Industry-led attempts to repeal the 12% federal excise tax on heavy-duty trucks, which also covers trailers more than 26,000 pounds, went 鈥 yet again 鈥 to Capitol Hill.
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Work Truck Solutions, Morgan Truck Body Launch Portal
Work Truck Solutions, a provider of software as a service, and Morgan Truck Body announced an online portal for finding Morgan-equipped commercial dry freight, refrigerated, platform and dump truck bodies.
June 18, 2021Perspective: Pivotal Opportunity to Repeal FET
Congress and President Joe Biden are currently focused on improving America鈥檚 infrastructure, with a key sticking point being how to pay for the improvements. This debate presents an opportunity for Congress to finally resolve funding for the insolvent Highway Trust Fund by replacing antiquated funding mechanisms 鈥 such as the federal excise tax on heavy-duty trucks and trailers 鈥 with solutions that are more reflective of today鈥檚 transportation landscape.
June 21, 2021Labor, Driver Shortages Delay Commercial, Military Moves
The moving industry is facing mammoth labor and truck driver shortages during the peak military moving season and an explosion of moving demands in the commercial market, possibly delaying unscheduled summer moves until August or September, according to American Trucking Associations' Moving and Storage Conference.
June 16, 2021US to Seek Automated Braking Requirement for Heavy Trucks
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced plans 鈥渙ver the next year and beyond鈥 to issue a new proposal that would set standards and require heavy trucks to be equipped with automatic emergency braking systems.
June 14, 2021Biden Will Need More Than $52 Billion for Chip Effort, Analysts Say
President Joe Biden鈥檚 blueprint for the U.S. semiconductor industry marks an ambitious effort to set industrial policy for a critical sector of the economy, but the strategy will need more money and global support to take back chip supremacy and pre-empt a rival effort from China.
June 9, 2021AASHTO, ITS America Appeal FCC鈥檚 5.9 GHz Spectrum Decision
Opposition to the Federal Communications Commission鈥檚 ruling on the 5.9 GHz transportation spectrum band remains active as a pair of stakeholders are formally pushing back on the agency鈥檚 move.
June 8, 2021House Lawmakers Introduce Speed Limiters Bill
A bill to require speed limiters on heavy commercial trucks was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.
June 7, 2021Five More Plead Guilty to Staged Accidents in New Orleans
A total of five individuals have pleaded guilty to staging two accidents in the New Orleans area with tractor-trailers in 2017, and obtaining fraudulent financial settlements totaling more than $282,000.
June 2, 2021Pallet Makers Hit by Supply Shortages as Demand Rises
In our worldwide economy, the humble pine pallet is the way that goods move around the globe. Demand for pallets is so great that American manufacturers churn out nearly 1 billion of them every year. And right now, it鈥檚 not enough.
June 1, 2021