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CHICAGO, IL. - Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, the world's largest industrial auctioneer, will sell more than 1,400 equipment items and trucks at an unreserved public auction in Chicago, Illinois on May 30, 2013. Equipment highlights in the auction include 70+ truck tractors and 45 trailers from Walmart—every item in the auction will be sold to the highest bidder, regardless of price—without minimum bids or reserve prices.
A report
issued this week by the Congressional Budget Office says a carbon tax would
cause industries that use much energy — like transportation — to “experience
comparatively large losses in income” if a carbon tax were instituted spurred
mostly by the decline in demand for trucking that would come from such a
tax.
Arraignments have been scheduled for three California
residents accused of trying to steal nearly $83,000 worth of beef from a
southwest Kansas slaughterhouse.
The U.S. Attorney's office on Wednesday announced the June
4 court dates in Wichita for 53-year-old Oganes Nagapetian; his 46-year-old
wife, Larisa; and his 50-year-old brother, Tigran Nagapetian. All are from North
Hollywood, Calif.
INDIANAPOLIS — Celadon Trucking Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Celadon Group, Inc. (NYSE: CGI), has announced that it has agreed to acquire Hyndman Transport Limited, based in Wroxeter, Ontario. Hyndman operates approximately 175 tractors and generated approximately $48 million in revenue in 2012, comprised of both domestic Canadian shipments and international shipments between Canada and the United States. Additional terms and conditions of the transaction were not disclosed.
The U.S. trucking industry slipped slightly last month.
The American Trucking Associations’ Truck Tonnage Index
fell 0.2 percent in April. That follows a 0.9 percent increase in March and
marks the second dip in the past six months.
Ice from frozen chicken melted onto fresh broccoli
inside one truck. Chemicals sat above and near food on another. Uncovered
doughnuts sat on the floor of a third truck.
Pennsylvania State Police troopers and Department of
Agriculture inspectors teamed up for the first time last month and found 10
trucks out of 395 in violation of food safety laws during one day of inspections
targeting refrigerated trucks.
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