John Hill, head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, said Friday that the agency was waiting to see if other interested parties took action to delay implementation of a court ruling eliminating significant portions of the hours-of-service rule.
September 12, 2007Search
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Opinion: The Web as the Great Equalizer
In the transportation industry, every trucking company, large or small, does essentially the same thing: Pick up and deliver. So how can smaller carriers compete against larger ones and distinguish themselves from one another?
September 10, 2007
Three experts from Transport Enterprise Leasing discuss strategies for buying and selling trucks amid regulatory shifts, trade tensions and economic uncertainty.
Canada Studies Engine Governors
Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial governments are jointly studying the idea of requiring speed limiters on heavy-duty trucks, the Associated Press reported. The governors would prevent the truck from exceeding about 65 mph.
September 10, 2007California Targets Oldest Trucks in New Emissions Proposal
A proposed California Air Resources Board regulation would force the owners of an estimated 80,000 trucks built before 1994 to remove them from the state’s roads by 2009, a trucking official said.
September 10, 2007Calif. Eyes New Emissions Regs for Trucking, Ports
California regulators proposed new emissions rules for the state’s ports and the trucking industry, designed to begin compliance with ambitious “greenhouse gas” emissions reduction law, the Contra Costa Times reported Friday.
September 7, 2007OOIDA Sues Over Mexican Trucks Plan
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association said Friday it filed suit to block the Department of Transportation’s pilot program to allow some Mexican trucks to run in full United States.
September 7, 2007ISM Services Index Unchanged In August
The U.S. economy’s service sector growth in August held at the same level as the previous month, the Institute for Supply Management said Thursday.
September 6, 2007Productivity Reaches Two-Year High
Second-quarter U.S. worker productivity rose at an annual rate of 2.6%, the most in almost two years, the Labor Department said Thursday.
September 6, 2007Rail, Intermodal Traffic Decline
Rail and intermodal freight traffic were down from a year ago for the week ended Saturday, the Association of American Railroads said.
September 7, 2007FMCSA Submits Court-Ordered Guidelines for Driver Training
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has sent its court-ordered revision of new-driver training guidelines to the White House Office of Management and Budget, and trucking industry and safety officials said they hoped the agency would publish the new rule before the end of the year.
September 5, 2007