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New York Truckers Face Size Crackdown by City Officials

New York City officials warn the trucking industry that they intend to increase enforcement of the city’s vehicle size restrictions.

December 22, 1999
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Mitsubishi, Volvo Announce Global Partnership

Volvo AB and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. have completed an agreement to form an alliance that is expected to open new markets to both manufacturers in the United States and elsewhere around the world.

December 22, 1999
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New President for Landstar Ligon

Landstar System installed G. Tom Beam as president of its Landstar Ligon subsidiary, taking the first step in what is expected to be a concerted effort by Landstar management to reverse a proposed unsatisfactory safety rating by the Department of Transportation.

December 22, 1999
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ATA Chief McCormick Seeks Summit With Rail Interests

The leader of the nation’s largest trucking trade association has challenged the railroad industry to engage in a “new dialogue” aimed at “assuring fast, frequent, safe freight delivery” and called for a summit early next year between the transportation modes.

December 22, 1999
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Diesel Price Falls for Second Week

The national average price of diesel fuel provided a little holiday cheer by dropping for the second consecutive week. But the fall to $1.288 a gallon prompted one analyst to warn that the oil market was in a purge-and-binge mindset.

December 22, 1999
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Mead: New Motor Carrier Office Must Fix Safety Problems

Days after President Clinton signed legislation creating a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the head of the Department of Transportation’s watchdog office encouraged the new agency to use the tools it has to improve truck and bus safety.

December 22, 1999
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Trucking Wish List for Top Safety Official

A lot of ideas are circulating about the qualities that the first head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ought to possess.

December 22, 1999
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Swift Transportation Reaps Benefit Of Aggressive Anti-Theft Steps

Trucking executives who think there’s little they can do to prevent cargo theft should talk to Gary Fitzsimmons.

December 22, 1999
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Oregon Trucking Lays Plans For Ballot Battle Over Taxes

Convincing voters to raise their own taxes is a tall order, but that’s the task Oregon truckers face if they want a repeal of the state’s weight-distance tax to take effect.

December 22, 1999
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Trucking, Arkansas Educators Plan Driver Training Center

Trucking industry officials and educators say they will work together in Arkansas to build a driver training and transportation worker learning center, whose young graduates would be exempt from the federal minimum age for interstate truckers.

December 22, 1999