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Aftermarket•by Staff•November 13, 2000

Lake City International Trucks Relocates to Multi-Million Dollar Facility

Lake City International Trucks has relocated its Utah operations to Salt Lake City, officially opening its doors yesterday

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Equipment•by Staff•November 13, 2000

Canadian Protest Yields Three Arrests

Three men face charges in connection with a Canadian truckers' strike that has paralyzed the movement of goods at the Port of Montreal

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Equipment•by Staff•November 13, 2000

Aussie Truckers Demand New Employment Bill

A group of Australian truckers honked their horns as they drove to the Parliament House in Melbourne yesterday to demonstrate their support for a bill to expand workers' entitlements

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Equipment•by Staff•November 13, 2000

UK Police Lighten Up on Truck Ban as Fuel Protest Continues

British police have reversed plans to prevent fuel protestors from driving to the center of London tomorrow because of a smaller than anticipated turnout

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Drivers•by Staff•November 13, 2000

FedEx Acquires American Freightways

FedEx Corp. is buying regional carrier American Freightways for $28.13 per share, or approximately $1.2 billion, to expand its regional less-than-truckload service to all 48 states

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Drivers•by Staff•November 12, 2000

OSHA Expected to Issue Final Ergonomics Rule Today

The federal government is expected to issue a final rule today requiring employers to create programs to protect workers from repetitive motion injuries -- a rule that has been strenuously opposed by industry, including the American Trucking Associations. According to The Washington Post, which obtained a copy of the final rule, Occupational Safety and Health Administration officials expect trucking to be one of the industries that will need to make the most changes in the workplace

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Drivers•by Staff•November 10, 2000

Trucks Over 80,000 Pounds May Have to Detour Bridges on Oregon's I-5

Recent inspections of three 1950s-era bridges on Interstate 5 in Oregon have identified structural problems that question their load-carrying capacity

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Equipment•by Staff•November 10, 2000

Canadian Trucker Training Guidelines Stalled

Alberta’s tough new guidelines for truck driver training will likely remain shelved unless they're adopted nationwide

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Drivers•by Staff•November 10, 2000

CSE Opens Freight Assembly Center in Virginia

Con-Way Southern Express, a regional less-than-truckload commercial freight carrier, recently announced the opening of a new 101-door freight assembly center in Chester, Va

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Aftermarket•by Staff•November 10, 2000

Hub Group Selects OmniExpress and Freight-Link

Hub Group, the logistics company based in Lombard, Ill, will install Qualcomm’s new OmniExpress mobile communications system in trucks at seven intermodal container service centers

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