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Highway Administrator Honored
Deputy Federal Highway Administrator Gloria Jeff has been selected as one of 1998’s Top Women in the Sciences and Technology by the National Technical Association.
January 21, 1999
Justin Olsen, maintenance director at TCW, breaks down the hidden impact of poor trailer management on operations, compliance and safety.Â
Reagle Replaced as OMC Chief
Associate Federal Highway Administrator George Reagle (pictured) last week was transferred from his job as head of the Office of Motor Carriers, at least in part because he orchestrated a lobbying campaign against transferring the office to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
January 21, 1999New Truck Safety Czar Named
The Office of Motor Carriers’ new leader, Julie Anna Cirillo, is a virtual unknown to trucking.
January 21, 1999Fuel Prices Unlikely to Climb
Diesel prices have edged up for two straight weeks but are unlikely to climb much higher before being pulled back down by oversupply.
January 21, 1999Amtrak Cuts Deals to Expand Freight
Amtrak announced four new business ventures that will take it deeper into the freight business.
January 21, 1999Bill Would Keep STB Going
Wags are calling legislation proposed last week reauthorizing the Surface Transportation Board the "Linda Morgan job protection bill" because of a provision requiring that the STB chairman be confirmed by the Senate.
January 21, 1999Transponder Services to Hold Talks
Two disputing transponder providers have agreed to work on a deal that would allow truckers to use the in-cab devices in both service zones.
January 21, 1999Deaths Linked to Higher Speed Limits
The old adage that speed kills may have some merit.
January 21, 1999Associates Commercial Corp. Buys Transport Clearings
Associates Commercial Corp., one of the nation’s largest truck equipment finance companies, has purchased Transport Clearings.
January 21, 1999Overnite Hits $1 Billion Mark in '98
TT File PhotoOvernite Transportation Co. said its revenue was above $1 billion in 1998 and its profits were the highest since 1994. The company attributed much of this gain to the fourth period, which it said was its best quarter in the last four years. Annual revenue was $1.03 billion compared with $946 million in 1997.
January 21, 1999