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Transport Topics government and regulatory coverage keeps managers of a highly-regulated industry aware of the policy decisions that can shape their businesses. Covering both the legislative and regulatory aspects of policy-making, at both the state and national levels, the news in this category includes looks at infrastructure, hours of service, emissions rules, funding measures, leadership appointments, and more. Readers can follow what’s happening in Congress, at the Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Administration, and in state and local governments.

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Amazon May Stop French Deliveries After Court Order

Amazon .com Inc. threatened to stop activity at its fulfillment centers in France after a court order banned the sale of non-essential goods, concluding the retailer isn’t doing enough to protect staff from the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 15, 2020
Government

Congress’ Work Schedule to Resume May 4

Congressional leaders have pushed into May their scheduled return to Washington, continuing work from their home states on recovery efforts related to the coronavirus pandemic and myriad other policy updates.

April 15, 2020
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Automakers Will Need Months to Restart Factories

Automakers are anxious to get their assembly lines rolling again, especially since leaving factories idle is costing them billions of dollars by the week.

April 15, 2020
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Saudi Oil Keeps Flooding Market With Output Pact Yet to Begin

Saudi Arabia and other Gulf suppliers may have agreed to cut oil production again starting next month, but by all indications the taps are set to remain wide open until then — swelling stockpiles for at least a few more weeks.

April 15, 2020
GovernmentBusinessTop 100

Trump Says Trucking CEOs to Help Advise on Economic Recovery

American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear is among the prominent business executives tapped by President Donald Trump to help revive the economy as the coronavirus pandemic shows signs of easing in some parts of the country.

April 14, 2020
GovernmentBusiness

IMF Predicts Global Economy Will Suffer Worst Year Since Depression

WASHINGTON — Beaten down by the coronavirus outbreak, the world economy in 2020 will suffer its worst year since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the International Monetary Fund says in its latest forecast.

April 14, 2020
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FMCSA Expands COVID-19 Waiver to Accommodate CDL Skills Tests

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has expanded its COVID-19 emergency declaration to allow examiners to conduct commercial driver license skills tests without being physically in the truck, using such technologies as in-cab cameras, online testing and cellphones.

April 14, 2020
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Coronavirus Stimulus Boosts Access for Funding Harbors, Ports

Additional funding for the Army Corps of Engineers to pursue port maintenance projects was approved in the $2.2 trillion economic stimulus package that recently was signed into law.

April 14, 2020
GovernmentBusiness

Federal Regulators Exempt Expired TWIC Cards Through July 31

The Transportation Security Administration has granted a temporary exemption for the expiration of Transportation Worker Identification Credentials through July 31 for cards that expired after March 1.

April 14, 2020
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Trump Negotiating to Lease Oil Storage Space to Nine Companies

The U.S. Energy Department is negotiating with nine companies to rent about 23 million barrels of oil storage capacity in its Strategic Petroleum Reserve as part of a Trump administration bid to help drain the country’s growing glut of crude.

April 14, 2020