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The opening days of the sad soap opera being played out on Capitol Hill apparently did little damage to the nation’s freight distribution system, according to what industry executives told our reporters last week.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a proposed rule that reaffirms an earlier requirement that truck drivers who haul bulk containers totaling at least 1,000 gallons of liquid obtain tank endorsements.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has enacted a multipart rule that increases the maximum fines that can be assessed against regulations violators and allows the agency to place a fleet out of service if its trucks are operated without Department of Transportation registration.

American Trucking Associations and several oil producer and user trade groups have asked an appeals court to reconsider a three-judge appeals panel’s ruling upholding California’s low-carbon fuel standard.

Load-board activity as reported by DAT Trendlines showed a 1.5% dip in loads for the week of Sept. 22-28 compared with the previous week.

Allowing higher truck weights on interstate highways and helping captive shippers who use the railroads would promote freight mobility and make American companies more competitive globally, representatives of large shippers told a special U.S. House panel exploring freight issues.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Oct. 1 announced 17 regulatory changes mandated by last year’s transportation law, ranging from increased civil penalties to expanding some of the agency’s power to more severely punish other regulatory violations.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a proposed rule that could require as many as nearly 300,000 less-than-truckload drivers to obtain tanK-vehicle endorsements.

The U.S. House and Senate are backing increased funding to fix Colorado’s flood-damaged roads, the Associated Press reported.