Trucking News

Italian truck drivers soon can worry less about finding freight to fill their rigs for the trip back

American Freight System Inc.'s acquisition of Smith's Transfer Corp. doubled the company's truck ton

EPA Forces GMC To Recall Cars, TrucksWASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency has or

WE'RE JUST PLAIN FOLKS, might be the motto in the secretary's office at the Department of Transporta

ABF FREIGHT SYSTEM INC. (Fort Smith, Ark.) - Jim Fletcher was appointed regional vice president, ope

Agency to Consider Driver ExemptionsTransportation Secretary James Burnley said the departme

The European Community Commission is facing an uphill struggle in its bid to liberalize Europe's tig

Trucking companies want the Department of Transportation to lower the minimum age for driving a heav

THE FIRSTEST with the mostest. With little fanfare, Nasstrac, the National Small Shipments T

Mobil Oil Corp. filed suit against McLean Trucking Co. to block collection of alleged freight underc

FMC Corp. Acquires All ASEECO's AssetsFMC Corp., a leading producer of machinery and chemica

California's Little Hoover Commission says the state's grid-locked highway system is getting worse a

NEOAX Completes IU International OfferSTAMFORD, Conn. - NEOAX Inc. said it has completed its

P-I-E Nationwide Inc. is asking the Teamsters union to approve creation of an employee profit-sharin

METROMAIL (Chicago) - Robert K. Sher was named to the new position of executive vice president. He w

The Federal Highway Administration reports that it is being inundated with complaints from farmers u

Ports are becoming increasingly willing to tear down their data processing walls and become full-fle

Employees at ailing Pilot Freight Inc. agreed to a profit-sharing plan in which workers will trade a

T.I.M.E.-DC, once one of the trucking industry's largest carriers, said this week it had closed its

Saab-Scania AB of Sweden reported that its Scania heavy vehicle division posted record sales and ear

A Ford Motor Co. official said the company is studying the possibility of offering a longer wheelbas

A WEDDING MADE IN HELL, is the reaction of most EDI users to suggestions that major computer standar

Goodyear Opens Office For Products in TokyoAKRON, Ohio - Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. said it

Country Wide Transport Services Inc. reported fourth quarter income of $30,000, or 1 cent a share, o

DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH if you're waiting for Congress to act, even though the House of Representativ

In March, CP Trucks of Toronto, Canada's largest for-hire carrier, joined the growing ranks of Canad

Group Plans to Fight Freight Payment RuleA leading shippers' association said it will file s

A GEM OF A MEETING is what the members of the Terminal Operator Port Authority Subcommittee, or Topa

Two of trucking's largest companies agreed this week to accept an April rate increase, ending a spli

CON-WAY EASTERN EXPRESS (Rutherford, N.J.) - Dennis G. Glavan was appointed to the new position of p

Detroit Diesel Opens Six Regional OfficesRoger S. Penske, chairman of Detroit Diesel Corp.,

There's a new joke going around Detroit Diesel Corp. this year. One employee turns to the other in t

ATA Publishes LA Driver ManualThe American Trucking Associations has released a publication

The California Trucking Association filed its version with the Federal Maritime Commission of a prop

EVERYBODY GETS TO DANCE at this party. Top officers of the National Industrial Transportatio

Carolina Freight Corp., one of the nation's largest trucking companies, is the rumored target of a c

An Interstate Commerce Commission plan to expand big city commercial zones is a clear attempt by the

Mitsubishi Delivers First FH Class 5 TruckBRIDGEPORT, N.J. - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of Americ

CIRCLE EXPRESS INC. (Indianapolis) Merle E. Bright was elected president and chief operating officer

While the heavy truck industry was busy beating its February 1987 sales by 20 percent last month, i