Issues surrounding membership integration into American Trucking Associations poses the major challenge facing The Maintenance Council, Bill Wolterstorff believes.

Shipments of truck trailers in 1999 totaled 275,366, almost 20% below the record 343,865 shipped in 1998, according to figures compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Census and reported by the Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association.

The $5.9-billion merger of Swedish truck makers Volvo and Scania may be dead, Bloomberg News reported last week.

Amtrak intends to expand its long-distance passenger and freight service with more trains running between New York and Chicago as a way of increasing revenue.

Shipments of truck trailers in 1999 totaled 275,366, almost 20% below 1998's record tally according to federal figures, but one analyst says '99 was another record year.

Surging gasoline prices are likely to thwart hopes that lower demand for heating oil will bring speedy relief in the cost of diesel fuel, as refiners move to maximize profits by producing more gasoline.

Some 3,000 trucking industry maintenance technicians are expected to attend the annual meeting of The Maintenance Council, scheduled for March 6 to 9 at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tenn.

The price of diesel fuel in New England dropped by more than 19 cents a gallon for the second week in a row, helping to hold the national average price steady at $1.456 a gallon despite increases in the Midwest and West.

Navistar International trucks are now, once and for all, simply “International” trucks.

Navistar International trucks are now, once and for all, simply “International” trucks as the company announced a name change for its truck business.