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Con-Way Makes Two Key Moves

Con-Way Transportation Services announced the relocation of its corporate headquarters to Ann Arbor, Mich., from Palo Alto, Calif.

October 21, 1998

Cancer Warning Lawsuit Against Trucking Companies Dismissed

A California state court dismissed the lawsuits against trucking companies filed by environmental action groups that wanted cancer warning signs on trucks. The dismissal came at the request of both plaintiffs and defendants.

October 20, 1998

Truck Sales Still Strong

Chalk up another huge month for Class 8 truck manufacturers.

October 20, 1998

Oklahoma State Program Buys Tracks to Keep Trains Running

When Burlington Northern Santa Fe Co. decided to abandon two lines through rural Oklahoma, the state stepped in and paid $6.55 million to save the tracks from the scrap yard.

October 20, 1998

Greyhound Lines Being Purchased by Canadian Company

Greyhound Lines, the nation's only long-haul bus company, is being purchased by North America's largest provider of city transit fleets, school buses and ambulances.

October 20, 1998

European Union Drafts 48-Hour Work Week for Truck Drivers

European truck drivers will be limited to a 48-hour work week if a proposal now being drafted by the European Union Commission in Brussels becomes law.

October 20, 1998

Fleet Purchases and Expansions

M.S. Carriers, Memphis, Tenn., agreed to purchase assets of Interstate Trucking Corp. of America, a dry van truckload carrier based in Merrill, Wis.

October 20, 1998

OMC Transfer Is Shot Down

Trucking's most important federal agency, the Office of Motor Carriers, will stay where it is for the time being.

October 20, 1998

Creativity: Turn People Loose With High-Tech Tools

Everyone who’s anyone in America’s vast distribution network has computer-based information and communication systems. These days you can’t do business without them. But in the words of one major player, “It’s not what you use but how you use it.â€

October 20, 1998