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Sales of Class 8 trucks through November remained strong despite reports of falling orders in October that led one manufacturer to lay off workers recently. The 11-month total for 1999 hit 238,489, crushing the record of 209,483 set in 1998 and keeping pace to reach 260,000 for the year.

As the Teamsters’ strike against Overnite Transportation Co. lumbered into its eighth week, union organizers launched two new offensives designed to keep pressure on their adversary.

After listening to a two-hour briefing on proposed ergonomics rules, tougher diesel emissions standards and changes in driver hours of service, a top federal transportation official had just one question for the staff experts at American Trucking Associations: “What does it all mean in terms of increased cost to shippers?”

Days after President Clinton approved the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the Department of Transportation’s chief watchdog encouraged the new agency to use the tools it has to improve safety.

A lot of ideas are circulating about the qualities that the first head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ought to possess, everything from a tough cop to trucking's best friend.

When Vicki Carpenter started her trucking career in late 1980s, she practically had to stand up in the cab to reach the pedals. But truck manufacturers are making cabs that better fit the driver.

Electric vehicles were seen as high technology in the late 19th century, and they came into favor at a time when nobody foresaw the problems of air pollution and oil spills that would arise decades later.

This afternoon's headlines: Driver gets vision exemption after delays, court battle; Truckers take reckless driver off the road in Arkansas; and Philadelphia cops nab 9 truckers in drug sting.

In the news this morning: Onex buys U.S. auto hauler; Texas truckers plan driving safety campaign; and Fuel haulers waiting to comply with San Antonio's new hazmat routing plan.

Trucking execs who think there’s little they can do to prevent cargo theft should talk to Gary Fitzsimmons, an ex-cop who has helped cut Swift Transportation's losses by 50% while business increased.