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Volkswagen AG agreed to buy more than 30 million shares of Scania to become the largest owner of the Swedish truck and bus maker.

Coming off a record sales year, truck dealers are “looking forward” to a slackening of the sales pace in 2000, according to James H. Westlake, director of the American Truck Dealers division of the National Automobile Dealers Assocation. ATD will hold its 37th annual convention and exposition April 8 to 11 in San Antonio.

Trucks pulling 53-foot trailers would have nearly unfettered access to most of Vermont’s major roads under legislation approved by the state House of Representatives. The only restriction would be overall vehicle length.

The Environmental Protection Agency was criticized last week by a powerful House committee chairman for not calling diesel engine manufacturers on the carpet soon enough to prevent millions of tons of excess pollution from entering the atmosphere.

Are Ryder System and CNF Inc. takeover targets?

Hub Group is spinning off its non-asset-based logistics business.

American Trucking Associations will argue April 7 against the proposed ergonomics standard in development by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, but it was one of trucking’s biggest customers that opposed the regulation on March 28.

The Surface Transportation Board hopes this week to begin the process of developing new rules for how it handles proposed rail mergers.

It’s going to get a lot simpler to know which state agency truckers and other drivers should turn to in Georgia if Gov. Roy Barnes signs recently passed legislation.

New York’s state trucking association is throwing its lobbying clout behind legislation that tackles several truck safety issues, including drug and alcohol testing, hours-of-service violations and responsibility for the condition of containers and chassis.