Letters: EOBRs and Waiting, Load Securement
To improve our scores with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program, many of us have worked diligently to put electronic onboard recorders in our trucks.
April 4, 2011Mica Says New Road Bill to Be Approved Before End of Fiscal Year on Sept. 30
ARLINGTON, Va. — House Transportation Committee Chairman Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) told a group of shippers he plans to get a long-term transportation reauthorization bill passed before Sept. 30, the end of the current fiscal year.
April 4, 2011Effects of Federal Regulations on Dealers to Be Focus of ATD’s Annual Meeting
American Truck Dealers said it will focus on how to mitigate the possible negative effects of regulatory and legislative actions during its annual convention April 15-18 in Phoenix.
April 4, 2011Obama Visits UPS Facility; Cites Employment Gains
President Barack Obama said the lower unemployment rate figure released Friday shows the economy is showing signs of strength, the Associated Press reported.
April 1, 2011ISM Manufacturing Index Slips in March
U.S. manufacturing activity fell slightly in March from its highest level in almost seven years, the Institute for Supply Management said Friday.
April 1, 2011Mica Optimistic on Long-Term Transport Bill
Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.), chairman of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, told a group of shippers attending a Washington legislative policy forum Tuesday that he plans to get a long-term transportation reauthorization bill on the House floor sometime in May.
March 29, 2011NAFTA Surface Trade Rises 19.5% in January
Surface transportation trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico rose 19.5% in January from a year earlier, the Department of Transportation said Tuesday.
March 29, 2011Calif. Ruling Not Expected to Halt Diesel Emissions Plan, ATA Says
A California judge late last week temporarily halted the state’s cap-and-trade plan aimed at reducing greenhouse gases emitted by large stationary sources.
March 29, 2011EPA Oversight of Diesel Grants Criticized
Ineffective oversight of the federal diesel emissions reduction grant program by the Environmental Protection Agency may have caused EPA to overstate the environmental benefits of the program, according to a new audit by the agency’s inspector general.
March 28, 2011FedEx, UPS Set New Asian Flights
UPS Inc. and FedEx Corp. Monday announced new flights connecting Asia with North America and Europe.
March 28, 2011