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Trucking lobbyists last week endorsed a proposal by House Transportation Committee Chairman Bud Shuster (R-Pa.) to merge jurisdiction over railroads and trucking into a single subcommittee. The unexpected announcement came as House members focused on the vote to impeach President Clinton.

American Trucking Associations commemorated the third anniversary of the suspension of a key North American Free Trade Agreement trucking provision by urging President Clinton to completely open four southwestern states to Mexican trucks.

Powered by an expanding domestic economy and lower fuel prices, FDX Corp., the parent of Federal Express Corp. and RPS Inc., posted better-than-expected profits in its second fiscal quarter.

Holland’s TNT Post Group paid $360 million to acquire the French express delivery company Jet Services, giving the Dutch giant a greater presence in France.

In a move that represents a significant loosening of its vertically integrated structure, Volvo Truck Corp. has decided to outsource its heavy-duty rear axles to U.S.-based Meritor Inc.

Fears apparently were unwarranted that U.S.-led air strikes against Iraq would raise world crude oil costs and disrupt the record low diesel prices trucking has been enjoying.

Our government is broken and, honesty forces me to admit, I have done precious little to help fix it, beyond voting for the right people on occasion.

Throughout 1997 and the first half of 1998, motor carrier safety enforcement and industry alike faced a critical period in the reauthorization of the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program in the highway bill. It was a remarkable time.

Folks used to say if you wanted to find a good place to eat on the road, you looked for a place with trucks parked in front of it.