When Rhode Island tried to remove some of the sting of its trucks-only tolling plan in July with a $4 million cut in registration fees for trucks in the Ocean State, the state’s trucking association called it “a token gesture.â€Â
November 8, 2016BusinessGovernment
Deutsche Post Harvests Online-Shopping Boom With Record Profit
Deutsche Post AG’s third-quarter profit jumped more than threefold to a record as the mail operator shifts to tap booming shipments from Internet shopping and recovered from costs for a failed software project.
November 8, 2016Government
Gov. Andrew Cuomo Makes Anti-Indemnification Law in New York
More than four months after both houses of New York’s Legislature unanimously passed a bill to make the state the 45th to establish an anti-indemnification motor carrier law, Gov. Andrew Cuomo finally signed the measure into law on Nov. 4.
November 7, 2016PerspectiveBusinessGovernment
Opinion: Time to Deliver Broker Set-Off Changes
Today’s brokers increasingly rely on set-off tools as justification for not paying their carriers on valid freight deliveries, giving little or no consideration to the timing of these deliveries when enforcing set-offs. In doing so, they unfairly penalize motor carriers and expose the industry to a divisive practice. It’s time to develop some much-needed changes.
November 7, 2016EditorialBusinessSafetyGovernment
Editorial: What’s at Stake in the Election
There’s a lot riding on the U.S. presidential election this week, and it’s not just the choice between Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton that will make a difference for the freight transportation industry.
November 7, 2016Government
Pennsylvania Trucking Execs Back Shuster
The message from Pennsylvania trucking leaders to voters in the 9th Congressional District is simple: It sometimes helps the industry when the top transportation policymaker in the U.S. House of Representatives also is your congressman.
November 7, 2016Government
FMCSA, NHTSA Extend Time for Speed Limiter Comments
Federal regulators announced last week that they have extended, by one month, the deadline for public comments on a controversial proposed rule that would limit the speed of heavy trucks.
November 7, 2016BusinessTechnologyGovernment
Capitol Tree Is Cut, Loaded Onto Kenworth T680 for 4,000-Mile Journey
An 80-foot Englemann Spruce tree, chosen for its perfectly cylindrical shape, was loaded onto a Kenworth T680 truck Nov. 2 to begin its 4,000-mile journey to Washington, D.C., where it will serve as the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree.
November 6, 2016GovernmentBusiness
Port of New York and New Jersey Reports Weaker Imports and Exports in September
The Port of New York and New Jersey reported a drop in container traffic in September 2016 versus the year prior, according to numbers released Nov. 3.
November 4, 2016Government
Christie Allies Found Guilty on All Counts in Bridgegate Trial
Two former allies of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie were convicted of joining a partisan plot to create crippling traffic near the George Washington Bridge as punishment for a local mayor who wouldn’t support the governor’s 2013 re-election.
November 4, 2016