Business
Transport Topics business coverage focuses on the financial, economic, and commercial aspects of the modern freight business. Looking at both the microeconomic and macroeconomic forces shaping bottom lines, the news in this category includes labor news, jobs reports, tonnage and sales indicators, operations analysis, money and banking, mergers, acquisitions, e-commerce, bankruptcy, insurance issues, and more.
Large Police Group Endorses Senate Push to Suspend Last Year’s HOS Restart Changes
The National Fraternal Order of Police has endorsed suspending the year-old federal hours-of-service rule change, a proposal senators are expected to take up before their August recess.
July 7, 2014Port of Long Beach Names New Director
The Port of Long Beach, California, last week named Jon Slangerup as its new executive director.
July 7, 2014Load Matcher Cargomatic Starts App-Based Service
The fledgling load-matching service Cargomatic is bidding to capitalize on unused capacity in local trucking markets by using a wireless or smart-phone application, beginning with Southern California.
July 7, 2014ELD Comments Pour Into FMCSA
Comment from fleets, owner-operators and others concerned with electronic logging devices poured into the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration right up until the deadline.
July 7, 2014US Falls Behind Deadline on Conflict Minerals Data
The federal agency charged with compiling a list of African smelters and refiners that produce “conflict minerals” is nearly 18 months behind schedule in providing information that could help publicly traded companies guard against using the tainted minerals.
July 7, 2014Bid to Save Highway Trust Fund to Resume
With the federal highway account rapidly running out of money, a Senate committee plans to vote this week on a bill that would provide more than $8 billion to pay for transportation projects around the country for the remainder of the year.
July 7, 2014Brenner Moves Some Production to Indiana
Signaling a windfall in the tank industry, Wabash National Corp.’s Brenner Tank, a manufacturer of chemical tank trailers, is expanding production to Lafayette, Indiana.
July 7, 2014C.R. England Unveils Military-Branded Trucks and Trailers
C.R. England is honoring veterans with five new military-themed trucks and trailers to be driven exclusively by former members of the military.
Rep. Blumenauer to Advocate for Higher Gas Tax
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), a member of the influential House Budget Committee, has been calling for increasing the federal gas tax to fund large-scale transportation infrastructure projects for several years.
West Coast Port Talks Continue, Parties Say
The Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore & Warehouse Union confirmed that talks are continuing past the June 30 contract expiration without freight delays.
July 2, 2014