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Union officials praised Union Pacific Railroad executives Wednesday for their efforts to improve safety for the Omaha-based railroad's employees.

Montana’s motorists will be bound by a numerical speed limit, but the laws for truckers will be held in place by their own request.

ANR Advance Transportation Co. of Milwaukee announced the sale of ConEx, its flatbed truckload division, to an undisclosed investor group.

TT File PhotoBuoyed by the first-ever profit on its international operations, United Parcel Service turned in a stellar performance in 1998. The Atlanta-based parcel carrier earned $1.7 billion on revenue of $24.8 billion, compared with net income of $909 million on revenue in 1997.

The safety record of railroads was criticized this week by a new group comprised of municipal officials from around the country.

A vote by the European Union to reduce aircraft noise by banning the use of some Boeing 727 aircraft has international air freight carriers and the U.S. Congress up in arms.

TT File PhotoA congressional panel Tuesday heard pleas to improve truck safety by reducing drivers' hours, increasing their required sleep and expanding inspections of big rigs. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA.) contends the Motor Carrier and Highway Safety business unit is too cozy with the trucking industry.

The fuel use taxes collected on toll roads in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and New York amount to illegal double taxation of truckers, according to the Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association.

A woman has pleaded guilty in a federal court to a charge arising from a scheme to take truckers’ money for performing drug testing services without ever having a doctor review the results.