Acquisition Expands Aero Industries

Aero Industries acquired Tempco Trucking Tarp Systems of Phoenix, said Jim Tuerk, Aero’s president.

February 11, 1999

S. Carolina Considers Interstate Tolls

TT File PhotoThe South Carolina Department of Transportation is considering putting tolls on its Interstates to make up for $9.4 billion shortfall in highway maintenance funding.

February 10, 1999

Oklahoma Legislator Suggests Diesel Tax to Finance Railroad Growth

An Oklahoma state senator wants to finance railroad growth by taxing truckers at the gas pump.

February 10, 1999

Regulators to Discuss Eye Studies

Federal trucking regulators will hold a conference this spring on new eye-based technology to measure driver alertness.

February 10, 1999

ANR Closes Special Services Division

ANR Advance Transportation, Milwaukee, will close the Special Services Division of its truckload operations, the company announced.

February 8, 1999

Federal Express to Increase Rates

Federal Express Corp. will increase rates by an average of 2.8% for shipments within the U.S., the company announced Monday.

February 8, 1999

Arrest Made in Truck Burnings

A 22-year-old Waianae man was arrested after trucks at a Honolulu rental company were torched for the second time.

February 3, 1999

UP Closes Land Deal With Oakland

Union Pacific Railroad sold nearly 125 acres of its land at the Port of Oakland to port authorities for $70 million.

January 28, 1999

Navistar Starts Rebuild Venture

Navistar International announced a joint venture with a subsidiary of Delco Remy International to be the worldwide remanufacturer of International brand diesel engines.

January 26, 1999

Arkansas Best Submits Stock Proposal

Arkansas Best Corp. submitted a proposal to acquire all of the stock it does not already own in Treadco Inc. for $9 a share in cash.

January 25, 1999