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The Environmental Protection Agency apparently believes it isn’t accountable, at least not to TT, our many readers, the trucking industry at large or the American public.

Federal Express Corp. and the Fedex Pilots Association reached a tentative agreement on their first-ever contract.

Record low fuel costs may sound like a boon for trucking, but some carrier executives say diesel prices have been met by demands from shippers for reduced freight charges.

The Department of Transportation is responding to criticism from safety groups that the Federal Highway Administration is not adequately handling truck safety.

Captive rail shippers pleaded with the Surface Transportation Board last week to “restore and enhance” competition in the Houston and Gulf Coast areas by granting other railroads access to Union Pacific lines.

Congress is expected to try again next year to update the nation’s postal laws, but any changes will likely be far from the privatization efforts that have taken hold in Europe.

Strike-bound ANR Advance Transportation Co. has told its 2,000 employees to expect mass layoffs in two months.

Aasche Transportation Services continued to add to its waste hauling business by acquiring assets of JR Investments related to solid waste transport services in Northwest Indiana.

Pacer International expanded its intermodal and freight brokerage operations with the acquisition of Manufacturers Consolidation Service of Memphis.

Penske Truck Leasing acquired the truck rental and leasing assets of Rent-A-Car Co., Richmond, Va. The purchase includes about 500 tractors, trailers and trucks based in Richmond, Harrisonburg, Lynchburg and Warrenton, Va.