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TCA Members Urged to Get Online

Get on the Web or get left behind, members of the Truckload Carriers Associations were warned at a Sunday session on how small carriers can take advantage of the Internet.

March 15, 1999

Oregon, Arkansas Could Be Heading Away From Weight-Distance Taxes

Weight-distances taxes were on the legislative burner in two states last week.

March 15, 1999

TMC Meeting to Focus on Technology

The challenge of harnessing technology for better productivity is shaping the content of The Maintenance Council鈥檚 annual meeting and equipment exhibition.

March 15, 1999

TNT Logistics Nets Defense Contract

TNT Logistics North America received a $60 million, five-year contract with the Defense Supply Centre in Philadelphia, the company announced.

March 15, 1999

Hoffa Names 7 to Leadership Posts

TT File PhotoWhile waiting for official certification of his election as general president of the Teamsters union, James P. Hoffa鈥檚 (pictured) influence is already being felt with his selection of key members of his incoming administration.

March 12, 1999

House Panel Continues Safety Series

The House Ground Transportation Subcommittee will hear from the General Accounting Office and the Department of Transportation鈥檚 inspector general at the second hearing in its series of sessions on motor carrier safety.

March 12, 1999

Slater Seeks Funding for Safety

Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater continued his defense of the Department of Transportation鈥檚 handling of motor carrier safety at a March 4 congressional hearing.

March 12, 1999

DOT Reviews HazMat Oversight

The Department of Transportation has launched a review of the federal government鈥檚 oversight of hazardous materials transportation.

March 12, 1999

U.S. Wants to Tax Trucks at Border

TT File PhotoThe U.S. wants to slap a levy on transport trucks that carry billions of dollars a day in goods across the Canada-U.S. border.

March 11, 1999

Does CDL Testing Need a Tune Up?

The commercial driver license is under scrutiny as researchers and government officials consider giving it a tune up..

March 11, 1999

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