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News•January 12, 2001

Weak North American Market Hurts Volvo Worldwide Sales

Volvo Truck Corp.’s worldwide deliveries totaled 81,826 in 2000, down 4% from 1999. The only decline came in North America, where deliveries were 23,608 units, down 31% from the previous year

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News•January 12, 2001

Mississippi Highway Program is Getting a Bad Rap, Transportation Commissioner Says

A Mississippi transportation commissioner says officials examining cost overruns in state highway construction have never asked the right questions

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News•January 12, 2001

British Come to Aid of @Track

In a deal that will breathe new financial life into a veteran mobile communications supplier, @Track Communications, providers of HighwayMaster systems, has signed a letter of agreement with Minorplanet Systems PLC of Leeds, England

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News•January 12, 2001

Eaton To Restructure Truck Components Business

Citing volatility of the heavy duty truck market, Eaton Corp. said it will restructure its worldwide truck business this year

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News•January 12, 2001

Kenworth Expands Inventory Reduction Program

Kenworth and PACCAR Financial have extended their special inventory reduction finance program through May 1 and added 2001 Kenworth truck models to the offering

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News•January 11, 2001

First the Rotary Dial, Now the Keypad?

In what could signal the next wave in hand-held digital communication, Samsung Electronics of Seoul, Korea, is introducing a cell phone without a keypad

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News•January 11, 2001

Land Air Selects FACTS2000

Land Air Express of Williston, Vt., has selected the FACTS2000 computerized transportation system from Carrier Logistics, Tarrytown, N.Y

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News•January 11, 2001

Thermo King Inks Deal with U.S. Air Force

Ingersoll-Rand’s Thermo King unit has signed a five-year agreement to provide transport refrigeration systems to the U.S. Air Force

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News•January 11, 2001

Officials Claim Video Poker Prizes Illegal at West Virginia Truckstop

Truckers playing video poker at a Travelcenters of America truck stop in Charleston, W.Va., are allegedly trading their winnings for work gloves, antifreeze or books on tape and violating state law in the process

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News•January 11, 2001

Illinois Court Says Carrier Control Makes Owner-Operator an Employee

The Illinois Appellate Court recently ruled that a carrier’s control over an owner-operator made him an employee for state workers’ compensation purposes

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