Dennis Webb was named general manager of Navistar International’s Heavy Vehicle Center, the company announced July 26. Webb, 52, succeeds Steve Keate, who became president of Navistar’s Truck Group on June 18.

Analysts were divided on whether fleet managers should “lock in” at current prices as the national average cost of diesel fuel rose to $1.137 a gallon last week.

Norfolk Southern and CSX Transportation ended their second month as owners of a split-up Conrail with reports of weaker earnings.

Some truckload carriers joined their counterparts in the less-than-truckload sector in imposing rate surcharges after the average cost of diesel took another jump.

As trucking companies continue to buy new Class 8 tractors at a record pace in order to meet the heavy demand for freight transportation, companies that sell components to truck makers have seen their sales and earnings lifted to new heights.

Louisiana forbids the owner of a vehicle to offer a chassis or container in intermodal exchange that does not meet federal safety regulations, under a new state law. Truckers would have the right to inspect the equipment and demand that repairs be made if necessary.

Shipments of trailers and chassis continued to slide through May, dropping 14.4% below their levels for the same five months during the record-breaking year of 1998.

Ronald J. Conway has been named president of CSX Transportation in the first of a series of executive changes at both the corporate and subsidiary levels of CSX.

As Class 8 tractors sell at a record pace in order to meet heavy demand, companies that sell components to truck makers have seen their sales and earnings lifted to new heights.

Shipments of trailers and chassis continued to slide through May, dropping 14.4% below their levels for the same five months during the record-breaking year of 1998.