Trucking News

NAVISTAR SETS RATINGS FOR DIESEL ENGINESNavistar International Transportation Corp. announce

Heavy truck sales dipped sharply in September, signalling the start of the long-predicted decline in

CON-WAY TRANSPORTATION SERVICES (Palo Alto, Calif.) - Kevin C. Schick was named vice president and c

The Supreme Court handed freight shippers a victory when it rebuffed an attempt by Missouri official

TRANSETTLEMENTS' TALKS WITH HARBINGER OFFNegotiations have broken off between TranSettlement

LEND LEASE TRUCKS INC. (Minneapolis) - Ron Meinhardt was appointed executive vice president, control

AMERICAN AIRLINES VALUES ITS INDEPENDENCE; so much so, that few who follow the airline industry will

Norfolk Southern Corp. is offering service through three New England bulk distribution centers to gi

Tank trucks that deliver fruit juices and cooking oils often are reloaded the next day with caustic

P.A.M.'S SAFETY RATING RAISED TO SATISFACTORYTONTITOWN, Ark. - P.A.M. Transportation Service

The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority sought to reassure truckers that it would not single them out f

Ark-La-Tex Trucking Show, second annual exhibit, Oct. 6-7. Louisiana Fair Grounds, Shreveport, La. C

BILL WOULD REGULATE FOOD TRUCK CARGOESA proposed bill would ban hauling of garbage and chemi

The Canadian government, despite rumors to the contrary, doesn't plan to hike immediately its excise

DECISION EXPECTED SOON ON FATE OF TRUCK LINECoastal Corp. has received several bids for its

Governors of four states bordering the upper Mississippi River agreed to restrict the amount of wate

BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD (Fort Worth, Texas) - Edmund W. Burke was promoted to executive vice pr

BROKER OFFERS PROGRAM FOR FREQUENT SHIPPERSTYIII Associates Inc., a transportation broker, i

XP Express Parcels Systems Ltd., the air transport group recently acquiredfrom KLM Royal Dut

ITEL REPORTS INCREASE IN ITS SHARE OF APCOAKLAND, Calif. - Itel Corp. notified the Securitie

TRUCK GROUP SUPPORTS TRUST FUND PROPOSALThe National Private Truck Council is urging House m

SHARP ELECTRONICS CORP. is closing two regional parts centers down and replacing them with a larger

Members of the Interstate Commerce Commission rarely speak to each other, don't discuss cases and of

Carlisle Jackson, treasurer of Carolina Freight Carriers Corp., who died last week, was buried in Ga

Sun Co. announced plans to develop a series of cleaner-burning motor fuels and will work with an Eas

American Short Line Railroad Association, annual meeting, Oct. 1-4. Westin- Copley Plaza Hotel, Bost

Bulk cargo shipping should continue to improve in the next decade as tradebarriers decline,

Leaders of rail, truck and airline unions will meet this week to plan the structure of a new group t

T-I-P OFFERING RENTALS ON 57-FOOT TRAILERSBALA CYNWYD, Pa. - Transport International Pool is

ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS GROUP (Homewood, Ill.) - Douglas R. Rousse was named director, we

WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT RAILROADS AND AIRLINES when it comes to drug and alcohol testing or on-time p

RAILCAR OWNERS aren't thrilled over last week's Interstate Commerce Commission ruling on shipper-own

Major manufacturers are forcing truck lines to pass increasingly rigid service, price and safety tes

Transporting hazardous cargoes through cities and towns is "the hottest political grass-roots issue

Mounted on the wall of Charles F. Kaye's Boston office is a chrome-plated kingpin, the pivotal piece

Journal of Commerce Transportation Table, Sept. 22. National Press Club, Washington D.C. Richard I.

DEREGULATION HELD HELPFUL TO CONSUMERSA transportation industry coalition released a new stu

MACK TRUCKS INC. (Allentown, Pa.) - Ralph E. Reins was elected president and chief executive officer

The trucking industry filed suit to overturn a highway tax imposed by Maine, the second New England

A New York Teamster who opposed the union's two largest labor contracts is running for international