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For Erv Madsen, the mudslide that wiped out two miles of Highway 95 Oct. 16 is more than just an inconvenience. It could be enough to put him out of business.

Volvo Truck Corp. has temporarily stopped production of heavy trucks at its Curitiba, Brazil truck plant because of concerns the global economic crisis may visit Latin America’s biggest economy next.

Bering Truck Corp. selected Central Truck Center in Landover, Md., as its first dealer. The dealership owned by Jim Burgess will sell the complete line of Class 3 through Class 8 Bering trucks in the Washington, D.C., area.

Atlas World Group expects its 1998 revenue to top $500 million for the first time in the company’s history. Chairman Walter E. Saubert said revenue should increase about 10% over 1997’s $490 million, and profits will exceed $7 million compared with $5.6 million.

Rep. Frank Wolf will not give up his campaign to move jurisdiction over trucking’s most important federal agency, the Office of Motor Carriers, to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. t a Capitol Hill press conference Oct. 21, the Virginia Republican vowed to resurrect the idea next year. (Wolf is on left.)

In passing the $520 billion spending bill that will keep the federal government going until next October, Congress last week left the Office of Motor Carriers sitting where it is, under the Federal Highway Administration’s wing.

The road to the 21st century for American Trucking Associations begins this week in New Orleans. More than 4,250 industry executives and their spouses are expected to attend the 1998 ATA Management Conference & Exhibition and witness the beginning of a new era for the trucking federation.

United Parcel Service will invest in TanData Corp. and jointly market transportation software designed to make it easier for companies to conduct electronic commerce.

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