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The Texas Motor Transportation Association donated close to 20 computers and laptops, along with printers and accessories, to a middle school’s computer recycling program.

The Buffalo and Fort Erie Bridge Authority took the first step toward beginning construction on the Peace Bridge, a primary Canada-United States link that handled 1.3 million trucks last year.

Giving drivers the opportunity to take on responsibilities outside the truck cab will encourage retention, according to a survey unveiled this week at TCA’s annual meeting

British truckers are reacting with disbelief and outrage at their government’s decision to increase diesel taxes this year by almost the equivalent of the bulk price of diesel fuel itself.

The Arkansas Senate is to vote Tuesday on a pair of House bills on improving highways but four state Senators are proposing changes that Gov. Mike Huckabee says could kill the measures.

Graduates of truck driver training courses certified by the Professional Truck Driver Institute could get a few extra benefits as they start their jobs.

Eaton Corp. last week introduced a new transmission that company spokesmen say will be the “platform for the firm’s transmission offerings well into the next millennium.”

Drivers for dry van fleets spend less time waiting to load and unload than drivers for refrigerated fleets, according to preliminary results of a new study by the Truckload Carriers Assn.

Members of the Truckload Carriers Assn. Education & Training Committee endorsed establishing a program to offer education and training to executives, mid-level managers, safety personnel, dispatchers, driver recruiters and others.

Emery Worldwide of Redwood City, Calif., has reached an agreement to acquire the air and ocean freight business of Walsh Western International Ltd., its partner in Ireland.