Trucking News

Sam Skinner is everywhere, and always trying to get there faster. A page from his daily cale

Mayor George V. Voinovich has written to Ohio Gov. Richard Celeste, urging him to sign House Bill 11

TRANSCON TO DISTRIBUTE STOCK TO ITS EMPLOYEESTranscon Lines Inc., a major trucking company,

State governments agree with the trucking industry on a broad plan for rewriting hazardous materials

Teamsters President William J. McCarthy called two former union chiefs ''schemers and liars" and den

VARITY MAKES THIRD BID FOR FRUEHAUFVarity Corp., the international maker of diesel engines,

Two years after the collapse of the Schoharie Creek bridge along the New York State Thruway, things

THREE NEW SAFETY LAWS TAKE EFFECT IN MICH.DEARBORN, Mich. - A three-year campaign to reduce

Riverbed soil erosion may have caused a 60-foot section of a bridge to collapse into Tennessee's Hat

Oversupply is endemic to the container transportation business, said Richard H. Finn, president of T

Canadian motor carriers are facing turmoil as rate-slashing remains savage for most sectors of the t

Pilot Freight Carriers Inc. is "gone," according to the company's owner, but the expected settlement

COURT RESERVES RULING ON SYMPATHY STRIKENEW YORK - A federal appeals court reserved ruling o

State Treasurer Francisco L. Borges said a proposal to use the state's transportation fund to offset

Transporting the cremated remains of a beloved family member may become more difficult because of a

JUSTICE IS DONE WITHOUT ATTORNEYCHICAGO - A truck driver whose formal schooling stopped at e

Transportation patterns in Southern California will be dramatically altered if a proposed air qualit

Consolidated Freightways Inc. slipped past Roadway Express Inc. last year to become the nation's sec

The head of the nation's federal highway program will join American Trucking Associations as vice pr

HAZARDOUS TRANSPORT SUBJECT OF FORUMThe anticipated fight over the reauthorization of the Ha

The Interstate Commerce Commission approved the merger of two trucking industry rate bureaus and dis

Jackie Presser, the late Teamsters president, told government officials that organized crime element

Lend Lease Trucks Inc., Minneapolis, will spend $100 million on new trucks and trailers to expand it

GROUP APPLAUDS COURT FOR DRUG TEST RULINGAn association of corporations owning truck fleets

STANDARD & POOR'S CUTS CF SENIOR DEBT RATINGNEW YORK - Consolidated Freightways Inc.'s senio

In a bid to draw cargo away from low-cost programs in California, the Port of Seattle is reducing ch

Ailing Pilot Freight Carriers Inc. closed much of its trucking operation last week and began selling

CMX TRUCKING OPENS N. CALIFORNIA TERMINALHUNT VALLEY, Md. - CSL Intermodal said CMX Trucking

Upcoming federal decisions on truck size and weight limits will have far- reaching impacts on both t

CHEMICAL LEAMAN POSTS PROFIT FOR FINAL QUARTEREXTON, Pa. - Chemical Leaman Corp., whose subs

The United Shareholders Association said one of its members is trying to win a spot for himself and

ABF FREIGHT SYSTEM INC. (Fort Smith, Ark.) - John Harvey, Leland Karras, Steve Atcheson and Mike Bon

Tug and barge operators say it looks like the Mississippi and Ohio River systems will be able to wea

United Parcel Service is planning to build a new $150 million sorting hub here to handle the package

General Mills Inc. and Navistar International Corp. did not underpay freight bills tendered by a now

UNION CHIEF ALLEGEDLY SOUGHT MAFIA'S HELPNEW YORK - Teamster President William J. McCarthy s

The U.S. Coast Guard will be "better prepared to deal with" any recurrence of drought conditions, "h

The settlement between the Justice Department and the Teamsters union removed a huge albatross from

THE RUMOR IS the man nominated for a slot on the Interstate CommerceCommission believes regu

The stock of American President Cos. was priced at $37.87 a share in mid- afternoon trading Thursday