Manufacturers of refrigerated trailers and trailer refrigeration units are seeking a delay in adoption of a new federal regulation that could have a profound effect on the equipment used by reefer fleets.
May 18, 2015BusinessGovernmentSafetyTechnologyAutonomous
Daimler’s Bernhard Wants Governments to Speed Approval of Self-Driving Trucks
Speaking at the Hoover Dam in Nevada just prior to formally introducing the Freightliner Inspiration autonomous-driving truck, Wolfgang Bernhard, head of Daimler’s global truck and bus unit, said “whoever has the regulatory framework in place” will be the first to get autonomous vehicles.
May 18, 2015BusinessGovernmentSafetyAutonomous
ATRI, Minnesota Trucking Assn. Plan Study on Safety Records of Younger Truck Drivers
The American Transportation Research Institute and the Minnesota Trucking Association are joining forces to conduct a pilot project that will compare the records of young drivers with those of more experienced drivers.
May 18, 2015BusinessSafetyAutonomous
US Trucking Revenue Sets Record in 2014, Surpasses $700 Billion, ATA Report Says
Trucking industry revenue set a record last year, reaching $700.4 billion, American Trucking Associations reported.
May 18, 2015BusinessSafetyGovernment
Bankruptcy Trustee Sues Carriers, Seeks Millions in Past Payments
The trustee for TransVantage Solutions Inc., a bankrupt freight bill payment firm, is suing more than 500 truckers and other transport companies in a bid to recoup hundreds of millions of dollars by claiming payments made over several years were improper.
May 18, 2015BusinessSafety
Intermodal Gains Accelerate; Tops All Freight Over 4 Weeks
Truck-rail freight shipments reached a milestone in recent weeks by exceeding all other combined U.S. rail shipments for the first time, driven by such factors as a recent surge in international cargo, industry officials said.
May 18, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafety
EPW to Mark Up 6-Year Highway Bill in June, ‘Can No Longer Wait On Congress’
Leaders of the transportation policy committee in the Senate said May 13 they will schedule a markup in June to consider a bill that reauthorizes surface highway programs for six years.
May 13, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafetyTechnologyEquipment
Former DOT Chief to Congress: Raise Gas Tax 10¢, Index it
WASHINGTON — A way for Congress to ensure long-term funding for the country's highway system would be to approve a 10-cent gas tax increase and index the tax to inflation, former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told Transport Topics May 13.
May 13, 2015GovernmentBusinessSafety
Panel Reports Transportation Funding Bill with HOS Provision to Full House
WASHINGTON — The House Appropriations Committee on May 13 voted 30-21 to send a fiscal 2016 transportation funding bill to the House floor after defeating a Democratic attempt to remove a provision that would add new requirements to a study on an hours of service rule for truckers.
May 13, 2015BusinessGovernmentSafetyAutonomous
ATA-led Coalition Accuses Regulators of Skewing Restart Study
American Trucking Associations and a coalition of more than 100 industry stakeholders have asked members of the House Appropriations Committee to include legislative provisions that would block federal regulators from skewing the results of their hours of service restart study.
May 13, 2015