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U.S. truck drivers convicted of offenses classified as felonies in Canada — even though not felonies in this country — now may gain admittance to Canada if they use one of several remedies offered by Canada’s immigration service.

AUSTIN, Texas — The state of Texas was expected to officially enter the railroad business last week when it was scheduled to become owner of South Orient Railroad.

Shipments of truck trailers in November continued to follow heavy truck sales on a downward spiral, with vans — the most popular kind of trailer — still leading the descent.

Legal pressures are mounting against Intrenet Inc., the transportation holding company that ceased operations Jan. 2 and formally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Jan. 19.

FedEx Corp. is reorganizing its hours of operation for the public and its internal corporate structure in an attempt to reap premium prices from procrastinators and find a home for newly acquired American Freightways.

A Canadian truck drivers group, upset at high diesel prices, is challenging the Ontario government to do complete safety audits of all trucking companies in the province over the objections of another industry organization.

Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta said he would use a recent Department of Transportation inspector general’s report, detailing recommendations for trucking and other modes of transportation, as a “guideline and reference.”

The wave of mergers sweeping through trucking came to the industry’s leasing sector Jan. 15, when No. 2 Penske Truck Leasing announced it will buy No. 3 Rollins Truck Leasing in a $2 billion deal that threatens Ryder System’s position as the nation’s largest full-service leasing company.

The national average price of diesel fuel fell by 1.1 cents a gallon last week to stand at $1.509 a gallon on Jan. 15, the lowest point since late August and the sixth price drop in the past seven weeks reported by the Energy Information Administration.