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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, 1999

Truckers, 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, 1999

Truck 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, 1999

Amtrak 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, 1999

Intermodal’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, 1999

Engine-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, 1999

Paccar 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, 1999

Teamsters 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, 1999

Wash. 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