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Esco Switches Tack, Focuses on Intermodal
Esco Transportation is trying to struggle back from bankruptcy by cutting its over-the-road trucking operations in half, and concentrating instead on its intermodal business, according to the chairman of the Houston-based company.
October 18, 2000Oregon Study Confirms Complaint About Fees
A study done by the Oregon Department of Transportation shows that truckers in the state hauling certain natural products paid a flat fee instead of the state’s weight-distance tax – resulting in a collective tax break that totaled $3.575 million in 1999.
October 18, 2000Oregon Study Confirms Tax Complaints
A study done by the Oregon Department of Transportation shows that truckers in the state hauling certain natural products paid a flat fee instead of the state’s weight-distance tax – resulting in a collective tax break that totaled $3.575 million in 1999.
October 17, 2000N.Y. Begins to Fine Smoke-Test Violators
New York, though behind schedule, has begun putting some sting to its enforcement of restrictions on how much smoke may come out of diesel engine exhaust stacks.
October 17, 2000Esco Refocuses on Intermodal
Esco Transportation is trying to struggle back from bankruptcy by cutting its over-the-road trucking operations in half and concentrating instead on its intermodal business.
October 16, 2000ATA Puts Bill Canary in Charge Of State, Federation Relations
William J. Canary Jr., vice president of intergovernmental affairs for American Trucking Associations, has added the duties of senior vice president for state and federation affairs.
October 16, 2000California Board Approves Diesel Soot-Trap Retrofit
The California Air Resources Board gave approval to a plan that would require 1.25 million diesel engine owners to retrofit their engines with soot traps.
October 11, 2000Connecticut Addresses Transportation Problems
Attendees of the first-ever Connecticut transportation summit toiled to come up with solutions to the state’s crumbling infrastructure woes.
October 11, 2000Conn. Addresses Transportation Problems
Attendees of the first-ever Connecticut transportation summit toiled to come up with solutions to the state’s crumbling infrastructure woes.
October 10, 2000Feds Investigate Illegal Drivers in Iowa
Allegations that Australians and New Zealanders are working as truck drivers in Iowa without complying with immigration laws have sparked a federal investigation, according to the Des Moines Register newspaper.
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