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Diesel fuel prices finished 1999 at $1.298 a gallon after a roller-coaster ride over the year. While analysts do not expect similar wild fluctuations during 2000, they intend to keep a close watch on global crude oil output.

A new feature of the Transportation Department’s SafeStat system enables motor carriers to check where they rank on the priority list for federal safety compliance reviews.

The proposed merger of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe and the Canadian National railroads may face a major hurdle in the form of a review by federal regulators.

Trucker Tony Walter spends his days and nights hauling freight for C.R. England, but the Salt Lake City-based refrigerated carrier never sees a dime of the profits.

Hadley Auto Transport, a family-owned business started in 1931, has been sold to Hidden Creek Industries, a Minneapolis-based investment management firm with interests in a variety of automotive and truck equipment suppliers.

A management group led by president William H. Clark has purchased Trans-States Lines of Fort Smith, Ark., from the H.L. Hembree family, which has owned the company since 1989.

Amid all the millennium hype, which has generally absorbed and replaced the seemingly endless Y2K hype, a few moments of reflection reveal that 1999 was a very busy and productive year for trucking.

Walter B. McCormick Jr., president of the American Trucking Associations, recently called upon Edward R. Hamberger, president of the Association of American Railroads, to meet with him to discuss freight transportation productivity.

The Department of Transportation’s inspector general recommends using recording devices to assist in efforts to improve surface transportation safety, which he says needs to remain a top priority at the agency.