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Volvo Continues Focus On Driver Comfort And Vehicle Uptime In US And Europe
Thursday, February 27, 2020 - 1:47pm | 1303Read More...As Volvo Trucks continues to innovate, a focus is on building value for trucking fleets and driving efficiency and productivity for drivers. That is evident in the new line of trucks the company's global operation announced in Europe on Feb. 27, and it was evident in a conversation FreightWaves...
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AscendTMS Enables Users To Make Parking Reservations Within TMS
Thursday, January 30, 2020 - 5:44pm | 799Read More...The American Transportation Research Institute's (ATRI) Critical Issues in the Trucking Industry 2018 survey found that 48.7% of respondents said the parking shortage leads them to park on ramps or the side of the highway between three and five times a week. About 40% spend an hour or more looking...
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Australian National Longshoremens' Strike Underway For Up To Four Days
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 - 12:13pm | 1252Read More...Longshoremen around Australia are walking out on the job for two-, three- and four-day strikes in the latest collective employment dispute. A series of work bans on overtime and shift extensions is also now in effect. Workers in highly unionised sectors in Australia enter into three-year...
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Protesting Trucker Blames The Canadian Government For Oil Industry Nose-Dive
Wednesday, February 20, 2019 - 4:07pm | 604Read More...Ken Husband, 56, drives a tanker truck based in his hometown of Strathmore, Alberta, to pump jacks in a 100-mile-radius to collect oil. But he took two weeks off without pay to make the 2,000-mile trek to Canada's capital, Ottawa, to protest the federal government's energy policies –...
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Converting From An AOBRD To ELD: What You Need To Know
Friday, January 25, 2019 - 1:19pm | 1336Read More...How many truck drivers are currently running with a grandfathered automatic on-board recording device (AOBRD) is an open question. Estimates have ranged from about 30 percent to 75 percent. J.J. Keller estimates that about 60 percent of motor carriers are operating with an AOBRD device while other...





