Esco Transportation is trying to struggle back from bankruptcy by cutting its over-the-road trucking operations in half, and concentrating instead on its intermodal business, according to the chairman of the Houston-based company.

A study done by the Oregon Department of Transportation shows that truckers in the state hauling certain natural products paid a flat fee instead of the state’s weight-distance tax – resulting in a collective tax break that totaled $3.575 million in 1999.

A study done by the Oregon Department of Transportation shows that truckers in the state hauling certain natural products paid a flat fee instead of the state’s weight-distance tax – resulting in a collective tax break that totaled $3.575 million in 1999.

New York, though behind schedule, has begun putting some sting to its enforcement of restrictions on how much smoke may come out of diesel engine exhaust stacks.

Esco Transportation is trying to struggle back from bankruptcy by cutting its over-the-road trucking operations in half and concentrating instead on its intermodal business.

William J. Canary Jr., vice president of intergovernmental affairs for American Trucking Associations, has added the duties of senior vice president for state and federation affairs.

The California Air Resources Board gave approval to a plan that would require 1.25 million diesel engine owners to retrofit their engines with soot traps.

Attendees of the first-ever Connecticut transportation summit toiled to come up with solutions to the state’s crumbling infrastructure woes.

Attendees of the first-ever Connecticut transportation summit toiled to come up with solutions to the state’s crumbling infrastructure woes.

Congress is still trying to keep the Occupational Safety and Health Administration from issuing an ergonomics rule with a law banning OSHA from spending any money to write or issue the standard.