Transportation Compliance News
Transport Topics government and regulatory coverage keeps managers of a highly-regulated industry aware of the policy decisions that can shape their businesses. Covering both the legislative and regulatory aspects of policy-making, at both the state and national levels, the news in this category includes looks at infrastructure, hours of service, emissions rules, funding measures, leadership appointments, and more. Readers can follow what’s happening in Congress, at the Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Administration, and in state and local governments.
Strike Continues at Cummins Crosspoint
Negotiations between Teamsters and a distributor for diesel engine maker Cummins Inc. continued Tuesday, two days after workers at a West Virginia facility went on strike, the Associated Press reported.
April 3, 2007Air Cargo Shipments Dip 0.6%
Air cargo shipments inched up 0.6% in February, the Air Transport Association said late Monday.
April 3, 2007Opinion: Accidents Happen: Prepare Your Drivers
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April 3, 2007Supreme Court Calls for Review of Greenhouse Gas Rules
The Supreme Court Monday ordered the federal government to take a new look at regulating carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles, in a rebuke to the Bush administration’s policy on global warming, the Associated Press reported.
April 2, 2007ISM Manufacturing Index Declines in March
The Institute for Supply Management’s March manufacturing index slowed and costs rose to the highest since August, ISM said Monday.
April 2, 2007Editorial: Preparing for 2010
UTi Worldwide’s 4Q, Full-Year Income Rise
Air and ocean freight forwarder UTi Worldwide's fourth-quarter net income rose to $23.6 million or 24 cents a share, from $9.7 million or 10 cents a year earlier.
April 2, 2007EPA Issues SCR Guidelines
The U.S. EPA said last week that diesel engine manufacturers who want to use selective catalytic reduction to meet EPA’s 2010 emission rules must supply the urea SCR requires and prove it will be available to truck drivers using those engines.
April 2, 2007Falling Freight Gives Shippers Leverage
A loosening of the tight capacity for freight hauling now makes the fuel-surcharge programs — upon which motor carriers depend to insulate them from fuel price spikes — vulnerable to demands for change by shippers.
April 2, 2007Trending
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