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After having future financing cut off by both its parent companies, Orbcomm Global and seven of its subsidiaries filed for bankruptcy protection on Sept. 15.

John A. McQuaid resigned as president and chief executive officer of the National Private Truck Council.

An experiment under consideration by the Florida Department of Transportation would test the effects of allowing certain 95,000-pound trucks on state highways.

After backtracking for a few days early last week, it appeared that President Clinton was finally about to tap into the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve to fight back against outrageous fuel prices.

Until Sept. 16, the California trucker was the child caught between two warring parents. While the California Air Resources Board and Southern California’s regional South Coast Air Quality Management District argued about whether we truckers should have our porridge hot or cold, we just wanted to go out and play with the other kids.

Thousands of logistics professionals are descending on the Big Easy to try to make sense out of how the Internet is changing their industry.

Both government and business leaders say collaboration is necessary and often can encourage competition by helping firms expand into foreign markets, fund research and development and lower production and other costs.

Even with the Internet, it appears that Santa Clause’s sleigh may still be the best way to ensure that Christmas deliveries get to their destinations on time.

Shippers, carriers and logistics companies all claim to want long-term business relationships with each other. But somehow, the goal remains elusive as irritation and self-interest often manage to trump understanding and trust.

Change is on the way for trucking and other industrial sectors that have to deal with the Internal Revenue Service, but it may not be good news for small operations that usually fail to make a blip on the tax agency’s auditing radar.