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Membership is up at the Truckload Carriers Association, despite some concerns that a plan to make membership contingent upon joining ATA will drive carriers away.

If all goes as planned March 17, the Truckload Carriers Association will decide on a new vision that will remove the 61-year-old group from the public policy arena and put it on the path toward integration with ATA.

Get on the Web or get left behind, members of the Truckload Carriers Associations were warned at a Sunday session on how small carriers can take advantage of the Internet.

Weight-distances taxes were on the legislative burner in two states last week.

The challenge of harnessing technology for better productivity is shaping the content of The Maintenance Council’s annual meeting and equipment exhibition.

TNT Logistics North America received a $60 million, five-year contract with the Defense Supply Centre in Philadelphia, the company announced.

TT File PhotoWhile waiting for official certification of his election as general president of the Teamsters union, James P. Hoffa’s (pictured) influence is already being felt with his selection of key members of his incoming administration.

The House Ground Transportation Subcommittee will hear from the General Accounting Office and the Department of Transportation’s inspector general at the second hearing in its series of sessions on motor carrier safety.

Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater continued his defense of the Department of Transportation’s handling of motor carrier safety at a March 4 congressional hearing.