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An Iowa judge ordered a trucking company convicted of falsifying driver logbooks to implement a monitoring system and pay fines.

Viking Freight said it would implement a 5.8% rate increase effective Jan. 4, 1999.

National Processing Inc. is exploring the sale of its freight payment processing business.

Central American Medical Outreach is looking for trucking companies willing to help its relief efforts to get badly needed supplies to Honduran victims of Hurricane Mitch.

A sudden strike by union workers at United Parcel Service facilities in the Chicago area lasted only hours before union officials called it off Wednesday. About 11,000 UPS workers were involved.

A new standard issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration could require trucking companies to give training lessons to their drivers on how to safely operate forklifts.

The Department of Defense's decision to roll out a new computerized system for calculating mileage is not popular with small businesses.

Eck Miller Transportation, a unit of Intrenet Inc., acquired the assets of CWP Transportation, a flatbed and freight brokerage business.

Ryder Integrated Logistics, Inc., an operating unit of Ryder System, has been awarded a $4.4 million contract to manage and operate the outbound distribution of products for Affiliated Food Stores, Inc.

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader has endorsed the transfer of the Office of Motor Carriers from the Federal Highway Administration to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.