Maryland is proposing raising toll rates on trucks and other multi-axle vehicles in the face of a struggling economy, the Maryland Transportation Authority said.
January 6, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernment
ISM Services Index Improves but Shows Contraction
The U.S. economy’s service sector improved, but showed contraction for a third straight month in December, the Institute for Supply Management said Tuesday.
January 6, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernment
APM to Use TWIC as Credential For Workers at Virginia Facility
APM Terminals Virginia will discontinue use of company identification cards at its Portsmouth, Va., facility and rely solely on the federal Transportation Workers Identification Credential, or TWIC, a port executive said.
January 5, 2009BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafetyGovernment
Eaton Sells VORAD System to Bendix
Truck parts and components maker Eaton Corp. said Monday it has sold its VORAD, or vehicle on-board radar, system to Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems. Terms were not disclosed.
January 5, 2009GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuel
Letters to the Editor: California Filters, Medical Certificates, Broker Legislation, HOS Challenge
We have to stop going to California; that’s the bottom line. First, they (the ports) put emission standards on who could go into the ports in the Los Angeles area.
January 5, 2009GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuel
Panel Recommends Federal Fuel Tax Increases
A commission created by Congress plans to release a report this month recommending increases in the federal taxes on diesel fuel and gasoline, the Associated Press reported.
January 5, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernment
ISM Manufacturing Index Falls to 28-Year Low
U.S. manufacturing activity contracted at the fastest pace in 28 years in December, the Institute for Supply Management said.
January 5, 2009BusinessGovernmentSafety
Economic Woes Top Concerns as a Year of Challenges Begins
Trucking’s difficulties are expected to continue this year, as many carriers struggle for survival while freight volumes fall, financial market turmoil continues and a new political landscape takes shape.
January 5, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernment
A Less-Than-Truckload Life More Than a Bit Unusual
THOMASVILLE, N.C. — But for the vagaries of history, Earl Congdon’s family business could have been Florida motels rather than less-than-truckload transportation.
January 5, 2009GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuel
Diesel Price Declines to $2.327
The U.S. diesel average fell a combined 9.5 cents over the final two weeks of 2008 to $2.327 a gallon, ending the year at its lowest level since June 2005, the Department of Energy reported.
January 5, 2009