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URS Assembles Car Haul Network
United Road Services is putting together the first national nonunion auto hauling and towing network. Since completing a stock offering in May, URS has acquired more than a dozen companies.
February 17, 1999
Seth Clevenger and Mike Senatore dive into the Transport Topics Top 100 list of the largest logistics companies. They address trade challenges, mergers, sector trends and more.
N.J. Officials Look at Toll Hikes
Rates could increase on New Jersey’s two largest toll roads by 20% in the next five years as state officials look for ways to fund $2.3 billion in roadway construction.
February 17, 1999New Nabors Makes Trailers
After a nearly 10-year shutdown, production has resumed at the Nabors trailer plant in Mansfield, La. — but it’s really a new operation.
February 17, 1999Latest Arkansas Highway Proposal Would Impose 4.5% Gas Tax
All varieties of roads, from interstates to city streets, would get a share of the wealth generated by a newly proposed 4.5 percent wholesale tax on diesel and gasoline fuels.
February 17, 1999Quake Develops Communicator
Quake Wireless, San Diego, has developed a satellite communicator that monitors heavy equipment in remote locations.
February 17, 1999Split Over STB’s Rail Reach Appears at Burkes Hearing
The recent confirmation hearing for Surface Transportation Board nominee Wayne Burkes served as a preview of the upcoming debate on reauthorization of the regulatory body.
February 17, 1999Wolf, ATA Talk Trucking Safety
TT PhotoRep. Frank Wolf (pictured), a major critic of trucking, and the industry’s most powerful group agreed last week to work together on improving trucking safety and to support formation of a blue ribbon panel that would study the issues further.
February 16, 1999Report: Volvo in Talks With Navistar
Swedish vehicle maker Volvo AB says it is talking to U.S. truck manufacturer Navistar International Corp. about a possible takeover, the Financial Times reported in Monday's editions.
February 16, 1999Labor Cool to Ergonomics Rule
The AFL-CIO has given lukewarm support to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s latest attempt at an ergonomics regulation.
February 16, 1999ATA Directors Hold Winter Session
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), chairman of the Commerce Committee headlines American Trucking Associations’ Board of Directors winter meeting in San Francisco this week.
February 16, 1999