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Knight Transportation bought Action Delivery Service of Corsicana, Texas, and its affiliated company, Action Warehouse Services.

Skynet Holdings of Los Angeles agreed to buy Nevada Fleet Management, a Las Vegas-based courier that provides air and ground delivery services to Nevada, Washington and Oregon under the name Fleet Delivery Service.

The Amtrak accident at Bourbonnais, Ill., that killed at least 11 people and injured scores of others last week has refocused the attention of both the trucking and railroad industries on one of their most difficult common safety problems: grade crossings.

A minority of reckless truck drivers is giving the rest of the industry a bad name. To fight back, the groups are lending support to legislation to crack down on unsafe truckers.

British industry has united in opposition to the government's 11% hike in diesel fuel taxes, which it claims will cost tens of thousands of jobs.

A Senate plan to tax truckers more than the motoring public for highway improvements failed to gain the required three-fourths majority Friday in the House.

Volvo Trucks North America has agreed to buy a stake in Petro Stopping Centers. Details of the alliance between the truck manufacturer and the travel plaza chain were not announced.

Deutsche Post and its Swiss logistics subsidiary, Danzas, announced a plan to pay about $584.6 million to take over Royal Nedlloyd’s European Transport and Distribution division.

Transit Group has acquired KAT Inc. of Chesterton, Ind., for $725,000 in cash and 812,000 shares of Transit Group common stock.

Bo Wevil Express has acquired the dry van division of A.J. Metler Hauling & Rigging of Morristown, Tenn.