American Fast Freight Inc., a logistics and trucking operator, announced the acquisition of Caribbean Shipping Services Inc. to expand in the U.S.-Puerto Rico ocean shipping market.
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Daimler鈥檚 Bernhard Wants Governments to Speed Approval of Self-Driving Trucks
Speaking at the Hoover Dam in Nevada just prior to formally introducing the Freightliner Inspiration autonomous-driving truck, Wolfgang Bernhard, head of Daimler鈥檚 global truck and bus unit, said 鈥渨hoever has the regulatory framework in place鈥 will be the first to get autonomous vehicles.
May 18, 2015ATA-led Coalition Accuses Regulators of Skewing Restart Study
American Trucking Associations and a coalition of more than 100 industry stakeholders have asked members of the House Appropriations Committee to include legislative provisions that would block federal regulators from skewing the results of their hours of service restart study.
May 13, 2015Opinion: Nat-Gas Vehicles and Low Oil Prices
For light- and heavy-duty truck operators evaluating a switch to natural gas from diesel, the recent oil-price collapse represents the most significant 鈥渂ump in the road鈥 in several years.
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May 11, 2015NTSB Recommends Video Recorders on Heavy Trucks and Buses
The National Transportation Safety Board on April 29 issued a recommendation that heavy truck and bus fleet operators deploy in-cab video system recorder technology to monitor their drivers.
April 30, 2015TT Archives: Substance Abuse Testing
In 1994, after several years of preparation alcohol testing was announced for truck and bus drivers in both interstate and intrastate commerce. These regulations 鈥渂uild on the transportations industry鈥榮 track record with drug testing over the past three years,鈥 said Transportation Secretary Federico Pena.
May 4, 2015FMCSA Ends Driver Recruitment for Restart Study
Federal regulators said they have exceeded their goal of recruiting more than 225 truck driver volunteers to participate in an hours-of-service 34-hour restart study.
April 29, 2015House Transportation Funding Leaders Unveil Fiscal 2016 Bill
The transportation funding panel in the House on April 28 released legislation that would provide $572 million for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the agency that oversees the trucking industry.
April 28, 2015Appeals Court Dismisses Challenge to Federal Truck GHG Emissions Standards
An appeals court has dismissed a legal challenge to federal greenhouse-gas emissions and fuel-efficiency standards for medium and heavy trucks by a California construction company and the California Construction Trucking Association.
April 28, 2015Trucking Group Is Honored for Fighting Sex Trafficking
WASHINGTON 鈥 Truckers Against Trafficking has been honored by federal lawmakers for its role in helping rescue mostly young women from human trafficking networks in which they often are sexually exploited.
April 27, 2015