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A woman has pleaded guilty in a federal court to a charge arising from a scheme to take truckers’ money for performing drug testing services without ever having a doctor review the results.

Montana’s motorists will be bound by a numerical speed limit, but the laws for truckers will be held in place by their own request.

ANR Advance Transportation Co. of Milwaukee announced the sale of ConEx, its flatbed truckload division, to an undisclosed investor group.

TT File PhotoBuoyed by the first-ever profit on its international operations, United Parcel Service turned in a stellar performance in 1998. The Atlanta-based parcel carrier earned $1.7 billion on revenue of $24.8 billion, compared with net income of $909 million on revenue in 1997.

The safety record of railroads was criticized this week by a new group comprised of municipal officials from around the country.

A vote by the European Union to reduce aircraft noise by banning the use of some Boeing 727 aircraft has international air freight carriers and the U.S. Congress up in arms.

Danzas shareholders approved the $1.1 billion sale of their company to the German post office, Deutsche Post, creating one of the world’s largest freight transportation groups.

FDX Corp., the parent of Federal Express, spent $90 million preparing for a pilots strike that never occurred, company officials said.

The planned conversion of a Kansas City airport to an international freight center has cleared a major hurdle with City Council approval of leases for Kansas City Southern Railway.

The board of directors of American Trucking Associations last week approved a $54.4 million budget for 1999 that includes a $2.9 million operating deficit to help pay for a 25% reduction in dues.