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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is telling 12,500 businesses in 18 industries on its “Most Wanted” list to shape up. That is all the agency can do since a federal court struck down its “voluntary” compliance program for addressing worker injury and illness problems.

Under the theme banner of “Solutions for an Evolving Industry,” the National Private Truck Council will convene to tackle pressing concerns in educational sessions and meetings in California.

The national average retail price of diesel fuel retreated for the second straight week, to $1.078 a gallon, amid predictions that the price of oil will stabilize well below historic highs — and stay at moderate levels for as long as 15 years.

Legislation aimed at preventing an onslaught of lawsuits relating to Year 2000 computer problems is making the rounds in Congress.

CHICAGO — Forget JIT and ERP. Carriers can leave future developments of just-in-time and enterprise resource planning to strategic logisticians. The future of trucking and its role in supply chain management systems may be small, open windows.

The operator of the New York Cross Harbor Railroad purchased a majority interest in J.S. Transportation, a regional trucking company based in southern New Jersey.

Increased domestic and international freight volume and a shift to higher-priced express delivery services lifted United Parcel Service’s profits by 42% in the first quarter of 1999.

The long drive toward the creation of a separate, dedicated trucking safety agency in the federal government picked up steam last week when the Department of Transportation’s inspector general announced his support for such an office.

Nearly 60 years ago, a small radio group led by Orson Welles broadcast “War of the Worlds.” The broadcast was done in a radio news format and spectacularly laid out an invasion of earth by Martians. As a result, nearly 1 million people made a solid push on the panic button. The next morning, everyone awoke to discover the invasion existed only in the imagination of the broadcasters and their listeners.