Trucking News

SANTE FE WORKER RESCUES SIX PEOPLEBUENA PARK, Calif. - A Santa Fe railroad worker rescued a

Earth-moving giant Caterpillar Inc. said 1988 annual earnings jumped 76 percent, to $616 million on

A man was charged with stealing a forklift after leading police on one of the slowest chases on reco

RYDER TRUCK RENTAL SIGNS NEWSPAPER DEALRyder Truck Rental signed a contract with the Chicago

An arbitrator has ruled in favor of New Jersey Transit Corp. in a $26 million dispute between the st

Henry V. Rabouin Inc. Vice President R. Douglas Kimple says New York State is looking mighty good as

Britain's industrialists and businessmen have called on the government to improve the country's road

ABF FREIGHT SYSTEMS INC. (Fort Smith, Ark.) - John Santa Maria was promoted to senior account execut

Transportation Brokers Conference of America, special one-day seminar on transportation liability, J

Modest gains in freight volume and corporate profit will boost truck-trailer sales more than 7 perce

A federal judge agreed Tuesday to determine whether two Teamsters union officials must forfeit their

Despite explosive sales growth in the heavy truck industry last year, the rankings of manufacturers

United Parcel Service Inc. will build a new package sorting facility at the international trade cent

Heavy truck sales in 1989 should match last year's robust levels, but a faltering economy will depre

200 TRUCKERS FINED IN SURPRISE OPERATIONCOLUMBIA, S.C. - More than 200 truckers were issued

The Interstate Commerce Commission sided with shippers in three separate truck rate disputes last we

FREIGHTLINER TO UNVEIL ALUMINUM WHEELS LINEPORTLAND, Ore. - Freightliner Corp. is offering a

Rising freight rates failed to keep several large trucking companies out of the red during last year

MOST SHIPPERS AGENTS HAVE THREE WORDS for Conrail's new liability coverage: It's about time.

Separate Department of Transportation offices governing railroads, highways, mass transit and traffi

Drug testing data gathered by individual trucking companies is not enough to justify the federal go

Tyrone Nelson thought he heard an explosion Monday morning and leaped from beneath the blankets to f

Capping a year of explosive growth, heavy-truck makers racked up near-record sales for December and

Truckers handling most of Jamaica's containerized export cargo say they are suspending their service

Daredevil skateboarders, dressed like Winter Olympic luge racers, have been speeding down steep hill

New Jersey's 14 milk handlers are puzzled and upset over the disappearance of thousands of plastic m

The Reagan administration's fiscal 1990 budget calls for 150 new inspectors to police unsafe trucks

When the container age began in 1958, Raphael Che was still a grade school student in Hong Kong.

A year of underwater inspections found 19 of 27 city-owned bridges will need minor repairs but none

An apparent reduction in trucking industry tonnage growth could create new pricing pressures that wi

RAILROAD INDUSTRY HOPES for any congressional action on changes in Federal Employees Liability Act l

Matlack Systems Inc. reported income of $1.4 million, or 26 cents a share, on revenue of $230.2 mill

Inland waterway traffic in France rose last year for the first time in 15 years. Volume incr

The nation's first commercial driver's license that meets federal standards set under a 1986 safety

A group of mid-sized trucking companies converted higher freight rates into robust earnings gains du

All motor carriage rates in France were deregulated Jan. 1, after almost 50 years of controls, but t

Federal officials are expected to decide within the next two weeks whether to appeal Friday's prelim

U.S. LEASING INTERNATIONAL INC. (San Francisco) - Frank H. Mason was appointed executive vice presid

The nation's largest private trucking association named Gene S. Bergoffen, who formerly represented

LLT Acquisition Inc., the parent of Lend Lease Trucks Inc., has called off its proposed acquisition