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Shipments of complete truck trailers and chassis for the first two months of 1999 are down 10% from last year, but have shown a slight growth in orders since January.

Will the truckload segment be a major source of new intermodal traffic for railroads? Don’t bet on it.

The ability to make customers out of today’s motor carrier competitors may determine the success or failure of the joint purchase and breakup of Conrail by Norfolk Southern Corp. and CSX Corp.

A federal court struck down the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s attempt to give employers the choice between adopting stricter work safety measures or facing guaranteed inspections.

A group thinks it has the right combination to unlock congressional action on a plan to reduce cargo theft and allow criminal background checks of potential employees in trucking.

The responsibility for preventing cargo theft is shared by everyone in the logistics chain.

Overnite last week rejected attempts by the Teamsters union to reopen negotiations on a benefits package both sides accepted in 1998.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration no longer will leave it up to trailer manufacturers to determine where to place identification and clearance lamps.

Members of the moving industry are cleaning up their act to ward off more heavy-handed scrubbing from federal regulators and the news media.