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Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater Tuesday promised a 50% reduction in truck-related fatalities over the next decade. That would amount to cutting the number of deaths from about 5,000 to about 2,500 each year.

The ranks of the industry associations representing "motor carriers" have taken another hit with the Arkansas Motor Carriers Association changing its name to the Arkansas Trucking Association.

Mike Coatney, president, Acme Truck LineHauling freight for oil and gas exploration companies used to be the mainstay of Acme Truck Line. But years of cyclical booms and busts demonstrated that it needed other sources of revenue to continue growing. That's why this "oil field hauler" began offering other services, including intermodal, logistics, courier and air freight..

Teamsters union negotiators threatened to call a strike if bargaining with major vehicle-transport companies doesn't produce an acceptable labor contract by May 31.

A plan to perform smoke tests on trucks registered in the Chicago area passed the state Legislature despite industry opposition.

Federal officials fined the trucker involved in the fatal Amtrak train derailment in Bourbonnais, Ill., for falsifying his log book.

The May 14 court ruling that placed federal air quality standards in limbo is unlikely to have any short-term consequences for trucking, according to industry analysts.

Teamsters union negotiators threatened to call a strike if bargaining with major vehicle-transport companies doesn’t produce an acceptable labor contract by May 31.

American Trucking Associations has a Y2K problem that has nothing to do with configuring its computers to deal with the new millennium. The bug facing the organization is persuading its 14 conferences and national affiliates to develop closer ties with their bigger cousin by Dec. 31, 2000.

Four executives from major trucking companies and Teamsters’ President James P. Hoffa joined with politicians and senior Department of Transportation officials May 20 in a conspicuous show of support for efforts to educate the public about sharing the road with trucks.