May 28, 1999 - Industry News
Car manufacturers and auto haulers are waiting to see if the Teamsters union will follow through on its threats to strike 17 trucking companies if contract talks are not successful by midnight tonight
Tags: Industry
There may be serious repercussions for a trucking company involved in a fatal wreck a year ago
Tags: Safety
T.J. Willings, president of Volvo and GMC Trucks of Birmingham, AL, and Gerry Wardle, president of Gerry's Truck Center in London, Ontario, have been named U.S. and Canadian dealers of the year by Volvo Trucks North America
May 27, 1999 - Industry News
Rep. Frank Wolf is going to withhold funding for the Office of Motor Carrier and Highway Safety until he sees significant reforms in the federal truck safety program
May 26, 1999 - Industry News
Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater's conservative approach to fixing problems of truck safety — leaving truck safety oversight where it is — drew a sharp reaction from Capitol Hill
Norman Mineta has added a new wrinkle to the debate over truck safety. The former congressman yesterday proposed yet another solution to the federal government's performance problem: Give safety and highways equal status in the same office in the Department of Transportation
Driver pay increases among truckload carriers slowed some in fourth-quarter 1998, but wage hikes among flatbed and refrigerated carriers continued at a rather brisk pace, according to the National Survey of Driver Wages, conducted by SignPost Inc
May 25, 1999 - Industry News
Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater is committing the Department of Transportation to an ambitious safety action plan, with the objective of reducing truck-related highway fatalities by 50% over the next 10 years
South Dakota Gov. Bill Janklow's pet issue of overweight trucks is causing headaches for the task force that has to find ways to enforce the new law
The Missouri Department of Transportation is planning the biggest highway reconstruction project the region has seen — a $300 million renovation of Highway 40 in St. Louis
Tags: Highways
May 24, 1999 - Industry News
Truck drivers would get a bigger tax break for the meals they eat on the road, under new legislation proposed on Capitol Hill
A bill that would revise the definition of an independent contractor is worrisome to employers and owner-operators alike
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White announced last week several measures he is taking to tighten up the state's licensing, including studying whether minimum training standards should be required for truckers seeking a commercial driver's license
Visiting Washington, DC, last week, Mexico's transportation secretary expressed confidence that cross-border trucking is close to becoming a reality
Peterbilt had added a pre-owned truck locator to its web site at http://www.peterbilt.com
May 23, 1999 - Industry News
There's a move in Congress to reform truck taxes by replacing three separate levies with a weight-mile tax
The fate of emissions testing in the Chicago and East St. Louis areas is in the hands of Illinois Gov. George Ryan
Close to 400 dealers, customers and vendors converged on Corpus Christi, TX, last week to attend the International Southwest Region sales fair. One of the trucks on display that caught dealers' eyes was the Diamond Back 9900i
May 19, 1999 - Industry News
Norman Mineta is wrapping up his analysis of truck safety this week, and will present his recommendations to Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater on Friday. He is scheduled to testify publicly before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on May 26
May 18, 1999 - Industry News
The U.S. Department of Labor recently ruled in favor of a truck driver who was fired for refusing to drive a tractor-trailer in bad weather
The Federal Highway Administration has announced its intention to exempt another 33 truck drivers from federal vision requirements
Kentucky will be the first of four states to test an infrared imaging device to inspect commercial trucks in a two-year pilot project
Navistar International reported its highest second-quarter earnings in more than 25 years, with diluted per share earnings up nearly 60% over the same period a year ago. Net income for the quarter ended April 30, 1999
G.I. Trucking, a less-than-truckload carrier based in La Mirada, CA, has added online tracing and tracking to its web site
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An attempt to negotiate reforms to the truck driver hours-of-service rules appears to have failed
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