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DOT Size-Weight Study Criticized
The LTL industry sharply criticized a draft study from the DOT on truck sizes and weights, beginning what is likely to be a steady stream of disapproval from trucking.
March 17, 1999Seth Clevenger and Mike Senatore dive into the Transport Topics Top 100 list of the largest logistics companies. They address trade challenges, mergers, sector trends and more.
Hoffa Names 7 to Leadership Posts
While waiting for official certification of his election as general president of the Teamsters union, James P. Hoffa’s influence is already being felt.
March 17, 1999Oregon, Arkansas Could Be Heading Away From Weight-Distance Taxes
Weight-distances taxes were on the legislative burner in two states last week.
March 17, 1999TMC Meeting to Focus on Technology
The challenge of harnessing technology for better productivity is shaping the content of The Maintenance Council’s annual meeting and equipment exhibition.
March 17, 1999Pony Express Gets Out of East Coast Operations
Pony Express Delivery Service of Atlanta, in a move to improve profitability, will cease operations in 14 states in the Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.
March 17, 1999Lemforder Builds Truck Parts Plant
Lemforder Corp. announced plans to produce chassis and steering components for medium- and heavy-duty trucks and buses at a new factory soon to be completed in Lancaster, S.C.
March 17, 1999Editorial: Hours-of-Service Reform is Long Overdue
When the current hours-of-service rules that govern trucking in the United States were adopted, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was in the White House, Britain still ruled the waves, New York City had three baseball teams and the closest thing to a superhighway was U.S. 1.
March 17, 1999Opinion: No to NAFTA
Next New Year’s Day, Americans may have a lot more to worry about than millennial hangovers and the Y2K bug.
March 17, 1999Opinion: Teamsters Misrepresent NAFTA Trucking
The American Trucking Associations agrees with Teamsters general president-elect Jim Hoffa that bad trucks and bad truck drivers should be off the road.
March 17, 1999Hurley Dumps LTL Unit for Bigger TL Operation
For more than two decades, William R. Ewing seemed to have made the right choice. What began as a truckload and newspaper distribution operation, called Hurley Transportation Cos. in Phoenix, grew into the largest less-than-truckload carrier in Arizona.
March 17, 1999