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Lautenberg Pans Revised HOS; Advocacy Groups Go to Court
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee’s panel on surface transportation called the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s revised hours-of-service rule “a sham,” while advocacy groups asked a federal court to once again overturn portions of the rule.
December 24, 2007
Matt Silver, CEO of Cargado, discusses how AI, data and smarter platforms are reshaping cross-border shipping.
YRC Gains Labor Flexibility
On the heels of YRC Worldwide’s settlement with the Teamsters union on a new five-year labor contract with in-creased work-rule flexibility, ABF Freight System said it will offer an ambitious proposal to spend about $825 million to “withdraw from all of the 27 multi-employer pension plans to which we contribute.”
December 24, 2007EU Seeking Truck Emissions Cuts
European truck makers would have to cut urban air pollution in the European Union as much as 80% under new draft EU rules that would move Europe closer to U.S. standards, Bloomberg reported Friday.
December 21, 2007November Personal Spending Jumps 1.1%
Consumer personal spending jumped 1.1% in November, the Commerce Department said Friday.
December 21, 2007Public Citizen Sues Again Over HOS Rules
Safety advocates have again gone to court to try to block the Department of Transportation’s rule on truck driver hours of service, news reports said.
December 21, 2007Philadelphia Factory Index Contracts
Manufacturing levels in the Philadelphia region contracted this month, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said.
December 20, 2007Leading Economic Indicators Decline in November
An index of leading economic indicators fell 0.4% last month, the New York-based Conference Board said Thursday.
December 20, 2007Ryder to Buy Lily’s Truck Leasing Business
Ryder System said Wednesday it will buy the truck leasing business of Lily Transportation Corp., a Northeast regional transportation services company based in Needham, Mass.
December 20, 2007NMFTA’s Pugh Resigns as Executive Director
Bill Pugh, executive director and general counsel of the National Motor Freight Traffic Association, resigned the post he has held for the past six years, NMFTA said.
December 19, 2007Third-Quarter GDP Rose at 4.9% Rate
The U.S. economy expanded at a 4.9 % annual growth rate in the third quarter, the most in four years, the Commerce Department said Thursday.
December 20, 2007