His success and his loyalty — both to the industry and the community — earned George F. Grask the ATD Truck Dealer of the Year award for 1999.

TT File PhotoWhen the Industrial Truck Association meets this week in Washington, D.C., its members will be basking in a victory. The trade group, which represents makers of lift trucks and components, spent the last 10 years trying to get more stringent training standards for forklift operators.

No one seems sure why truck stops don’t provide electrical hookups for vehicles to plug into. The idea seems plausible enough.

TT PhotoNo one seems sure why truck stops don’t provide electrical hookups for vehicles to plug into. If outlets for trucks were installed at travel plazas, drivers could plug in like planes do between flights.

It’s obvious when you step into it that this is no ordinary trailer. It has a reception area, a classroom and even a kitchenette. This trailer is supposed to look good.

For more than two decades, William R. Ewing seemed to have made the right choice. What began as a truckload and newspaper distribution operation, called Hurley Transportation Cos. in Phoenix, grew into the largest less-than-truckload carrier in Arizona.

Like many people, trucking executive Russell Gerdin and his wife Ann always wanted to give something back to the community.

Emery Worldwide of Redwood City, Calif., has reached an agreement to acquire the air and ocean freight business of Walsh Western International Ltd., its partner in Ireland.

Truckers face having parched fuel tanks along a desolate, 100-mile stretch of Interstate 10 in California. Not a single fuel pump could be found on the road between Indio and Blythe because of the enforcement of federal rules regarding underground tanks, according to news reports.

Diesel was more expensive when stations had to tear out tanks. (TT File Photo)Truckers face having parched fuel tanks along a desolate, 100-mile stretch of Interstate 10 in California. Not a single fuel pump could be found on the road between Indio and Blythe because of the enforcement of federal rules regarding underground tanks.