ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø

Jennifer Botchie, assistant editor for Transport Topics’ Web news team since July, has joined the print staff’s ranks as a reporter.

The six-axle, 97,000-pound tractor-trailer that a group of shippers and truckers would like to run on Interstate highways closely resembles a 16-year-old concept called the Turner truck.

The plunge in heavy truck sales continued in October, with total sales of 14,440 down 37.1% from the 22,945 sold in October 1999. The 10-month sales total of 184,497 was down 14.8% from the 216,461 sold in the first 10 months of 1999.

The range of triple-trailer trucks may be limited by political boundaries and selected highways but the productivity payoff makes them hard to ignore, according to those who operate the most articulated of all combination vehicles.

It now appears that Amtrak, the nation’s rail passenger service, may reach its congressionally imposed requirement of financial self-sufficiency in 2003 — mostly because of a freight service that breaks some generally accepted rules.

PNV will not meet its capital needs beyond February without additional financing, the company stated in a quarterly report filed Nov. 14.

The North American Trucking Industrial Relations Association, in a move aimed at helping to expand its membership and broaden its portfolio of employee relations issues, adopted a new name — the North American Transportation Employee Relations Association.

Peter B. Neydon, president of USF Holland, knows the importance of a harmonious business culture in running a successful trucking company.

Former Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner urged transportation executives to become involved in politics for the sake of their businesses despite his own recent exit from government to the trucking industry.