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Three Axles and a Cloud of Shippers

Vehicle sizes and weights are a contentious topic as old as trucking. But at an Oct. 12 session on carrier issues during the Council of Logistics Management's annual conference, one trucking leader took the opportunity to explain why adding one axle to trailers would boost productivity and be easier on roads.

October 19, 1998

Teamsters Debate Canceled

A candidates debate designed to increase interest in the upcoming Teamsters election fell apart Friday after the second of three candidates pulled out.

October 19, 1998

Landstar Quits ATA Over Dues Dispute

Landstar System has dropped its membership in American Trucking Associations, becoming the first major company to leave the trade association since the launching of the sweeping restructuring of ATA.

October 19, 1998

Cross-Docking: Just Another Form of JIT

If you can deal with the just-in-time deliveries that feed America’s manufacturing plants, you’re ready for cross-docking.

October 19, 1998

Congress Wraps Budget Bill

Congress agreed to a $500 billion budget package Oct.

October 19, 1998

State Ergonomics Rules Could Spur U.S. Action

Many industries, including trucking, have been telling the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration for years that there’s too little scientific data to write an effective ergonomics stan

October 19, 1998

Landstar Quits ATA Over Dues Dispute

Landstar System has dropped its membership in American Trucking Associations, becoming the first major company to leave the trade association since the launching of the sweeping restructuring of ATA.

October 19, 1998

Pony Express Delivery Adds Western Courier

TEST Pony Express Delivery Services, Atlanta, expanded its business to seven states in the West and Southwest with the purchase of Courier Express of Los Angeles.

October 19, 1998

FDX Forms New Logistics Unit

FDX Corp. named Joseph C. McCarty chief executive officer of FDX Global Logistics, a new organization that will include Caliber Logistics. He also will serve as CEO of Caliber Logistics.

October 16, 1998