General Electric Co. is the world’s most valuable company. Its chairman, Jack Welch, is hailed as one of the most important and visionary business leaders of his time. Truckers, however, view GE in a somewhat different light — a $90 billion corporation with an attitude.

Trism Inc., a specialist in heavy and specialized hauling, is trying to grow its trucking business by targeting new markets and joining with other companies to provide transportation service.

AmeriTruck Distribution Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and plans to sell the assets of its refrigerated trucking business and use the proceeds to reduce its debt.

Trism Inc. is trying to grow its trucking business by targeting new markets and joining with other companies to provide transportation services.

The federal government wants to retain financial reporting requirements for nearly 3,000 of the nation’s largest trucking companies, but it also may give carriers a way to keep the information private.

Yellow Corp. will expand its regional less-than-truckload service in the Pacific Northwest and the West with the acquisition of Action Express of Boise, Idaho.

Canadian-owned Trimac Transportation will merge its petroleum-hauling operations in Oregon and Washington with Harris Transportation Co. of Portland, Ore.

Flatbed carrier Boyd Bros. Transportation is going west.

While the ATA Management Conference & Exhibition produced no major policy pronouncements, there was considerable activity behind the scenes on a number of important issues.

What is the biggest risk management issue facing trucking today? Drivers, no doubt, according to a survey by Liberty Mutual Group.