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Florida Scores Biggest Annual Gain in Heavy-Duty Clean Diesel Trucks
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Florida posted the biggest surge among states in the use of heavy-duty trucks with clean diesel engines in 2017, notching an 81% jump compared with a year earlier, according to data from IHS Markit. This increase came as fleet confidence in the technology took hold and more freight-hauling opportunities opened up in the nation’s fourth-largest state economy, other experts said.
Alaska DOT Reroutes Dalton Highway to Protect Road From Creeping ‘Blob’
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Alaska highway workers have moved the Dalton Highway to protect it from a giant mass of frozen debris oozing down a hillside.
Logistics Firm Worldwide Express Moving to Philadelphia’s Navy Yard
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Worldwide Express is moving its Philadelphia office from Center City to the 1200 Intrepid Ave. office building in the Navy Yard business park being developed by Liberty Property Trust.
Editorial: Take a Minute, Thank a Driver
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It’s National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, the time of year when motor carriers and others connected to trucking make a special effort to recognize the professionals who keep the freight moving. Throughout the week, special events will take place to honor them, and many of those events will feature food. Lots of it. So let’s hope the industry’s drivers have a hearty appetite!
US Hiring Picked up in August as Pay Surged Most in 9 years
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WASHINGTON — The pace of hiring in the United States quickened in August, and wages grew at their fastest pace in nine years — evidence that employers remain confident despite the Trump administration’s ongoing conflicts with its trading partners.
West Virginia Trucking Association members receive a 2.7% discount
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