Despite stiff opposition from rail labor organizations and farm-state senators, the Senate Commerce Committee voted Sept. 30 to confirm Linda J. Morgan to a second five-year term as chairman of the Surface Transportation Board.

Transit Group agreed to acquire the assets of Land Transportation LLC and a related freight brokerage operation from Rocor International of Oklahoma City for $18.5 million in cash and debt, plus an undetermined number of shares of its common stock.

When Ford Motor Co. issued a mandate that all of its suppliers comply with ISO 9002, an international standard for quality, A.D. Transport Express had little choice but to go along with the program. After all, Ford was the $30 million carrier’s largest customer.

About 6:30 every morning, Urbano Petrizza arrives at the RPS Inc. terminal here dressed in an RPS uniform and picks up his RPS van. But he's not an employee: He's an independent contractor.

Covenant Transport, Chattanooga, Tenn., purchased the assets of ATW Inc., a long-haul truckload carrier based in Greensboro, N.C.

Amid shipper protests, the Surface Transportation Board voted to suspend truck freight rate increases proposed by four motor carrier rate bureaus while the board investigates the hikes.

Despite stiff opposition, the Senate Commerce Committee voted Sept. 30 to confirm Linda J. Morgan to a second five-year term as chairman of the Surface Transportation Board.

Guaranteed Overnight Delivery of Newark, N.J., has purchased Titan Express of Hillburn, N.Y., and will operate the company independently with no change in its management staff.

Bandag Inc. is suing Michelin North America for what it says is an attempt by the French-owned tire maker to eliminate Bandag as a competitor in the retread business.

Nearly 10 years after signing its first contract to move truckload shipments by rail, J.B. Hunt Transport Services has decided to separate its intermodal operations from its truckload van business.