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FDX Forms New Logistics Unit

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.

October 20, 1998

Experts Present Options for Hours of Service

A new report on hours-of-service regulations outlines five options with wide variations in the way they combine shift length, driving time, nondriving work time, sleep time and personal time.

October 20, 1998

Creativity: Turn People Loose With High-Tech Tools

Everyone who’s anyone in America’s vast distribution network has computer-based information and communication systems. These days you can’t do business without them. But in the words of one major player, “It’s not what you use but how you use it.â€

October 20, 1998

Britain to Experiment With Truck-Only Lanes

The British Highways Agency has completed a feasibility study on dedicated, truck-only lanes on the island nation’s congested motorway system, and is now testing the idea.

October 20, 1998

Current Market, Stock Buybacks Go Together

Publicly owned transportation and logistics companies are taking advantage of the current stock market downturn to repurchase their stock at bargain prices.

October 20, 1998

Pony Express Delivery Adds Western Courier

TEST Pony Express Delivery Services, Atlanta, expanded its business to seven states in the West and Southwest with the purchase of Courier Express of Los Angeles.

October 19, 1998

Landstar Quits ATA Over Dues Dispute

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.

October 19, 1998

State Ergonomics Rules Could Spur U.S. Action

Many industries, including trucking, have been telling the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration for years that there’s too little scientific data to write an effective ergonomics stan

October 19, 1998

Congress Wraps Budget Bill

Congress agreed to a $500 billion budget package Oct.

October 19, 1998

Cross-Docking: Just Another Form of JIT

If you can deal with the just-in-time deliveries that feed America’s manufacturing plants, you’re ready for cross-docking.

October 19, 1998