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The move toward restructuring trade associations mirrors changes that have been occurring regularly in corporate America over the last two decades, according to association experts.

The average price of diesel fuel dropped for the second straight week to $1.224 per gallon, but analysts say this is the not the beginning of a plunge toward February levels.

Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater is seeking to eliminate antitrust immunity for rail and motor carrier rate agreements, pooling arrangements and mergers.

Container haulers picketed the American President Lines terminal at the Port of Seattle Oct. 21 in what Teamsters union officials say will be the first of a series of job actions aimed at forcing ocean carriers, railroads and truck lines to address driver grievances.

The Department of Transportation got its ability to issue fines and take carriers to court last week after temporarily losing the ability to do so.

The chief of the Teamsters union answered congressional charges that Teamsters have used violence and intimidation in their campaign to organize Overnite Transportation Co.

Forward Air Corp. has agreed to acquire the air cargo operations of LTD Express of Nashville, Tenn.

The technology that lets truckers bypass weigh stations automatically is hitting the road with portable scales.

United Parcel Service said a growing U.S. economy and booming international trade helped to generate a 28.5% increase in profits for the third quarter of 1999.