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Landstar System has dropped its membership in American Trucking Associations, becoming the first major company to leave the trade association since the launching of the sweeping restructuring of ATA.

FDX Corp. named Joseph C. McCarty chief executive officer of FDX Global Logistics, a new organization that will include Caliber Logistics. He also will serve as CEO of Caliber Logistics.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is suing a trucking company to recover the $2.7 million damage caused to a section of Interstate 95 by a gasoline tanker crash.

The Alabama Bureau of Investigation says a man wanted for murder may be hiding out at truck stops near the Alabama-Mississippi border and may try to solicit rides from truck drivers.

Congress agreed to a $500 billion budget package Thursday that includes Department of Transportation and highway funding for fiscal 1999, but left at least one key trucking issue unresolved: Will the Office of Motor Carriers get a new home.

The nine-week downward spiral in diesel prices hit bottom last week, as the national average inched up 0.9 cent to $1.009 a gallon, according to the Department of Energy.

The ISX engine has horsepower ratings from 400 to 500, with peak torque from 1,450 to 1,850 footpounds. It has a dual overhead cam, with one camshaft driving the fuel injection system while the other drives the valves and an integrated barking system, called Intebrake. Electronic controls record trip and performance information and allow technicians to diagnose engine problems.

A suit by TJS Brokerage & Co. Inc. alleging inaccurate credit reporting by CompuNet Credit Services Inc. will go to trial Feb. 23.

The Surface Transportation Board will vote today on the largest rail merger in U.S. history -- the joint acquisition and division of Conrail Inc. by CSX Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp.