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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, 1998ATA 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, 1998CF-Yellow Deal Falls Through
Is another big-time merger among less-than-truckload carriers in the offing?
December 21, 1998TNT 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, 1998Evidence 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, 1998Editorial: 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, 1998FedEx, Pilots Reach Agreement
Federal Express Corp. and the Fedex Pilots Association reached a tentative agreement on their first-ever contract.
December 18, 1998Lower 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, 1998Slater 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, 1998Shippers 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.
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