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7 Tips for Teaching New Log Rules

The American Trucking Associations has published an easy-to-use, free tipsheet to help you help your drivers understand the new hours-of-service rules.  

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Healthcare Reform: Pay or Play

With the Affordable Care Act requiring individuals to have health insurance, trucking companies may face penalties or fees for not providing affordable plans for employees or eliminating plans altogether.  

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U.S. auto sales will bounce back this month, forecasters say

May U.S. auto sales are expected to rebound from an April slowdown, easing concerns of another spring swoon, forecasters said. The light-vehicle seasonally adjusted annual selling rate for this month will be 15.2 million, both LMC Automotive/J.D. Power and Associates and TrueCar.com predicted today. The April sales rate, or SAAR, was 14.9 million, ending five […]

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Not satisfied with OnStar’s steady profits, GM wants to create a global 4G powerhouse

Analysts peg OnStar’s revenues at about $1.5 billion annually, with a margin of 30 to 35 percent. That’s about five times the 6.2 percent margin from GM’s first-quarter adjusted earnings before interest and taxes in North America — where the vast majority of OnStar’s business is today

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Subaru imports through Port of Brunswick

The Japanese-based carmaker will move 15,000 vehicles annually through Georgia, importing five of its models through the Port of Brunswick.

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Joint function for Volvo Purchasing and Manufacturing

Volvo has put together a new department responsible for optimising the value chain, from supplier to manufactured car, through material planning, logistics and manufacturing, headed by Lars Wrebo, currently Senior Vice President Manufacturing.

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European Commission initiative to improve port connections

Following concerns of congestion and extra costs for shippers, transport operators and consumers, the EC has put forward proposals to save money and help develop new short sea links.

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Report shows trucking would suffer large economic loss to carbon tax

A report issued this week by the Congressional Budget Office says a carbon tax would cause industries that use much energy — like transportation — to “experience comparatively large losses in income†if a carbon tax were instituted spurred mostly by the decline in demand for trucking that would come from such a tax.

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CARMAKERS CAN LOOK TO KRISHNAPATNAM

The Indian port of Krishnapatnam is building a dedicated finished vehicle terminal, with the first phase due to open in June this year. It is being promoted by the port’s majority shareholder, CVR Group, which is based in Hyderabad.  

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