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Hodges Says Cap-and-Trade Plan Threatens Trucking’s Viability

A House cap-and-trade energy bill would “add another layer of volatility” to the already erratic price of diesel fuel that could jeopardize the economic viability of trucking companies, Tommy Hodges, first vice chairman of American Trucking Associations, said last week.

June 15, 2009

Industry Supports Selection of Ferro to Lead FMCSA

Trucking industry groups closed ranks in support of Anne Ferro to head the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, after the Teamsters union and a handful of advocacy groups said they opposed her nomination.

June 15, 2009

Stimulus Funds Move Unevenly

Federal funds to stimulate highway projects are moving in fits and starts through the bureaucratic funding pipeline, delivering new work for some fleets while others get no benefit from the $26.7 billion economic recovery effort.

June 15, 2009

Navistar Says EPA Favored SCR by Setting Guideline Illegally

Truck and engine manufacturer Navistar Inc. last week leveled new allegations against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accusing the federal regulator of privately and illegally giving its competitors the green light to deploy a selective catalyst reduction emission control technology that could be implemented only with an “illegal relaxation” of EPA’s 2010 nitrogen oxide emission standard.

June 15, 2009

ATA Calls for Federal Action on Highway Safety Agenda

WASHINGTON — American Trucking Associations has called on Congress and the Department of Transportation to back an 18-point plan to reduce truck-involved crashes, with a particular emphasis on driver behavior.

June 15, 2009

Oil Rises Over $72 a Barrel

Oil rose past $72 a barrel in after-hours trading Wednesday for the first time in seven months, Bloomberg reported.

June 11, 2009

Intermodal, Rail Traffic Decline

Intermodal rail traffic fell 20.1% last week compared with the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads said.

June 12, 2009

DOT Freight Index Falls 8.5% in April

The Department of Transportation said its freight transportation services index fell 8.5% in April from a year earlier to its lowest level in seven years.

June 10, 2009

Obama to Nominate Hersman as NTSB Chairman

President Obama will nominate Deborah Hersman, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board, to be the board's chairman, the White House said.

June 10, 2009

Echo Acquires Raytrans Distribution

Echo Global Logistics said that it has acquired Raytrans Distribution Services, a transportation brokerage firm.

June 10, 2009