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British Government Seeks To Avert Trucker Protest

The British government announced a raft of tax cuts and measures designed to appease truckers who brought the nation to a standstill in September with protest blockades.

November 15, 2000

Load-Matcher NTE Cuts Workforce

Online load-matching firm NTE laid off 18% of its workforce because company projections at the beginning of the year that it would go public have not materialized.

November 15, 2000

Teamsters May Review Election Role

Workplace shootings, driver hours of service, ergonomic regulations and sexual harassment are among the issues on the agenda as trucking’s top labor specialists gather this week for the 14th annual conference of the North American Trucking Industrial Relations Association Nov. 12-15 in St. Petersburg Beach, Fla.

November 15, 2000

Fleets Lash Out at Fees, Practices of Some Towing Companies

A number of trucking companies are fighting back against what they say is the practice by some towing operators of charging excessively high fees and holding freight “hostage” until the bill is paid.

November 15, 2000

Emery Worldwide, Postal Service Accelerate Priority Mail Divorce

Emery Worldwide Airlines and the U.S. Postal Service will terminate their Priority Mail contract Jan. 7, ending 13 months early what has been a tempestuous business relationship since its start in spring 1997.

November 15, 2000

Pennsylvania Turnpike E-Z Pass is Not for Commercial Trucks ... Yet

When the E-Z Pass automated toll collection system is implemented on parts of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, it will be accessible by passenger cars only — for now.

November 15, 2000

Intrenet Inc. Trading on Hold During Check of Financial Expenses

Transportation holding company Intrenet Inc. continues to investigate its finances so that it can resume trading on Nasdaq’s small cap listings.

November 15, 2000

Editorial: Democracy at Work

The calm that pervaded America after what was probably the closest presidential election in the nation’s history is a strong affirmation of our democratic institutions.

November 15, 2000

Opinion: Let Truckers Run the Intermodal Service

For decades, railroads have been trying to build their intermodal business at the expense of trucking. For decades, it hasn’t worked.

November 15, 2000