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Western Star to Receive B.C. Funds
The government of British Columbia has announced plans to invest in Western Star Trucks Holdings, a venture that could result in partial government ownership of the private truck-making company in Canada.
May 19, 1999North American Show Draws Record 30,000
The teeming mass of an estimated 30,000 people was a pleasant sight for organizers of the North American Truck Show, making it the best turnout in the program’s 27-year history.
May 19, 1999Xtra Lease Goes Online To Recruit Customers
Xtra Lease is promoting its new site on the World Wide Web with a marketing campaign that allows the trailer leasing company to gather information on potential customers in exchange for contributing money to Trucker Buddy.
May 19, 1999Container ‘Roadability’ Comment Time Extended
The Federal Highway Administration has extended until Aug. 30 the deadline for comments on its proposed rulemaking regarding the “roadworthiness†of intermodal equipment.
May 19, 1999Kansas Eases Burden Of Road Bill on Truckers
Kansas truckers scored a small victory when the state’s legislature passed a transportation plan that relies on fuel taxes, bond sales and the diversion of funds from other sources to pay for $12 billion in infrastructure improvements.
May 19, 1999Cirillo Does Not Support Separate Trucking Agency
The government's top motor carrier safety regulator thinks setting a dedicated trucking agency apart from the highway office is not a good idea.
May 19, 1999Cochrane Keeps Zest for Trucking
When J. Harwood Cochrane founded truckload carrier Highway Express in 1991, he was starting his "second career" with high hopes.
May 19, 1999FHWA To Review Self-Insurance
The Federal Highway Administration is reviewing self-insurance standards for trucking companies.
May 19, 1999Federal Weight-Distance Tax Proposed
Legislation replacing three federal truck taxes with a weight-distance tax was proposed May 13 by Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman John Chafee (R-RI).
May 19, 1999Central Freight to Go Public
Central Freight Lines, a storied Texas-based regional less-than-truckload carrier, is planning the first initial public offering by a trucking company in more than a year.
May 19, 1999