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Truckers hope the $54 million that the U.S. Customs Service will get next year for drug interdiction technology will also lead to fewer trucking delays on the Mexican border.

Despite the slowdown in Asian markets, Volvo Truck Corp.’s operating profits reached $248 million through the first nine months of the year, more than the $232 million the truck builder made in all of 1997.

For any remaining Doubting Thomases, last week’s annual get-together of the American Trucking Associations should have provided sufficient evidence that trucking and technology are now inextricably linked.

John E. Wren is the kind of man you would miss in a crowd. Quiet and unassuming, the Minnesota trucking executive prefers to let others do the talking — that’s about to change.

Nearly 150 trucking executives joined community volunteers on a sunny Saturday in New Orleans to paint, plant and rejuvenate their industry image.

John E. Wren, chief executive officer of Lakeville Motor Express, Roseville, Minn., was elected 1998-99 chairman of American Trucking Associations. He succeeded Edward R. Trout, president of Cornhusker Motor Lines, Omaha, Neb.

Wages, salaries and benefits paid to American workers rose by 3.7% percent over the past year, the biggest increase in more than six years.

The adjusted truck tonnage index dipped nearly 7% in August, receding for only the third time this year. The unadjusted index slipped slightly, but it is 9.6% above its year-ago level. Could this be the beginning of a downward trend — and a leading sign of an overall economic slowing?

The adjusted truck tonnage index dipped nearly 7% in August, receding for only the third time this year. The unadjusted index slipped slightly, but it is 9.6% above its year-ago level. Could this be the beginning of a downward trend — and a leading sign of an overall economic slowing?