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Editorial: Silence is Sometimes Golden
At least some of us had mothers or fathers who warned that the risk of opening one’s mouth might just reveal more than we ever intended. A recent case in point occurred during the nagging dispute between truckers, ship lines, ports and railroads over the roadworthiness of intermodal equipment, and where the responsibility for it should rest.
November 24, 1999TT's Seth Clevenger, Michael Freeze and Keiron Greenhalgh break down what ACT Expo revealed about trucking's road to sustainability.
Opinion: Truckload Carriers’ Code Seeks to Reduce the Waiting
One of the most important management problems facing truckload carriers is the excessive and unproductive time trucks and drivers spend at shippers’ and receivers’ docks. In fact, three recent surveys by the Truckload Carriers Association found that refrigerated carriers drivers spend over 40 hours a week at the shippers’ and receivers’ docks.
November 24, 1999Truckers, Singer Join to Drive Away Hunger
Country singer Shania Twain and XTRA Lease are working together to raise four tons of food for hungry children.
November 24, 1999Truck Driver Racks Up 1 Million Miles Since Lung Transplant
It’s not remarkable that Gerald Taylor drives a big rig cross-country for a living, but it is remnarkable that in November he will have driven 1 million miles since receiving a lung transplant.
November 24, 1999Amtrak to Hook Reefers to Its Passenger Trains
Amtrak will soon be hauling perishable produce along with passengers, parcels and other cargo as the company goes after additional opportunities to put freight on its trains.
November 24, 1999Intermodal’s Finkbiner To Head Tank Carrier
Thomas L. Finkbiner, longtime head of intermodal operations for Norfolk Southern Corp., has been named chief executive officer for Quality Distribution, a tank truck company based in Tampa, Fla.
November 24, 1999Engine-Makers Ask EPA Delay
The organization representing U.S. truck engine manufacturers thinks the Environmental Protection Agency is making last-minute “massive changes” in an agreement regarding emissions reductions and it would like the agency to slow things down.
November 24, 1999Paccar Is Top IT Innovator In PC Week Magazine List
When PC Week, one of the nation’s leading high-tech magazines, went looking for the top information technology innovator, it turned to a manufacturer of heavy-duty trucks.
November 24, 1999Teamsters Take Control of Philadelphia Local
The Teamsters placed Local 115 in Philadelphia in trusteeship and removed its top executive Nov. 14, citing an abuse of member rights and failure to protect union finances.
November 24, 1999Wash. Rule Proposal Targets Trucking
Washington state regulators proposed an ergonomics rule that would give the state one of the toughest such laws in the nation, and one of the primary targets of the rule is trucking.
November 24, 1999