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In the news this morning: Hoffa leads rally to revive Overnite strike; Thief with reefer swipes shipment of burger patties; and Iowa truck driver loses appeal for workers compensation.

On the heels of increases by dry van and truckload lines, carriers that haul refrigerated cargo are planning to raise freight rates by as much as 10% this year.

Truck manufacturers are reducing production and cutting their payrolls, even before final sales figures are in for 1999, the biggest year in history for the sale of Class 8 trucks.

Two new clean water rules from the Environmental Protection Agency are likely to have a significant effect on trucking companies’ bottom lines — one that may save money and another that could be costly

Looking back on the 20th century, we see major social and technological advances. It was the American Century, as we Americans like to say. It was also, arguably, the century of trucking.

Surface Transportation Board Chairman Linda J. Morgan has some advice for employees of the new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: work hard and work fast to implement the instructions given you by Congress.

The country woke up New Year’s Day with no significant problems from the dreaded “millennium bug.” Now people are debating whether the millions spent on fixing the bug was worth it.

Federal transportation safety officials decided to let Landstar Ligon retain its satisfactory safety rating after a review found the company to be in compliance with safety regulations.

The National Transportation Safety Board last week called for a prohibition on the use of certain legal drugs and medications by commercial vehicle operators while they are working. It was one of several recommendations arising from an NTSB probe into a bus-truck accident in Pennsylvania a year and a half ago.