American Trucking Associations has filed a motion to intervene in the third legal challenge by the Teamsters union and three other groups to federal truck driver hours-of-service rules.
March 13, 2009GovernmentBusinessSafety
Sabo Seeks to Expand Council鈥檚 Reach
The new chairman of the Technology & Maintenance Council, Steph Sabo, said that during his term, his top priority will be reaching out to segments of the trucking industry that aren鈥檛 familiar with the group in hopes of signing up new members.
March 16, 2009BusinessGovernmentSafety
Critics Again Ask U.S. Court to Void Driver Hours Rule
For the third time in five years, a coalition of interest groups has asked a federal court to overturn the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration鈥檚 rule governing the length of time truckers can drive and work.
March 16, 2009GovernmentBusinessSafetyTechnologyLogisticsFuelEquipment
EPA Rule Would Track Emissions as First Step to Cap-and-Trade
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week took the first step toward creating a national cap-and-trade system, proposing a new rule that would establish a federal system for reporting carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gases produced by large stationary and mobile sources.
March 16, 2009BusinessGovernmentSafetyFuel
CARB Targets 鈥楥arbon Intensity鈥 of Fuels Used for Transportation
In its continued attack on greenhouse gas emissions, the California Air Resources Board recently proposed a rule cutting the 鈥渃arbon intensity鈥 of transportation fuels.
March 16, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernment
Trimac鈥檚 4Q Profit Improves
Canada-based transportation firm Trimac Income Fund said its fourth-quarter profit rose to C$3 million, or 11 cents per unit, from C$2.2 million, or 9 cents, a year ago.
March 13, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernment
Opinion: Defending Spanish-Speaking Truckers
Hispanics have responded to the need of U.S. carriers for longhaul truck drivers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported that in 2007, 23% of the estimated 1.6 million tractor-trailer drivers in the United States were Hispanic.
March 13, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernment
Obama, DOT May Revive Mexican Trucks Program
A day after a large government spending bill passed that included provision to end the U.S.-Mexican cross-border trucking program, the Obama administration has asked the Transportation Department to look into reviving it.
March 12, 2009BusinessSafetyGovernment
DOT Freight Transportation Index Falls 7.8%
The Department of Transportation鈥檚 freight transportation services index declined 7.8% in January from a year earlier, DOT said Wednesday.
March 11, 2009GovernmentBusinessSafety
Groups Ask Appeals Court to Overturn HOS Rule
A coalition of labor and advocacy groups Monday escalated their case against two regulations concerning truck drivers' working hours by filing a federal lawsuit.
March 10, 2009