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Talks aimed at reaching a national contract between Overnite Transportation and the Teamsters union are set to start again this week in Chicago.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services plans to install Vantage Tracking Solutions systems in 14,000 trailers over the next two years.

Iowa Tanklines expanded its fuel hauling business and added a new service to its transportation portfolio with the purchase of assets from Wheeler Transport Service of Omaha, Neb.

Longer trucks? Heavier trucks? A slower economy? These are all solutions presented by some people to solve the puzzle of how to move all the goods this nation’s economy requires to be moved.

Longer, heavier trucks are not only harder to control and need more room to stop, they also cause more wear and tear on our nation's highways and bridges.

Larger trucks up to 97,000 pounds - if outfitted with a sixth axle - will not only be safer but will also boost the nation's productivity.

With roughly $31 billion left on the table annually because of supply chain inefficiencies, a number of companies are hungry to match empty returning trucks with shippers’ pallets.

The evolution of warehousing is causing that industry’s relationship with trucking to change, according to Mike Jenkins, president of the International Warehouse Logistics Association.

The breakneck pace of Class 8 truck sales continued in June, producing midyear figures that are 29.4% higher than the record year of 1998 and, if duplicated in the second half, would total more than 255,000 units for 1999.