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This afternoon's headlines: ILA, Teamsters to work together on port trucker issues; Bill allows longer truck combinations on Maine roads; and VW truck division head says company has enough cash on hand for pssible acquisition.

Inspired by the miltary's success in changing the way it pays its freight bills, the General Services Administration is moving to encourage all federal agencies to adopt electronic payment systems.

European noise restrictions that vary by nation are slowing the growth of air cargo, according to a UPS executive.

In the news this morning: FedEx to form less-than-containerload logistics service for Asian market; EPA plans to order cuts in diesel fuel sulfur levels; and VW truck division chief says he's 'interested' in Scania.

Former top Teamsters official William Hamilton Jr., who was convicted of charges of embezzling $885,000 in union funds to help get Ron Carey re-elected as union president, was sentenced Tuesday to 36 months in prison.

This afternoon's headlines: J.B. Hunt joins Swift, Covenant and others to form online logistics venture; Court reduces truck driver's $3.5 million verdict for accident; and Sweden blasts EU decision to block Volvo/Scania merger

In a surprising reversal, the chairman of the Truckload Carriers Association has come out against the proposed integration of the group with American Trucking Associations.

United Parcel Service, the nation’s largest trucking company and the largest railroad freight customer, urged the Surface Transportation Board to impose a two-year moratorium on further rail mergers.

Overnite Transportation and the Teamsters union scheduled five days of negotiating sessions in the next month, even after both sides reported no progress in two days of meetings last week.

A federal agency charged with collecting financial and operating statistics from trucking firms has denied requests from 24 carriers that the data not be released to the public.