A group representing owner-operator truck drivers said Friday it has written to President Obama to ask that he suspend any immediate plans to re-establish the U.S.-Mexico cross-border trucking program.
March 27, 2009Letters to the EditorBusinessSafetyGovernment
Letters: Card Check Bill; Trucking Growth; Rooftop Snow, Again
Passage of this legislation 鈥 the Employee Free Choice Act, also known as 鈥渃ard check鈥 鈥 would further erode American business competitiveness in the global marketplace.
March 30, 2009BusinessFuelGovernment
EPA Set to Classify Greenhouse Gas a Danger
The Environmental Protection Agency is poised to declare that greenhouse gas emissions endanger the public鈥檚 health and welfare 鈥 a move that could accelerate government rulemaking related to air quality.
March 30, 2009BusinessGovernment
Foreign Firms Use MATS as Way to Enter U.S. Market
LOUISVILLE, Ky. 鈥 Companies from China and Taiwan, including China鈥檚 largest truck manufacturer, formed the biggest foreign contingent at the Mid-America Trucking Show here for the second year in a row, seeing the show as a good way to enter the U.S. market.
March 30, 2009FuelBusinessSafetyGovernment
Senate Panel Criticizes DOT Secretary for Refusal to Consider Higher Fuel Tax
WASHINGTON 鈥 Members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee criticized Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and the Obama administration for refusing to consider an increase in the federal fuel tax.
March 30, 2009BusinessGovernmentSafety
U.S. to Resolve Truck Dispute, Clinton Tells Mexican Officials
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the United States is 鈥渨orking very hard to achieve a resolution鈥 to a trade dispute that led to Mexico imposing tariffs on U.S. goods valued at more than $2 billion after President Obama signed a law ending a cross-border trucking plan.
March 30, 2009GovernmentBusinessSafety
Court Ends Port Owner-Operator Ban
A federal appeals court has thrown out the Port of Los Angeles鈥 ban on owner-operators and questioned the legality of concession requirements at the adjacent Long Beach port for drayage operators to file financial statements and give hiring preferences to experienced port drivers.
March 30, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernment
More States Banning Indemnification Contract Clauses
Spurred by trucking industry leaders, more states this year are banning contracts that shift liability for any incident that occurs on a shipper鈥檚 premises to freight carriers, joining more than a dozen other states that have acted to protect carriers from what they say are unfair contracts.
March 30, 2009GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogisticsFuel
Diesel Increases 7.3垄 to $2.09; 1st Price Rise in Over 2 Months
Rising oil prices and growing distillate demand pushed the U.S. national diesel average 7.3 cents higher to $2.09 last week, the first increase in more than two months, the Department of Energy reported.
March 30, 2009GovernmentBusinessSafety
Opinion: Don鈥檛 Worry 鈥 Take Action
The private sector has plenty to worry about at the moment. On a global scale, there are the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and Iran鈥檚 nuclear issues.
March 27, 2009