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Despite stiff opposition from rail labor organizations and farm-state senators, the Senate Commerce Committee voted Sept. 30 to confirm Linda J. Morgan to a second five-year term as chairman of the Surface Transportation Board.

The retail price of diesel fuel failed to rise this week – for the first time in 16 weeks – but analysts saw little significance in the pause and most continue to predict further increases.

Oregon Trucking Associations hired Michael G. Moises as president and elected Mike Card as chairman of the board, filling two vacant spots at the organization.

Transit Group agreed to acquire the assets of Land Transportation LLC and a related freight brokerage operation from Rocor International of Oklahoma City for $18.5 million in cash and debt, plus an undetermined number of shares of its common stock.

The legislative process is slow and often Byzantine, but every now and then, progress is apparent to the naked eye. Such was the case on Capitol Hill last week as Congress took tangible steps toward ordering the creation of a federal administration to oversee trucking’s safety programs.

Call me an optimist, but transportation issues may play a role in next year’s elections.

An alliance between the Teamsters union and the Department of Energy will put displaced government employees back to work as truck drivers.

Ken Gold had no way of knowing in 1986 when he started hauling sand and gravel that a few side jobs transporting motorcycles for friends would evolve into successful operation of GoldRush Motorsports, a specialized trucking fleet for racing.

When Ford Motor Co. issued a mandate that all of its suppliers comply with ISO 9002, an international standard for quality, A.D. Transport Express had little choice but to go along with the program. After all, Ford was the $30 million carrier’s largest customer.