American Trucking Associations has filed a motion to intervene in the third legal challenge by the Teamsters union and three other groups to federal truck driver hours-of-service rules.
March 13, 2009Government, Business, Safety, Technology, Logistics, Fuel, Equipment
EPA Rule Would Track Emissions as First Step to Cap-and-Trade
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week took the first step toward creating a national cap-and-trade system, proposing a new rule that would establish a federal system for reporting carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gases produced by large stationary and mobile sources.
March 16, 2009Business, Government, Safety, Fuel
CARB Targets ‘Carbon Intensity’ of Fuels Used for Transportation
In its continued attack on greenhouse gas emissions, the California Air Resources Board recently proposed a rule cutting the “carbon intensity†of transportation fuels.
March 16, 2009Government, Business, Safety
ATA Files to Intervene on Hours-of-Service Rule
Business, Safety, Government
Trimac’s 4Q Profit Improves
Canada-based transportation firm Trimac Income Fund said its fourth-quarter profit rose to C$3 million, or 11 cents per unit, from C$2.2 million, or 9 cents, a year ago.
March 13, 2009Business, Safety, Government
Opinion: Defending Spanish-Speaking Truckers
Hispanics have responded to the need of U.S. carriers for longhaul truck drivers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported that in 2007, 23% of the estimated 1.6 million tractor-trailer drivers in the United States were Hispanic.
March 13, 2009Business, Government
Consumer Confidence Index Rises
U.S. consumer confidence rose slightly this month, but still remains near a 28-year low, according to the Reuters/University of Michigan’s preliminary monthly consumer sentiment index released Friday.
March 13, 2009Business, Government
Import Prices Drop 0.2%
The price of goods imported to the United States fell for a seventh straight month in February on lower commodity costs, declining 1.1%, the Labor Department said Friday.
March 13, 2009Business, Safety, Government
Obama, DOT May Revive Mexican Trucks Program
A day after a large government spending bill passed that included provision to end the U.S.-Mexican cross-border trucking program, the Obama administration has asked the Transportation Department to look into reviving it.
March 12, 2009Business, Government
Business Inventories Fall 1.1% in January
Business inventories fell 1.1% in January, the fifth straight decline, the Commerce Department said Thursday.
March 12, 2009Business, Government
Consumer Confidence Index Declines
U.S. consumer confidence declined this month, according to the Reuters/University of Michigan monthly consumer sentiment index released Friday.
March 12, 2009