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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.

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.

The U.S. Customs Service didn't get the funding from Congress it wanted to upgrade its aging computer system, so importers may end up stuck with the bill.

Automotive supplier Dana Corp. of Toledo announced it has reached a definitive agreement to buy the engine-parts business of Federal-Mogul Corp. of Southfield, Mich., for $430 million.