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UPS Inc., in order to reduce costs and improve its scheduling, is switching to sending containers on flatcars by rail and moving away from shipping trailers on flatcars.

The chairman of the House Transportation Committee last week called for a special bridge-repair fund, following the Interstate 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis, and said a temporary federal fuel tax increase was among the options to pay for it.

The chairman of the House Transportation Committee last week called for a special bridge-repair fund, following the Interstate 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis, and said a temporary federal fuel tax increase was among the options to pay for it.

The chairman of the House Transportation Committee last week called for a special bridge-repair fund, following the Interstate 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis, and said a temporary federal fuel tax increase was among the options to pay for it.

UPS Inc., the nation’s largest single employer of Teamsters, said it is proceeding in talks with a union-related pension plan that could result in the parcel giant’s withdrawing from the multi-employer funds that cover current and retired union members.

Allow me to begin by expressing our appreciation for including information about JOST Interna-tional in the July 9 edition of Transport Topics’ Equipment & Maintenance Update supplement in an article titled, “On the Care and Feeding of the Humble Fifth Wheel” (E&MU, p. 1).

Canadian firm Contrans Income Fund’s second-quarter income dropped to C$1.5 million or 5 cents a unit, from C$10.3 million or 36 cents a year ago.

Canadian firm Contrans Income Fund’s second-quarter income dropped to C$1.5 million or 5 cents a unit, from C$10.3 million or 36 cents a year ago.

Canadian transportation firm TransForce Income Fund said late Wednesday it earned C$26.3 million or 31 cents a share in the first quarter, down from C$34.9 million or 40 cents a year earlier.