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Smith Dairy Trucking Celebrates Groundbreaking Ceremony for Compressed Natural Gas Fueling Island
ORRVILLE, Ohio, April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT: Groundbreaking ceremony for Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Fueling Island -- the first of its kind in the area. Targeted completion: late summer.   WHEN: Wednesday, April 18 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. WHERE: Smith Dairy Trucking 1201 Sterling Ave.

ATA Files Issue Statement with Court in HOS Challenge
ARLINGTON, Va., March 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, in a filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, American Trucking Associations identified four areas where the Obama administration's recent hours-of-service rule falls short of legal standards for regulatory changes. (Logo: ) In a Statement of Issues filed with the Court, ATA contends that several aspects of the rule issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration are "arbitrary and capricious" and should be overturned. Specifically, ATA questioned changes to the restart provision requiring that it include two consecutive periods between 1 a.m.

Fortune Names Union Pacific Most Admired Trucking, Transportation and Logistics Company for Second Consecutive Year
OMAHA, Neb., March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fortune named Union Pacific the most admired among trucking, transportation and logistics companies for the second consecutive year. The magazine's annual World's Most Admired list is published in the March edition. (Logo:  ) Union Pacific ranked No.

America's Port Truckers Deliver a Resounding Yes Winning Union Recognition as Teamsters in Historic Vote; Drivers Coast to Coast Cite Los Angeles Vict
Australia's Toll Group Anti-Union Rampage in U.S. Flops; Defeat Signals Global Supply Chain Industry Losing Decades-Long Grip on Workforce it Treats as Disposable    LOS ANGELES, April 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Amidst jubilant chants of "Yes We Did!" in Spanish and English, a brave group of professional truck drivers who haul brand-name fashion imports celebrated late evening news that they trounced in their closely-watched election to unite as Teamsters, despite their foreign employer's vicious and expensive year-long campaign to intimidate workplace leaders and suppress their free choice.

Fourth-Quarter Truck Driver Turnover Makes Surprise Drop
ARLINGTON, Va., April 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After a year of quarterly increases, the turnover rate for truck drivers at large truckload fleets unexpectedly dipped one percentage point to an annualized rate of 88%, American Trucking Associations Chief Economist Bob Costello said today. (Logo: ) "This reprieve, while surprising, is likely temporary," Costello said.