American Trucking Associations took a giant step toward unifying its splintered federation last week with a management conference that drew record attendance and generated more than a half-million dollars in political contributions.

Rep. Frank Wolf will not give up his campaign to move jurisdiction over trucking’s most important federal agency, the Office of Motor Carriers, to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. t a Capitol Hill press conference Oct. 21, the Virginia Republican vowed to resurrect the idea next year.

The road to the 21st century for American Trucking Associations begins this week in New Orleans. ore than 4,250 industry executives and their spouses are expected to attend the 1998 ATA Management Conference & Exhibition and witness the beginning of a new era for the trucking federation.

Con-Way Transportation Services, one of the fastest growing and most profitable freight carriers in the country, moved its corporate headquarters to Ann Arbor, Mich., and launched a new business to provide logistics services.

Consolidation continues to dominate the financial scene in trucking. In the past week alone, three truckload carriers, a leasing company, a distribution firm and a truck parts distributor announced deals.

Federal Highway Administrator Kenneth Wykle was expected to announce this morning the launch of a rulemaking that eventually would produce new hours of service for trucking. Instead, his deputy said the agency is seriously considering a "negotiated" rulemaking, which would bring together all interested parties to discuss regulatory reforms.

Consolidation continues to dominate the financial scene in trucking. In the past week alone, three truckload carriers, a leasing company, a distribution firm and a truck parts distributor announced deals.

Rep. Frank Wolf will not give up his campaign to move jurisdiction over trucking’s most important federal agency, the Office of Motor Carriers, to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. t a Capitol Hill press conference Oct. 21, the Virginia Republican vowed to resurrect the idea next year. (Wolf is on left.)

The road to the 21st century for American Trucking Associations begins this week in New Orleans. More than 4,250 industry executives and their spouses are expected to attend the 1998 ATA Management Conference & Exhibition and witness the beginning of a new era for the trucking federation.

M.S. Carriers, Memphis, Tenn., agreed to purchase assets of Interstate Trucking Corp. of America, a dry van truckload carrier based in Merrill, Wis.