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Thomas L. Finkbiner, longtime head of intermodal operations for Norfolk Southern Corp., has been named chief executive officer for Quality Distribution, a tank truck company based in Tampa, Fla.

The organization representing U.S. truck engine manufacturers thinks the Environmental Protection Agency is making last-minute “massive changes” in an agreement regarding emissions reductions and it would like the agency to slow things down.

When PC Week, one of the nation’s leading high-tech magazines, went looking for the top information technology innovator, it turned to a manufacturer of heavy-duty trucks.

The Teamsters placed Local 115 in Philadelphia in trusteeship and removed its top executive Nov. 14, citing an abuse of member rights and failure to protect union finances.

Washington state regulators proposed an ergonomics rule that would give the state one of the toughest such laws in the nation, and one of the primary targets of the rule is trucking.

The North Carolina Department of Labor faces some hurdles in imposing its ergonomics standard, including a provision in the budget that prevents it from spending money to create the rules.

This afternoon's headlines: TMM ends its fight against U.S. drug bill; Ontario PM says high fuel prices threaten economy; and Md. police seize 450 pounds of marijuana, 18-wheeler.

It’s not remarkable that Gerald Taylor drives a big rig cross-country for a living, but it is remnarkable that in November he will have driven 1 million miles since receiving a lung transplant.

Amtrak will soon be hauling perishable produce along with passengers, parcels and other cargo as the company goes after additional opportunities to put freight on its trains.

In the news this morning: Southern California foresees massive growth in import traffic; S.C. enforces lane restrictions on I-84; and Towne Air Freight buys Mid-Atlantic trucking firm.