With a crowd of about 3,500 cheering and chanting “Hoffa, Hoffa, Hoffa,” the son of the vanished former Teamsters leader with the most famous name in trucking labor history took the reins and declared “a new era” for the union at his inauguration on May 1.

Ryder System selected C.J. “Corky” Nelson as senior executive vice president of finance in what some analysts think may be the first of several top managerial changes.

Transport Corp. of America, Eagan, Minn., purchased Robert Hansen Trucking of Delavan, Wis., effective April 30.

First Freight Systems, Minneapolis, announced the acquisition of Chris Cartage of Eagan, Minn.

Regional less-than-truckload carrier Central Freight Lines of Waco, Texas, filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to sell 5 million shares of stock to the public.

Trism Inc., Kennesaw, Ga., has engaged BT Alex. Brown to review strategic alternatives to improve its capital structure.

A Department of Defense plan to pay freight bills through a third-party electronic payment system is caught in a whirlpool of praise and criticism.

Skynet Holdings, a Los Angeles-based company with courier operations in England, the United States and Australia, has tentatively agreed to acquire Pony Express Delivery Services of Altanta.

Pacer International of Lafayette, Calif., continues its acquisition-led expansion with the purchase of Keystone Terminals of Rutherford, N.J.

Ryder System selected C.J. "Corky" Nelson as senior executive vice president of finance in what some analysts think may be the first of several top managerial changes.