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Renault has become the first western truck and car builder to establish a major foothold in the Japanese automotive market with a $5.4 billion investment in Nissan Motor Co.

United Parcel Service will be testing an engine that’s not as powerful as a locomotive but has the essential characteristics of a train’s power plant.

Rep. Jim Oberstar said he will try again to expand the freeze on longer combination vehicles, while ATA and other industry groups push their agenda on LCVs and other issues in written comments.

The Truckload Carriers Association voted to push for several changes in American Trucking Associations’ policy on rules governing driver hours of service.

Hub Group said it will exercise options to acquire the minority interests in 17 Hub operating companies for approximately $110 million.

The federal government will give motor freight carriers more time to file 1998 annual reports. It also is soliciting comments on a proposal to restrict public access to some sensitive carrier financial and operating data.

Conrail is testing a safety rule designed to reduce the likelihood of train collisions similar to one that killed two people in Williams County in January.

The truck safety debate took a new course Thursday as the National Private Truck Council called on the DOT to focus enforcement on drivers and carriers with the worst safety records.

TT File PhotoA proposed rule changing unloading operations for haulers of liquefied compressed gases such as propane could cost as much as $3,000 for each truck, an industry official said.

Older trailers will have to be retrofitted with reflective tape or reflectors within two years, under a final rule from the Federal Highway Administration.