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Officials say port trucks tearing up local roads

Associated Press — Mon, 13 May 2013 11:39:11 +0000

WIGGINS — Stone County officials said trucks hauling material to the Port of Gulfport are causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in road damage. County officials went before port commissioners this week, asking them to pay part of the repair bill because they don’t have enough money to fix the roads. County officials said the [...]

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Cook promoted, transferred

MBJ Staff — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:39:57 +0000

American Truck Showrooms has promoted and transferred Samantha Cook from its American Truck Showrooms dealership in Gulfport to its new Atlanta area branch. Cook will act as assistant to the general manager of American Truck Showrooms Atlanta. She will be responsible for transportation of trucks within the American Truck Showrooms operation, as well as being [...]

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Bill looks to help vision-impaired truckers get on the road

Associated Press — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:09:01 +0000

JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers are trying to make it easier for truckers with only one good eye to earn a living. The House passed House Bill 441. It says the state could issue a commercial driver’s license to a person who has impaired vision in one eye, as long as the good eye has vision [...]

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Trucking executive, 70, arrested for cocaine and domestic assault

Associated Press — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:32:04 +0000

BILOXI — Authorities say a south Mississippi businessman who has received more than $75 million in federal funds for construction work at the state Port of Gulfport has been arrested on cocaine and domestic assault charges. Biloxi police chief John Miller tells The Sun Herald W.C. “Cotton” Fore was arrested outside the Palace Casino. He’s [...]

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UPS honors drivers

MBJ Staff — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 06:01:50 +0000

UPS has recognized 11 drivers from Mississippi by inducting them into the Circle of Honor, an honorary organization for UPS drivers who have achieved 25 or more years of accident-free driving. Mississippi boasts 80 active Circle of Honor drivers with a combined 2,301 years of accident-free driving. Merriel Torrey of Utica is Mississippi’s senior safe [...]

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Officials oppose plan to increase truck weight allowance

Associated Press — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:13:24 +0000

JACKSON — Mississippi transportation officials oppose proposals to increase maximum truck weights and also oppose allowing a truck to haul three trailers. Officials are in opposition to bills pending in the U.S. House and Senate that give states the option to increase weight limits to 97,000 pounds on interstate highways and raise the number of [...]

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KLLM remains Top 100 mainstay by finding new revenue streams

Wally Northway — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 06:00:38 +0000

KLLM Transport Services, LLC has spent the past three years in the top 15 of the Mississippi Business Journal’s Top 100 list. The company has done it by adapting and diversifying. Two years ago, KLLM entered the intermodal market, putting its refrigerated trailers onto railcars, which offers a cheaper way to move freight. Jim Richard, [...]

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MDOT to unveil new ‘smart roadside’ system

Wally Northway — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:05:24 +0000

RICHLAND — The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) is holding a press conference today on U.S. 49 South in Richland to demonstrate and discuss the implementation of the Smart Roadside System equipment. The system is recommended by the federal government to sort commercial vehicles, allowing enforcement officers to focus on carriers with low safety ratings [...]

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County buys property, leases to Big M

Wally Northway — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:30:30 +0000

BLUE MOUNTAIN — The Tippah County Board of Supervisors has completed the purchase of more than 15 acres of land that includes the former PrintCraft building in Blue Mountain. The property was acquired from BenchCraft, LLC, for $55,000, and is being leased to Big M Transportation. It is Big M that purchased the former Blue [...]

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