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Study Says Central Hazmat Database Could Raise New Security Concerns
Building a central database of hazardous materials shipments would be more trouble than it would be worth, and could create new security concerns, according to a study Congress ordered.
July 3, 2002
Three experts from Transport Enterprise Leasing discuss strategies for buying and selling trucks amid regulatory shifts, trade tensions and economic uncertainty.
Freight Brokers: Making a Name for Themselves
Once viewed as opportunistic and sometimes unsavory middlemen operating with little more than a phone and fax, freight brokers have achieved a certain level of respectability in the minds of shippers and perhaps even grudging acceptance by many truckers.
July 3, 2002Opinion: Using the Bankruptcy Code to Buy or Sell a Distressed Company
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.Its a safe bet that at least once a week newspapers around the country will carry stories about economic weakness. It is also safe to predict that as financial weakness continues, struggling businesses will be forced to seek bankruptcy protection.
July 3, 2002News Briefs - July 3
Windsor Wants to Cut Truck Traffic Bankruptcies Continue Despite Recovering Economy New Jobless Claims at 15-Month Low, Labor Dept. Says West Coast Cargo Flows During Contract Talks And more...
July 3, 2002Security Briefing - June 27 - July 7
Fewer Security Shutdowns Seen at Airports, USA Today Says FBI Issues July 4th Alert CF Asks Shippers to Take Role in Security And more...
July 3, 2002EPA Hears from Hill
WASHINGTON About 70 members of Congress signed a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Christine Todd Whitman last week, seeking a one-year delay of EPAs deadline for selling diesel engines with lower smog-causing emissions.
July 2, 2002ATA, TCA Agree on Terms
Leaders of American Trucking Associations and the Truckload Carriers Association have come to terms on an affiliation agreement that allows each organization to keep separate memberships and dues while pursuing joint marketing and lobbying activities, ATA Chairman David G. McCorkle said last week.
July 2, 2002Editorial: Sustain the Fight for Freedom
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor."These are the times that try mens souls. So wrote Thomas Paine at a point of crisis in American history when the country, not yet fully formed, was threatened by tyrannical forces housed among us and directed from bases across the sea. Paine published his famous words in the December following the 13 colonies Declaration of Independence.
July 2, 2002News Briefs - July 2
LAX May Get $9.6B Makeover DHL Cargo Plane Crashes in Europe Layoff Announcements Up 12% in June Old Dominion Announces Rate Increase And more...
July 2, 2002Technology Briefs - June 28 - July 5
Minn. Launches 511 Traveler Info Service DOT Takes Highway Bill Comment on Web Velocity Express Develops Electronic Proof of Delivery Ryder Says OmniTRACS Features Popular Since 9/11 And more...
July 1, 2002