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A botched environmental review of the plan to replace the decaying Woodrow Wilson Bridge could force trucks off the crucial Interstate 95 span.

Trucks cabs are business offices, and that’s the way manufacturers should configure them, said the chief executive of one of the nation’s largest truckload carriers.

Creech Bros. Truck Lines is joining forces with Turbo Transport, a new freight brokerage and logistics company, to broaden its service.

It wasn’t so long ago that the rail and trucking industries were grudgingly brought to the intermodal table by a few maritime companies, which were looking for ways to move their loads of freight more quickly and cheaply.

I know Mr. Scapellato [former director of the Office of Motor Carriers Research and Standards] fairly well, having first met him during a temporary assignment in the Georgia regional office of the Federal Highway Administration when I was serving as special assistant to the deputy director for field operations — a long title for a generalist. I also knew “Scap” in headquarters.

The stage appeared set for a knock-down, drag-out fight as representatives of trucking, railroads and ports were lined up to talk about the usually volatile issue of increasing productivity.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and Mark VII Transportation Co. are planning to go where no intermodal service has gone before, launching a high-speed, dedicated train service for temperature-controlled products between Southern California and Chicago.

Amtrak Mail & Express is ordering an additional 129 RoadRailer units to keep up with growing demand for its cross-country shipping service.

International Asset Systems introduced an Internet service that allows shipping lines, container lessors and intermodal companies to exchange information about equipment availability and location.

More than 1,000 truckers in Pennsylvania will have to retake a portion of their commercial driver license exam due to problems discovered at two third-party testing centers.