Keith Mullin felt lucky he found a space to park his truck Oct. 6 at an Interstate 4 rest area in Longwood, Fla., after a 20-hour trip from central Wisconsin.
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Lawmakers Seek Industry Input on Infrastructure Plan
Missouri’s chief of transportation will join manufacturing and construction executives to share their perspective with House lawmakers this week about infrastructure projects in need of funding.
October 10, 2017California Republicans Spot Political Opportunity in Fight for Repeal of New Gas, Diesel Tax
Just weeks before it takes effect, California’s new gas tax increase is again under attack, with Republicans mounting a growing campaign against the higher levies.
October 9, 2017Joint US-Mexican Truck Inspections to Speed Up Trade at Otay Mesa Border Crossing
A maddeningly slow inspection process that can make crossing the border an ordeal lasting as long as six hours for trucks carrying cargo from Tijuana to San Diego soon could be dramatically speeded up.
October 9, 2017Shippers Discuss ELDs, Intermodal in Cowen Survey
Shippers expect to put more freight on railroads next year as concern persists about how the electronic-logging device mandate will tighten trucking capacity in 2018, according to a Cowen and Co. survey.
October 3, 2017Pennsylvania Proposes 6% Warehouse Tax
Pennsylvania is floating a tax on warehouse services as a way to help close the budget gap, a move critics say could threaten the fastest-growing sector of the Lehigh Valley economy and force customers of third-party logistics providers to relocate to neighboring states.
October 3, 2017Port of Baltimore Breaks Records for Containers, General Cargo in 2017 Fiscal Year
The port of Baltimore handled a record-breaking 10.3 million tons of general cargo and nearly 908,000 20-foot- equivalent units of containers in the 2017 fiscal year ending June 30, the Maryland Port Administration announced Sept. 28.
September 29, 2017US Demands Risk Scuttling NAFTA Talks
U.S. officials in NAFTA negotiations are making proposals on battleground issues that Canada and Mexico would never agree to, intensifying doubts of reaching compromise on their tight timeline, according to three officials familiar with the talks.
September 29, 2017Norfolk Southern Refused to Hire or Keep People With Medical Problems, Federal Agency Says in Lawsuit
Norfolk Southern Corp. systematically refused to hire or retain people with a wide range of real or perceived medical problems including cancer, diabetes, arthritis and heart problems, the federal government claims in a federal lawsuit filed Sept. 27 in Pittsburgh
September 28, 2017Trump Waives Jones Act to Speed Up Aid Shipments to Puerto Rico
President Donald Trump ordered the Jones Act to be waived for shipments to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico immediately at the request of Governor Ricardo Rossello, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Sept. 28.
September 28, 2017