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Xtra Corp. terminated merger discussions with Apollo Management and Interpool Inc. and said it intends to remain an independent company.

The Federal Highway Administration today announced it is considering using a negotiated rulemaking to update hours of service regulations for truck drivers.

The German postal service, Deutsche Post AG, has launched a $1.1 billion tender offer for Danzas, the Swiss-based international freight forwarder and logistics company.

James P. HoffaSeven years after Ron Carey trumpeted the arrival of the “New Teamsters,” the unspoken question about the 1998 Teamsters presidential race is “Will Jim Hoffa bring back the old Teamsters?”

The Justice Department has had the Teamsters union on its ear since June 1987.

Two U.S.-based transportation companies have made acquisitions in Argentina as part of efforts to expand service to the Mercosur region of South America — Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay.

A strike against Milwaukee-based ANR Advance Transportation entered its second day Dec. 9 with picketing at all 41 terminals in 13 states.

An Idaho District Court rejected Idaho's attempts to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the American Trucking Associations’ against the state’s weight-distance tax.

The Federal Highway Administration used new authority granted by the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to issue exemptions from federal standards to 24 truck drivers with deficient eyesight.