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Drivers•by Staff•August 2, 2000

Drug Tests Will Leave A Permanent Mark in Oregon

Truckers who test positive for drugs are going to have a harder time getting back behind the wheel in Oregon

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Drivers•by Staff•August 2, 2000

Trucking and the Republican Platform

A look at the 2000 GOP Platform, ratified at last week's national convention in Philadelphia, turns up several areas of interest to the trucking industry. One of the hottest issues in the election race that affects trucking

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Drivers•by Staff•August 2, 2000

DOT Pressing to Keep Hours of Service Reform in Gear

With a deadline looming for resolution of the hours of service impasse in Congress, the search for a compromise is heating up. DOT officials are speaking privately to congressional leaders and interest groups about ways to keep the rulemaking in motion, while accommodating concerns about the proposed rule’s cost and effectiveness

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Equipment•by Staff•August 2, 2000

Ryder Free Trade Zone Eases Border Crossings

U.S.- Mexico trade is growing at a rapid pace as corporations, large and small, pursue opportunities opened up with the North American Free Trade Agreement. The need for millions of trucks to transport goods internationally is

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Drivers•by Staff•August 2, 2000

Bikers Block Highway Memorial

Kill a biker, get a highway named after you? That’s the question the American Motorcyclist Assn. is asking in its nationwide campaign to ban the naming of highways after people who have been convicted of serious

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Drivers•by Staff•August 2, 2000

Deaton to Acquire Cardinal Flatbed Division

Cardinal Logistics Management, Concord, N.C., has sold its flatbed division to C & T Holding, the parent company of Birmingham, Ala.-based Deaton

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Aftermarket•by Staff•August 2, 2000

Volvo, Renault Submit Concessions

Sweden's Volvo and the French Renault SA have submitted a plan to the European union they hope will ease antitrust concerns about their planned merger

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Aftermarket•by Staff•August 1, 2000

TMC's Fall Meeting to Include Electronic Brake Demo

The Maintenance Council has announced the theme for its Fall Meeting, “Embracing Technology's Advantage,” to be held Oct. 16-19 at the Hyatt Regency in Columbus, Ohio. The meeting will include special all-day, hands-on demonstration of electronic controlled braking systems at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Vehicle Research Test Facility

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Drivers•by Staff•August 1, 2000

FedEx Custom Critical Acquires Passport Transport

FedEx Custom Critical, Akron, Ohio, formerly known as Roberts Express, is expanding into the movement of specialty vehicles with the acquisition of St. Louis-based Passport Transport. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed

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Aftermarket•by Staff•August 1, 2000

Cummins Engine Company Becomes Cummins Inc.

Heavy-duty engine manufacturer Cummins Engine Company Inc., Columbus, Ind., is changing its name to Cummins Inc

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