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TT File PhotoBuoyed by the first-ever profit on its international operations, United Parcel Service turned in a stellar performance in 1998. The Atlanta-based parcel carrier earned $1.7 billion on revenue of $24.8 billion, compared with net income of $909 million on revenue in 1997.

The safety record of railroads was criticized this week by a new group comprised of municipal officials from around the country.

A vote by the European Union to reduce aircraft noise by banning the use of some Boeing 727 aircraft has international air freight carriers and the U.S. Congress up in arms.

TT File PhotoA congressional panel Tuesday heard pleas to improve truck safety by reducing drivers' hours, increasing their required sleep and expanding inspections of big rigs. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA.) contends the Motor Carrier and Highway Safety business unit is too cozy with the trucking industry.

The fuel use taxes collected on toll roads in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and New York amount to illegal double taxation of truckers, according to the Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association.

A woman has pleaded guilty in a federal court to a charge arising from a scheme to take truckers’ money for performing drug testing services without ever having a doctor review the results.

Diesel engine companies thought the book was nearly closed on their dispute over emissions testing when they agreed to settle the allegations in October, but the final chapter may be months from being written.

The Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO adopted a new safety agenda at the winter meeting of the labor federation’s Executive Board.

Trailer sales in 1998 kept pace with the strong showing of Class 8 trucks, setting a record of their own with shipment of 344,007 complete trailers and chassis.

Charles Jeffress went where no Occupational Safety and Health administrator had gone before last week, speaking at the American Trucking Associations’ Winter Leadership Meeting and encouraging the organization to join him as he sought new frontiers of cooperation.