A federal appeals court ruled Friday in favor of an American Trucking Associations appeal that a plan put in place by the Southern California ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles to regulate trucking violates federal law.
March 20, 2009GovernmentBusinessSafety
ODFL Sets New Service for Border Shipments
Old Dominion Freight Line’s OD Global unit said Friday it is expanding its global trade management services to help importers comply with new border security regulations.
March 20, 2009BusinessSafety
Continuing Jobless Rolls Reach Record
Initial jobless claims fell last week by 12,000 last week but the number of Americans collecting jobless benefits rose to a record 5.47 million, the Labor Department said Thursday.
March 19, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernment
NAFTA Surface Trade Rose 4.1% in 2008
Surface transportation trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico rose 4.1% to $830 billion in 2008 from 2007, the Department of Transportation said Wednesday.
March 18, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernment
LaHood Says DOT Working to Expedite Stimulus Projects
The Department of Transportation is moving quickly to use economic stimulus funds to improve infrastructure, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Tuesday.
March 17, 2009BusinessGovernmentSafety
Intermodal Success Requires Education, Enhanced Marketing, Fleet Execs Say
ORLANDO, Fla. — For truckers, there is a lot more to intermodal than simply tying a trailer down on a train, industry experts said.
March 17, 2009GovernmentBusinessSafety
ATA Warns Against Closing Va. Rest Areas
American Trucking Associations Monday warned against Virginia's proposal to close 25 of its 42 rest areas, saying that the move would be dangerous for all drivers.
March 17, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernmentTechnologyEquipment
ATRI Study for FMCSA Gauges Value of Safety Systems
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration released the results of a study led by the American Transportation Research Institute that quantifies the potential return on investment offered by three types of onboard truck safety systems.
March 16, 2009Letters to the EditorBusinessGovernmentSafetyFuel
Letters: Rooftop Snow, ATA Couple Retires, Fuel Prices, Those Railroad Ads, SCR Details
Forget about getting truck drivers to remove snow and ice from trailer rooftops. For one, many drivers cannot even walk across the parking lot, let alone be expected to somehow get on top of a trailer roof.
March 16, 2009EditorialGovernmentBusinessSafety
Hours Rule Meets ‘Groundhog Day’
In a scenario eerily reminiscent of the Bill Murray movie “Groundhog Day,†a coalition of interest groups has again launched a formal legal challenge to the government’s hours-of-service rules for commercial drivers.
March 16, 2009