Deborah Hersman has been sworn in for a third two-year term as chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board.
October 22, 2013GovernmentBusiness
DOD Top Lawyer Tapped to Head DHS
Former Pentagon lawyer Jeh Johnson has been tapped by President Obama to lead the Department of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøland Security, the Associated Press reported.
October 22, 2013BusinessGovernment
Freight Industry Leaders Honored by EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency honored 55 freight transportation companies Oct. 22 for their achievements in reducing carbon pollution and other harmful emissions.
October 22, 2013BusinessGovernmentSafetyAutonomous
Truck Drivers Halt Work at Port of Oakland
Some truck drivers at the Port of Oakland stopped working Oct. 21 to protest what they called unsafe working conditions and unfair labor practices, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
October 22, 2013
GovernmentBusiness
Economy, Trucking to Improve in 2014, Analysts Say
ORLANDO, Fla. — Trucking and U.S. economic trends continue along a familiar path of slow, steady improvement that is likely to carry into next year, three industry experts said.
October 21, 2013Government
DOD Carriers Unlikely to Recoup All Losses Caused by 16-Day Government Shutdown
Carriers that haul munitions, explosives and other hardware for the U.S. military and saw tonnage evaporate during the partial government shutdown that ended last week said they can’t fully make up their losses.
October 21, 2013Special CoverageGovernmentBusiness
Economy, Trucking To Improve in 2014, Analysts Say
ORLANDO, Fla. — Trucking and U.S. economic trends continue along a familiar path of slow, steady improvement that is likely to carry into next year, three industry experts said
October 20, 2013GovernmentBusiness
Illinois Planning Agency Approves Tollway
A tollway linking Illinois and Indiana was approved Oct. 17 by a planning agency that has criticized the proposed $1.3 billion expressway project in the past, according to the Chicago Tribune.
October 18, 2013GovernmentBusiness
Appeals Court to Hear EPA Engine Suit
Lawyers representing truck makers and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will argue before federal appellate judges on Oct. 22 whether EPA acted correctly in addressing nonconforming engines made by Navistar Inc.
October 18, 2013