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Fleet Management•by Staff•August 23, 2000

Truck Sales Drop: We've Seen The Worst of It

Freightliner’s 3,745 layoffs last week bring the total over the past few months to over 6,000 in North American heavy truck factories, including earlier layoffs by Volvo, Paccar and Navistar. More layoffs are likely this fall. Manufacturers

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Drivers•by Staff•August 23, 2000

Bankrupt Trucking Company Owner Sued

The owner of a bankrupt Columbus, Ohio, trucking company is being sued by the U.S. Department of Labor, which says he failed to pay nearly $243,000 in employee medical claims and instead used the money for personal and corporate expenses

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Drivers•by Staff•August 23, 2000

Traffic Problems Loom Over Texas

A Texas government official is proposing that the state considers using bonds to help speed up road construction

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Drivers•by Staff•August 23, 2000

Washington Interstate Raises Overpasses

Washington state has started work on a project designed to raise the height of freeway overpasses on one interstate so some trucks can avoid a 40-mile detour

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Aftermarket•by Staff•August 23, 2000

MSRC Funding Available to Reduce Air Pollution

Funds may be available to purchase alternative-fueled heavy trucks in Southern California under a $14.5 million program administered by the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee

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Aftermarket•by Staff•August 22, 2000

Wanted: 2,200 Fleets, 80 Warehouses

It didn’t read like big news. The press release said freightPro.com (www.freightPro.com) has named V & S Transportation, a small carrier based in Rancho Dominguez, Calif., as an agent in the Los Angeles area. Not big news at

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Aftermarket•by Staff•August 22, 2000

Oklahoma Trucking Association Elects Chairman

Barry Miller, president of Dallas-Miller Logistics, has been elected chairman of the Oklahoma Trucking Association

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Drivers•by Staff•August 22, 2000

California Tanker Drivers Battle Over Hours of Service

As new hours of service regulations are being debated at the federal and state levels, a bill was recently offered in the California Legislature seeking to increase the hours that gasoline tanker drivers could drive in one day.

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Drivers•by Staff•August 22, 2000

Covenant Acquires Part of Con-Way

Covenant Transport, Chattanooga, Tenn., has announced the purchase part of Con-Way Truckload Services, Fort Worth, Texas

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Aftermarket•by Staff•August 22, 2000

FreightWise Gains GE Backing

FreightWise Inc., an Internet freight marketplace (www.freightwise.com) based in Fort Worth, Texas, announced yesterday that the General Electric Company will become an investor in the FreightWise exchange

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