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The U.S. Department of Labor and the American Trucking Associations will launch a pilot program next month to train as long-haul truck drivers 200 workers who lost their jobs in other industries.

Before the $1 billion settlement negotiated by diesel engine manufacturers, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice is final, it must past a judicial review.

Diesel engine manufacturers feel betrayed by the Environmental Protection Agency and continue to deny accusations that they illegally polluted.

Truckers hope the $54 million that the U.S. Customs Service will get next year for drug interdiction technology will also lead to fewer trucking delays on the Mexican border.

Daimler-Benz, the world’s largest truck builder, is continuing on a record pace for sales and profits this year.

Despite the slowdown in Asian markets, Volvo Truck Corp.’s operating profits reached $248 million through the first nine months of the year, more than the $232 million the truck builder made in all of 1997.

For any remaining Doubting Thomases, last week’s annual get-together of the American Trucking Associations should have provided sufficient evidence that trucking and technology are now inextricably linked.

John E. Wren is the kind of man you would miss in a crowd. Quiet and unassuming, the Minnesota trucking executive prefers to let others do the talking — that’s about to change.

Nearly 150 trucking executives joined community volunteers on a sunny Saturday in New Orleans to paint, plant and rejuvenate their industry image.