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February 27, 2009
A Penton Media Publication
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Returning to Long Beach!
Attend FFCA for updates on port drayage and on-road rules, GHG
regulations, DERA and Prop 1B funding programs, the latest clean diesel,
after-treatment and alternative fuel options and more.
FleetOwner readers attend “Tuesday Truck Sessions” FREE and receive
discounts on other sessions & events. Register today at 800-993-0302 or
www.ffcacalifornia.com
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New Jersey port adopt California Clean Trucks Program?
By Justin Carretta, online news editor
The average vehicle age for trucks servicing the Port of New
York/New Jersey is more than a decade old and the port is unable to
maintain a strong labor force due to low pay and operational
inefficiencies, according to a new study completed by professors David
Bensman and Yael Bromberg of Rutgers University’s School of Management
and Labor Relations.
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Number-one Bottled Water Company has Reduced Idle Time by 41 Percent
Thanks to Cadec’s Advanced Fleet Management Software.
Read how this industry leader is using Cadec’s advanced fleet
management software and On-Board Computers in its entire fleet of 40
trucks for idle tracking, GPS management and paperless logging
capabilities. With the use of Cadec's solutions “Driver behavior
started to change almost immediately.” Read the case study at www.cadec.com/polandspring
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Obama
administration nixes miles traveled tax proposal
Yesterday’s release of Paying Our Way: A New Framework for
Transportation Finance by the National Surface Transportation
Infrastructure Financing Commission suggested switching to a vehicle
miles traveled (VMT) tax to raise capital for the U.S. infrastructure
system. However, the odds of it being put in place anytime in the next
few years seem unlikely, after the Obama administration denied any
interest in switching to a VMT system.
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Finally, an affordable diesel fuel management system for under
$2500.
With ProFlow’s Cube 70 MC Diesel Fuel Dispenser, you can monitor and
control your diesel fuel inventory, prevent diesel theft and have
accountability of your diesel usage. Data can be downloaded to a PC. [Read more]
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Toyo
Tire adds sizes to M154 line
Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. has released two additional sizes for its
M154 regional highway commercial tire, the 265/75R22.5 and 245/75R22.5,
both in load range G.
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National TruckPorts Offers Economical Fleet Service Space in Dallas
Area.
If your company operates fleets in the Dallas, TX area, National
TruckPorts has a way to service, maintain and store your vehicles at a
fraction of the cost of owning a facility. NTP features flexible,
cost-efficient shop space with office facilities and secured truck and
trailer parking. Visit our website and take a virtual tour of a typical
facility.
www.nationaltruckports.com
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Truck
Writers awards at TMC
The Truck Writers of North America (TWNA) awarded Detroit Diesel
Corp. its 2008 Technical Achievement Award for the DD15 engine turbo
compounding during Technology & Maintenance Council’s (TMC) 2009
Annual Meeting, held in Orlando Feb. 9 to 12.
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Descartes Helps Deliver Payback Quickly in Tough Economic
Times.
- Improve on-time delivery by up to 15%
- Reduce delivery costs by up to 15%
- Increase delivery capacity by up to 30%
Join our LIVE web seminar to understand how Descartes can help improve
your bottom line. Register Now!
www.descartes.com/fleet
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Mack
sells former headquarters in Allentown, PA
Mack Trucks is selling its office complex in Allentown, PA to New
Jersey based-J.G. Petrucci Co, who will lease it back to the truckmaker
while it completes its headquarters relocation to Greensboro, NC,
scheduled to be completed sometime next year.
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locations.
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Trucks
at Work: Big & bold
By Sean Kilcarr, senior editor
At first glance, you might not think the 110-inch studio sleeper
adorning the back of Jeffrey Glanville’s 2006 model Kenworth W900 is
all that practical. Yet if you talk with him for a while, pretty soon
you come to understand that this mammoth sleeper is actually a huge boon
to him and the job he performs week after countless week on the highways
that crisscross the U.S.
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