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The safety record of railroads was criticized this week by a new group comprised of municipal officials from around the country.

A vote by the European Union to reduce aircraft noise by banning the use of some Boeing 727 aircraft has international air freight carriers and the U.S. Congress up in arms.

Danzas shareholders approved the $1.1 billion sale of their company to the German post office, Deutsche Post, creating one of the world’s largest freight transportation groups.

FDX Corp., the parent of Federal Express, spent $90 million preparing for a pilots strike that never occurred, company officials said.

The planned conversion of a Kansas City airport to an international freight center has cleared a major hurdle with City Council approval of leases for Kansas City Southern Railway.

The board of directors of American Trucking Associations last week approved a $54.4 million budget for 1999 that includes a $2.9 million operating deficit to help pay for a 25% reduction in dues.

American Trucking Associations wants to hold policy discussions on bigger, heavier trucks and on railroad competitive access with rail officials.

Diesel engine companies thought the book was nearly closed on their dispute over emissions testing when they agreed to settle the allegations in October, but the final chapter may be months from being written.

The Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO adopted a new safety agenda at the winter meeting of the labor federation’s Executive Board.

Trailer sales in 1998 kept pace with the strong showing of Class 8 trucks, setting a record of their own with shipment of 344,007 complete trailers and chassis.