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Burlington Motor Carriers, Daleville, Ind., acquired Jolliff Transportation of Peoria, Ill., and will operate the company as a wholly owned subsidiary.

Yellow Corp. found a Midwest and Northeast anchor for its emerging nonunion regional trucking network. It is Jevic Transportation, a publicly owned regional and inter-regional less-than-truckload and truckload carrier based in Delanco, N.J.

Charles Georgoulakos Jr. and his brother, James, owners of C&J Trucking Co. in Londonderry, N.H., were sentenced May 26 to federal prison, a lengthy probation and maximum fines for violating hours-of-service regulations.

The Maine Legislature June 5 approved a hike in the truck registration fee and a 3-cent increase in the state tax on motor fuels.

Donald Orr resigned last week as chief executive officer and vice chairman of Roberson Transportation Companies. He said he is looking to buy his own trucking company.

Hobbs Group, an Atlanta-based insurance brokerage firm, has started a specialty transportation division headed by Alan M. Shetzer to provide insurance and loss-control services for large trucking companies.

The "Show the ATA Value" tour makes a turn toward its home turf for the summer leadership meeting, calling on a bevy of government leaders and transportation journalists to address participants.

Allison Transmission expects its new plant in Indianapolis to reach full production speed this fall, but it will not be enough to meet the growing demand for automatic truck transmissions.

Trucking companies risk being drowned by the flood of technologies and logistics services coming onto the market. And judging by the number of exhibitors at last week's conference of the Information Technology and Logistics Council, trucking may risk being overwhelmed by vendors.