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DHL Announces Leadership Transition

Parcel carrier DHL Americas announced Monday that its chief executive officer, John Fellows, would move from his current post to a new role with parent company Deutsche Post World Net effective Jan. 1.

November 9, 2004

Vote Results Likely to Scramble Some Transport Panels; Highway Bill Future Unclear

In the wake of the Nov. 2 elections that gave President Bush a second term and expanded Republican control of Congress, observers said leadership changes were ahead for some congressional panels important to transportation and the future of the long-pending highway funding bill remained unclear.

November 8, 2004

Hazmat Rule Delay Seen

The Transportation Security Administration will not meet its latest deadline of Jan. 31 to begin a system of background checks and fingerprints for all truck drivers who haul hazardous materials, several sources have told Transport Topics.

November 8, 2004

FedEx Announces Rate Hikes, Changes Fuel Surcharge

FedEx Corp. said Nov. 5 that it would raise its rates for ground and air deliveries and increase its fuel surcharge effective Jan. 3.

November 8, 2004

CARB May Seek Clean Air Act Waiver to Make Fleets Buy Cleaner Engines

The California Air Resources Board may seek a waiver from federal Clean Air Act rules in order to allow a Southern California air-quality agency to require public fleets to buy cleaner-running engines, industry officials said.

November 8, 2004

TMC Plans Skills Competition For Truck Maintenance Techs

The Technology & Maintenance Council said it planned to host a nationwide skills competition for truck technicians at its September 2005 fall meeting in Valley Forge, Pa.

November 8, 2004

Virginia Joins E-ZPass System to Collect Tolls

Transportation officials in Virginia said that the state had merged its electronic toll collection system, SmartTag, with the E-ZPass system that is in use in many East Coast states.

November 8, 2004

News Briefs - Nov. 8

Zollars Says Pacific Port Freight Moving from Rail to Truck • Central Freight Lines Posts Loss for Third Quarter • Lundberg Survey: Average Gasoline Prices Drop to $2.01 • Study Shows Washington Truck Tollway May Work • And more ...

November 8, 2004

Average Price of Diesel Falls 4.3 Cents; Second Decline in Two Weeks

The Department of Energy said Monday the U.S. average price for retail diesel fuel dropped 4.3 cents to $2.163 per gallon, the second decline in two weeks.

November 8, 2004