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Freightliner Corp. is the “800-pound gorilla” of trucking in the United States — and its president, James Hebe, seems to relish the role.

Researchers and transportation companies in California began a full-scale test of a new diesel fuel that Atlantic Richfield Co. claims can reduce pollution by up to 15%.

Eileen Lindberg of Detroit Diesel Corp., Kevin M. Otto of Cummins Engine Co., and Hershel Brown of Proline Carriers received the Silver Spark Plug award at the Maintenance Council's fall meeting.

Canadian Auto Workers bargainers have reached a tentative agreement on a contract with General Motors Corp. and union members are expected to ratify it this weekend.

In the news this morning: Evergreen agrees to settle lawsuit; Houston Police crack down on trucks; and P.A.M. Transportation Services announces third-quarter results.

This afternoon's headlines: Ill. truck license middleman is sentenced; German truck maker MAN sees stable earnings, sales; and Smithway Motor Xpress reports third quarter results.

A minor accident seven years ago taught Overnite driver Tommie Hawks a valuable lesson, and it paid off last week when he was named Driver of the Year by the Safety Management Council.

The safest trucking operations seem to have intertwining dimensions of driver, machine and management, judging by the success of Viking Freight and Pitt-Ohio Express.

Chris Licht, director of safety and training for Anderson Trucking Service in St. Cloud, Minn., is American Trucking Associations’ 1998 Safety Director of the Year.

After a three-month search, United Road Services named Gerald R. Riordan, the former head of Ryder System’s consumer truck rental business, to be its new chief executive officer.