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American Trucking Associations selected 25 of the nation’s best drivers as finalists for its 1999 America’s Road Team. Twelve of the candidates will be named to the team in January.

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.

The Federal Highway Administration will conduct a symposium on improving transportation communications with the public Dec. 3-4 at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in Alexandria, Va. The meeting has two goals: to make people more aware of transportation concerns and to improve their perception of transportation. It also aims to better cooperation among communications professionals in various transportation sectors.

Ron E. Gant, the voice of Tennessee trucking for the last decade, is leaving the state association to join the staff of Great West Casualty Insurance Co., which writes trucking coverage.

The union for Airborne Express pilots has filed a federal lawsuit against the Seattle-based overnight-delivery company and is starting a protest against what it says is intimidation of flight crews over safety issues.

Before the $1 billion settlement negotiated by diesel engine manufacturers, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice is final, it must past a judicial review.

Scania, the Swedish heavy truck builder, has reported profits of $317 million through first nine months of this year, a 22% increase over the same period in 1997.

Trucking companies may go to the Oregon Trucking Associations Web site to find out how much they would pay under OTA’s proposed alternative to the state’s weight-distance tax.

The world’s largest truck builder, Daimler-Benz is continuing on a record pace for sales and profits this year.