Congressional lawmakers returning to Capitol Hill this week have about six weeks to determine how to keep transportation dollars flowing before the funding authority for highway programs expires May 31.
April 13, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafety
DOT Outlines Drug Testing Using Electronic Chain of Custody Forms
The Department of Transportation has issued a final rule outlining requirements for drug testing chain of custody of urine samples when using electronic forms.
April 13, 2015BusinessGovernmentSafety
FedEx Makes Bid for TNT
FedEx Corp. said it intends to buy Dutch package and freight carrier TNT Express for $4.8 billion in an effort to bolster its operations in Europe and challenge U.S. rival UPS Inc. and Germany’s Deutsche Post DHL Group for a share of global freight transportation leadership.
April 13, 2015BusinessGovernmentSafety
McKee Foods Receives HOS Exemption
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has granted an hours-of-service exemption to team drivers working for McKee Foods Transportation, allowing them flexibility in their sleeper berth schedules.
April 13, 2015BusinessGovernmentSafety
West Coast Dockworkers to Vote on Pact as Ports Continue to Cut Freight Backlog
West Coast dockworkers will vote on a tentative port contract over the next month as truckers and terminal operators continue to clear the cargo backlog caused by labor slowdowns during the recent negotiations.
April 13, 2015BusinessGovernmentSafetyAutonomous
Boy Scouts Earn Trucking Merit Badges at MATS
A group of Boy Scouts attending the Mid-America Trucking Show got an education — and merit badges — on the trucking industry.
April 13, 2015GovernmentBusiness
CSA Driver-Fitness Citations Declining
CSA citations for commercial driver-fitness violations generally  are waning, although they probably will increase in the spring and summer from the winter, said a recent report from data-analysis firm Vigillo.
April 13, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafetyAutonomous
Fischer: FMCSA Overhaul to Be Introduced in Spring
Programs and initiatives at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration strongly criticized by the trucking industry would be greatly changed under legislation Sen. Debra Fischer (R-Neb.) is expected to introduce this spring.
April 13, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafetyTechnology
Sen. Deb Fischer Urges FMCSA to Remove ‘Inaccurate’ CSA Scores from App, Provide Disclaimers
In a letter to Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, Sen. Deb Fischer expressed hope that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration would remove from the agency’s QCMobile smartphone application Compliance, Safety, Accountability information that is deemed inaccurate.
April 10, 2015GovernmentBusiness
OOIDA Petitions Federal Court to Join Lawsuit Against DOT Over Mexican Truckers
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has filed a petition to join a lawsuit against the federal government for opening the border to Mexican longhaul carriers.
April 9, 2015