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At a time when transportation trade groups are struggling to retain membership, the Transportation Intermediaries Association is undergoing a growth spurt.

With customer satisfaction at an all-time high following an internal reorganization of Yellow Freight System, the less-than-truckload carrier’s parent corporation plans to continue improving its operations and use of technology while examining cost-cutting measures at its other trucking affiliates.

When unionized less-than-truckload carriers negotiate their next contract with the Teamsters union, they will be represented by a new lead negotiator, Mark W. Rodgers.

The 13-year-old commercial driver license program is about to get a fine-tuning as part of the motor carrier safety legislation awaiting President Clinton’s signature.

Trucking will get one of its long-awaited wishes fulfilled Jan. 1, when the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration becomes a separate agency within the Department of Transportation.

The 13-year-old commercial driver license program is about to get a fine-tuning. Motor carrier safety legislation awaiting President Clinton’s signature will make it harder for truck or bus operators with bad driving records — either on-duty or off-duty — to keep their CDL.

Shippers attending the 92nd annual meeting of the National Industrial Transportation League got a sobering message about how they do business from truckers, drivers and peers: If they don’t shape up, their freight won’t get shipped out.

Shippers at this year's meeting of the National Industrial Transportation League got a sobering message from carriers: If they don’t shape up, their freight won’t get shipped out.

Rep. James L. Oberstar (D-Minn.) has introduced legislation reauthorizing the Surface Transportation Board that would have a drastic effect on future rail mergers.

Lawmakers broke a logjam over creation of a federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, leading the House to pass a revised version of its truck and safety bill Nov. 18 and clearing the way for Senate passage, which was imminent at press time.