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Allied Worldwide plans to fatten its portfolio of subsidiaries with the acquisition of financially troubled Global Van Lines — a move that will further a trend of consolidation within the moving industry.

Money is at the heart of the debate over the future of the Single State Registration System.

Members of The Maintenance Council of American Trucking Associations are the target of a recruiting drive by ATA.

United Parcel Service must create 2,000 new full-time jobs under a contract negotiated in 1997, even though its domestic package business declined following a strike by the Teamsters union, an arbitrator ruled.

Large trucking operations hauling hazardous materials will see their federal registration fees increase 660% beginning May 1 under new rules issued last week by the Research and Special Programs Administration.

Swift Transportation said it has agreed to purchase a 49% stake in Trans-Mex Inc., a truckload carrier based in Mexico.

A controversial automated freight payment system initiated last year by the Department of Defense will be the subject of a meeting March 1 between top military transportation officers and American Trucking Associations.

Intrastate carriers got some relief with the latest interpretation of applying federal hours-of-service rules whenever their drivers cross state lines.

A decision on rate-making handed down by the Surface Transportation Board has met with approval from shippers but has truckers protesting.

A Tennessee businessman has purchased the trucking fleet of Idahoan Foods in Lewisville, Idaho, and formed a new company, called Golden Valley Transportation, to provide nationwide truckload service.