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Experts Present Options for Hours of Service

A new report on hours-of-service regulations outlines five options with wide variations in the way they combine shift length, driving time, nondriving work time, sleep time and personal time.

Daniel P. Bearth | Staff Writer
October 20, 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.

Daniel P. Bearth | Staff Writer
October 19, 1998
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Landstar Quits ATA Over Dues Dispute

Daniel P. Bearth | Staff Writer
October 19, 1998

Congress Wraps Spending Bill, Leaves Fate of OMC Hanging

Congress agreed to a $500 billion budget package Thursday that includes Department of Transportation and highway funding for fiscal 1999, but left at least one key trucking issue unresolved: Will the Office of Motor Carriers get a new home.

Daniel P. Bearth | Staff Writer
October 16, 1998

U.S. Xpress Files Suit Against ESI

U.S. Xpress Enterprises filed suit against Employee Solutions Inc. after the Phoenix-based professional employer organization unilaterally terminated its contract with the Chattanooga, Tenn.-based trucking company.

Daniel P. Bearth | Staff Writer
September 29, 1998

The Consolidators

Consolidation is a fact of life in trucking.

Daniel P. Bearth | Staff Writer
September 29, 1998

Overnite Asks Systemwide Vote

Overnite Transportation Co., the nation's largest nonunion less-than-truckload general freight carrier, challenged the Teamsters union to a companywide vote on union repre-sentation.

Daniel P. Bearth | Staff Writer
September 29, 1998
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OOIDA Sues Mayflower, Donco

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Assn. is suing two more motor carriers, challenging the leasing practices of household goods mover Mayflower Transit and alleging workers' compensation insurance fraud by the Donco Carriers division of Oklahoma City-based Rocor International.

Daniel P. Bearth | Staff Writer
September 29, 1998
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Menlo Lands Big Logistics Deals

Menlo Logistics announced it has won contracts worth an estimated $1.15 billion over five years to handle a variety of logistics services for six manufacturers, including high tech giants IBM Corp. and Intel Corp.

Daniel P. Bearth | Staff Writer
September 29, 1998
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Jevic Goes Public

The Delanco, N.J.-based less-than-truckload carrier announced an initial public offering of 3,800,000 shares of Common Stock.

Daniel P. Bearth | Staff Writer
September 29, 1998