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By Matt Lakin Posted July 2, 2012 at 7:44 p.m. A Knoxville truck driver fired for complaining about safety violations has won more than $30,000 from his former bosses after a three-year fight. Heartland Transportation, based in Andersonville, Tenn., agreed to pay the driver, Jason Ford, $31,200 -- including $9,895 in back pay -- under a settlement reached last month with the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Posted: Jul 01, 2012 4:40 AM CDT Updated: Jul 01, 2012 4:40 AM CDT HETTINGER, N.D. (AP) - A Washington state-based grain company plans to build an $18 million elevator in southwest North Dakota's Adams County. County officials last week gave United Grain Corp. approval for the facility on 320 acres of land. It will be able to handle 110-car trains. It is expected to be done by June 2013.
By Staff reports GateHouse News Service Posted Jun 21, 2012 @ 10:04 AM Holland -- Locally-based trucking company Holland, a subsidiary of YRC Worldwide, will hire an additional 450 over-the road and local city drivers in the next few months. Holland has hired nearly 300 drivers so far this year throughout the Midwest and hired 750 drivers last year. The company is located at 750 E. 40th Street in Holland. More information about the company is available at hollandregional.com.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: 7:46 a.m. Wednesday, June 20, 2012 BEAUMONT, TEXAS -- A South Texas trucker has pleaded guilty in a drug money case after nearly $800,000 was found in his rig. Prosecutors in Beaumont say 41-year-old Natividad Ovalle Jr. of Alamo pleaded guilty Tuesday to interstate travel in aid of racketeering enterprise. No sentencing date was immediately set for the driver, who faces up to five years in prison.
http://www.kimt.com Reported by: Raquel Hellman Email: rhellman@kimt.com St. Ansgar, IA - For more than 20 years, Grain Millers, Inc. in St. Ansgar has been a leading manufacturer of whole grain ingredients like oats, wheat and rye. Those grains are then turned into flours, flakes and fibers, which then help create many of the foods that sit on your kitchen shelves.
BY RONALD D. WHITE Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES -- The chief economist for the American Trucking Association says that turnover rates for drivers at large, interstate fleets rose 2 percentage points in the first quarter of 2012 to 90 percent. That's the highest turnover rate since the first quarter of 2008. But don't worry - it's apparently a good sign for the strength of the economy.
By JESSICA HOLDMAN | Bismarck Tribune There are an estimated 7,000 trucking companies in North Dakota.With more trucks come more safety violations, meaning more work for regulators and companies. Regulations are enforced through compliance reviews, roadside inspections and traffic stops, according to Capt. Eldon Mehrer, the North Dakota Highway Patrol motor carrier operations commander.
By Zhong Nan (China Daily) More domestic and international companies are investing in agricultural industries With more than 1.3 billion people to feed and expectations that demand for grain, fruit, vegetable, seafood, meat, dairy and beverage products will increase at least 10 percent every year for the next five years, China's government is placing a high premium on developing agricultural industries.
As gasoline prices have eased, diesel fuel is still above $4 a gallon, and with 75 cents a gallon in state and federal taxes, the lobbyist for the trucking industry wants the state legislature to give tractor-trailer operators a break. Mike Riley, of the Motor Transport Association of Connecticut, sent a letter to top-ranking legislators in both parties calling for a cap on the diesel fuel tax at 49 cents a gallon.
C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW: Nasdaq) By FBR Capital Markets ($60.77, May 31, 2012) We are downgrading C.H. Robinson Worldwide to Market Perform from Outperform and lowering our price target to $65 from $74, as we believe it may be some time yet -- perhaps several quarters -- before the cycle strengthens to the point that brokerage firms outperform asset-based carriers.
William B. Cassidy | May 31, 2012 8:24PM GMT The Journal of Commerce Online - News Story Agency shuts down 26 bus operators, using new rule to target 'reincarnated' companies In an unprecedented sweep, the Department of Transportation shut down 26 bus operators for numerous safety violations after a year-long federal investigation. The motor coach crackdown, announced at a press conference Thursday, follows hard on the closure of several unsafe trucking companies by the FMCSA.
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