract imported vehicles moving by short-sea shipping from Mexico, as well as US-built exports to the Caribbean and Latin America.  

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Finished vehicle operations begin at Grimsby River Terminal

Associated British Ports (ABP) has started ro-ro and vehicle handling operations at the newly completed Grimsby River Terminal in the UK with a delivery this week of Volkswagen Group vehicles. The terminal is one of the largest projects in the port of Grimsby’s history.

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