Trucking News

COURT HEARS ARGUMENTS IN ARK. TRUCK TAX CASEUp to $160 million was at stake last week when t

It still is not clear whether methanol will be economically and logistically feasible as a motor fue

Heavy truck sales went from gradual cooling into the deep freeze last month as deliveries dipped 22.

HUNT TRANSPORT PLANS 4 PERCENT RATE INCREASELOWELL, Ark. - J. B. Hunt Transport Inc. said it

A RETAIL SHIPPER's Far East distribution network remains intact despite the Federal Express Corp. pl

MD., VA. OFFICIALS CITE BACKING FOR BYPASSESOfficials of the Maryland and Virginia highway d

FRENCH TRAIN SHATTERS WORLD SPEED RECORDTOURS, France - The newest generation of France's hi

Gov. Thomas H. Kean and a state senator criticized the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Mon

Sea-Land Service Inc. is beating its European rivals in their own backyard. The giant U.S. c

TRUCKING GROUP BACKS TEEN DRIVING PROGRAMThe American Trucking Associations has joined Progr

Amid muttering by stockholders, Fruehauf Corp. ended a tortuous odyssey Nov. 29, a journey that carr

NEW LOADING SYSTEM READY FOR TRUCKERSPEORIA, Ill. - Truckers have a new load management prod

Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner said he expects to see ''alarming" levels of drug usage w

European Community transport ministers renew their efforts today to open up their national trucking

TOLL HIKE PROPOSED FOR NY-NJ CROSSINGSThe Port Authority of New York & New Jersey proposes r

CHEMICAL LEAMAN TANK LINES INC. (Lionville, Pa.) - John J. Kilcullen was appointed president and chi

Angry truckers won a slight reduction in scheduled toll increases of up to 67 percent on the Massach

THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION'S proposal to eliminate mandatory cargo insurance coverage for tr

Officials with the United Steelworkers union called last week's job action by steel haulers a succes

CON-WAY CENTRAL WINS SAFETY AWARDWISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. - Con-Way Central Express was honored

Freight formerly carried by the dying Riss International Inc. trucking company is spreading among la

TRANSIT TRADE GROUP ISSUES POLICY REPORTOAKLAND, Calif. - The American Public Transit Associ

Carolina Western Express Inc. has received the Outstanding Performance Awardfrom Apple Compu

U.S. transportation officials are playing a numbers game with the nation's truckers - literally.

Companies with large fleets of trucks - ranging from food manufacturers and delivery services to lon

Poland last week became the second East European country to join the European Transport Ministers Co

Twelve trucking companies will attach a new and brighter type of reflective marking to their flatbed

Crown Pacific Holdings Ltd., a Hong Kong-based transportation and storage company, spread its reach

U.S. officials issued revised drug testing regulations Tuesday for transportation companies that wil

Police are using the computer to nab truck drivers impaired by fatigue. In a $200,000 pilot

HUGE IRON-LOCK GATES SET FOR TRIP TO BUFFALOALBANY, N.Y. - Eight huge iron-lock doors are be

In the trucking industry, it is called deadheading, and it is what every trucking executive dreads -

Builders Transport Inc. is creating an employee stock ownership plan to give its workers a stake in

The Interstate Commerce Commission is proposing to eliminate the requirement that all regulated truc

TNT Canada Inc. of Mississauga, Ontario, one of Canada's largest for-hire carriers, has decided to w

Lower freight rates and a slowdown in business cut third-quarter profits more than 50 percent for th

Motor Fleet Supervisor Training, maintenance management, Nov. 28-30. Michigan State University, East

In a rare public voting session, the Interstate Commerce Commission exemptedfrom regulation

EMMETT IS CONFIRMED AS NEW ICC MEMBERThe Senate has confirmed Edward M. Emmett to serve as a

The economic well-being of the United States is tied directly to its transportation infrastructure.<