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Equipment•by Staff•June 11, 1999

Slater Pledges To Resolve NAFTA Stalemate

At a two-day conference in Mexico, Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater pledged to resolve the issues keeping the Mexico cross-border aspects of the North American Free Trade Agreement from going into effect

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Aftermarket•by Staff•June 11, 1999

Overnite To Pay $1.6 Million For Unfair Labor Practices

Overnite Transportation has agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle charges of unfair labor practices brought by the Teamsters

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Aftermarket•by Staff•June 10, 1999

TA Completes Travel Ports Acquisition, Opens Prototype Stop

TravelCenters of America has completed its merger with Travel Ports of America, and recently opened its first prototype truckstop

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Aftermarket•by Staff•June 10, 1999

Little Tags With Big Potential

The biggest news at the annual conference of the American Trucking Assns.' Information Technology and Logistics Council may well have been the smallest object on display -- an RFID (radio frequency identification) tag about the size of a Band-Aid, and a small Band-Aid at that

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Aftermarket•by Staff•June 10, 1999

Meritor Inks Transmission Deal with ZF

Heavy-duty truck component supplier Meritor Automotive announced at the International Trucking Show this week that it has formed a joint venture company with German auto industry supplier ZF Fredrichshafen AG for the manufacture and marketing of medium and heavy truck transmissions

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Drivers•by Staff•June 10, 1999

Sleep Scientist Proposes Fatigue Management Program

A California company is looking for a few trucking companies to help create a prototype alertness management program that could become part of the solution to truck driver fatigue

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Drivers•by Staff•June 8, 1999

Strict Enforcement Needed To Meet Slater's Goals

One element of Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater's program for truck safety is a "stretch" goal for DOT staff: Reduce truck-related accident fatalities by 50% in the next 10 years

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Drivers•by Staff•June 8, 1999

Hours-Of-Service Update

The Department of Transportation still does not know exactly how it is going to get agreement on driver hours-of-service reform. A negotiated rulemaking is not likely, said Office of Motor Carrier and Highway Safety chief Julie Cirillo in an interview with RoadStar. But some sort of negotiation is needed to keep all the stakeholders involved: "We are trying to figure out how we are going to engage the community in the process.

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Aftermarket•by Staff•June 8, 1999

Used Truck Salesman Honored

Doug Phillips, center manager of SelecTrucks of Dallas, has been honored with a Professional Recognition Award for his contributions to the used trucking industry and for his community service. Phillips was named Used Truck Sales Professional of

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Aftermarket•by Staff•June 8, 1999

Speeders Targeted On Michigan's I-94

This week marks the beginning of a summer-long crackdown on speeders along the 265 miles of I-94 in Michigan

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