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The new, stern attitude toward trucking safety should not destroy the close ties that the industry and government have developed over the past four years, according to the top man at the Federal Highway Administration.

Federal transportation officials say a court-ordered environmental study of the plans to build a new Woodrow Wilson Bridge would take about two years to complete.

The future may seem spooky for trucking executives who heard tales of uncertain political leadership, a possible recession and stricter demands from shippers at the American Trucking Associations Foundation's annual meeting.

Transport Corp. of America, Eagan, Minn., purchased Robert Hansen Trucking of Delavan, Wis., effective April 30.

First Freight Systems, Minneapolis, announced the acquisition of Chris Cartage of Eagan, Minn.

The National Transportation Safety Board called on truckers to look to the skies for a way to improve safety and repeated demands that trucks be required to install black boxes similar to those used on airplanes.

The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency brushed aside claims that the six primary U.S. diesel engine makers did not knowingly violate federal air quality rules, and urged a judge to ratify the agreement, which will cost the manufacturers more than $1 billion in fines and added costs.

The latest round in the congressional debate over truck size and weight formally opened with the introduction of legislation May 4 that would allow states to increase the maximum truck weight to 97,000 pounds.

The new, stern attitude toward trucking safety should not destroy the close ties that the industry and government have developed over the past four years, according to the top man at the Federal Highway Administration.

A Department of Defense plan to pay freight bills through a third-party electronic payment system is caught in a whirlpool of praise and criticism.