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Consolidated Freightways said it expects its fourth-quarter earnings to be substantially better than consensus estimates of 28 cents a share.

Penske Logistics was named lead logistics provider for Whirlpool Corp.’s regional distribution system.

Fears apparently were unwarranted that U.S.-led air strikes against Iraq would raise world crude oil costs and disrupt the record low diesel prices trucking has been enjoying.

Emerging transponder technology has allowed truckers to bypass highway weigh stations, but it has also generated a dispute over the ownership of the signals these devices produce.

The Surface Transportation Board extended for one year the authority of motor carrier rate bureaus to set rates and the National Classification Committee to establish commodity classes for freight moving by truck.

Arkansas Best Corp. said its Treadco Inc. subsidiary settled its long-running dispute with Bandag Inc. over Bandag’s recruitment of Treadco executives and attempts to divert customers from Treadco.

Evidence mounted that the Environmental Protection Agency knew long before it lowered the boom on diesel engine makers that their engines had pollution problems and that EPA’s own certification test was so poorly designed it failed to detect illegal emissions levels.

The Environmental Protection Agency apparently believes it isn’t accountable, at least not to TT, our many readers, the trucking industry at large or the American public.

The Federal Highway Administration last week announced it is taking the first step toward a negotiated rulemaking to update hours of service regulations for truck drivers.

Record low fuel costs may sound like a boon for trucking, but some carrier executives say diesel prices have been met by demands from shippers for reduced freight charges..