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Steamship lines suffering from the meltdown of the Asian economy have raised the fees they charge draymen for late intermodal equipment by as much as four times.

The North Carolina Department of Labor has drafted a proposal for an ergonomics standard that would require employers to inform workers about on-the-job hazards and take corrective action.

Ford Credit announced plans to acquire AMI Leasing Group of Worcester, Mass. AMI will become part of Ford Credit North America’s lending operations, company officials said.

Xtra Corp. and an acquisition company formed by New York-based Apollo Management and Interpool Inc. mutually agreed to terminate their merger agreement.

Colorado Highway Watch, launched Nov. 23 in Denver, attempts to make driving safer for everyone by enlisting truckers to be the eyes and ears of the open road.

Truckers are being asked to help get food and supplies to the victims of Hurricane Mitch. The Nicaraguan Independent Emergency Commission needs trucks to move food, medicine, clothes and other supplies from Baton Rouge, La., and Alton, Texas, to New Orleans.

Federal Express and its unionized pilots restarted contract negotiations after the pilots promised not to strike during the holiday season.

With the Teamsters presidency at stake, the U.S. Postal Service is delivering union members’ ballots to an industrial office building just around the corner from American Trucking Associations’ headquarters in Alexandria, Va.

Setting the stage for what has become an annual debate over how to fund the Surface Transportation Board, the Department of Transportation’s inspector general says it would be difficult for the board to cover the entire cost of its operations through user fees.