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Treadco Settles Bandag Dispute

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.

December 22, 1998

ATA Urges Clinton to Open Border

TT File PhotoAmerican Trucking Associations commemorated the third anniversary of the scheduled implementation of the trucking provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement by urging President Clinton to completely open four Southwestern states to Mexican trucks.

December 21, 1998

CF-Yellow Deal Falls Through

Is another big-time merger among less-than-truckload carriers in the offing?

December 21, 1998

TNT Post Group Buys Jet Services

Holland’s TNT Post Group has paid $360 million to acquire the French express delivery company, Jet Services.

December 21, 1998

Evidence Grows That EPA Knew About Diesel Engine Test Flaws

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.

December 18, 1998

Editorial: The EPA and Accountability

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.

December 18, 1998

FedEx, Pilots Reach Agreement

Federal Express Corp. and the Fedex Pilots Association reached a tentative agreement on their first-ever contract.

December 18, 1998

Lower Fuel Prices Raise Demands

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.

December 18, 1998

Slater Counters Claybrook

The Department of Transportation is responding to criticism from safety groups that the Federal Highway Administration is not adequately handling truck safety.

December 18, 1998

Shippers Ask STB for Help

Captive rail shippers pleaded with the Surface Transportation Board last week to “restore and enhance” competition in the Houston and Gulf Coast areas by granting other railroads access to Union Pacific lines.

December 18, 1998