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ABF to Buy SCR Trucks for 2010, Exec Says

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — ABF Freight System will use diesel engines with selective catalytic reduction technology starting in 2010, but the less-than-truckload carrier has not decided upon the truck maker it will use.

November 21, 2008

FMCSA Reissues Hours-of-Service Rule

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration last week published its latest version of changes to the 60-year-old regulation governing commercial driver work rules.

November 24, 2008

Carriers, Shippers Eye Federal Spending to Boost Economy and Fix Infrastructure

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Shippers, carriers and analysts meeting here agreed that the nation’s contracting economy is hurting freight transportation badly, but said they were hopeful the government would agree to critical transportation infrastructure improvements, financed by higher taxes.

November 24, 2008

Opinion: Factoring Helps, Not Hurts, Trucking Industry

This is a response to the article “Cash-Strapped Carriers Resort to Quick Pay Plans, Factoring” (10-13, p. 55). I would like to set the story straight.

November 19, 2008

NAFTA Trade Rose 4.5% in 2007

Trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico set a record in gaining 4.5% in 2007 from a year earlier, the Department of Transportation said Wednesday.

November 19, 2008

FMCSA Sends EOBR Rule to White House for Review

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has sent its rule governing the use of electronic onboard recorders to the White House for review, in tandem with its announcement that it would leaving its hours-of-service regulation unchanged.

November 19, 2008

Highway Trust Fund Declines by $3 Billion, DOT Says

The federal highway trust fund took in $3 billion less in fiscal year 2008, as Americans drove 90 billion miles fewer miles over an 11-month period compared with a year ago, the Department of Transportation said late Wednesday.

November 19, 2008

FMCSA to Leave Hours-of-Service Rule Unchanged

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, in a notice to be published in Wednesday’s Federal Register, said it was making no changes to its controversial hours-of-service rule.

November 18, 2008

Engineering Cited in Minn. Bridge Failure

Last year’s Interstate-35W highway bridge collapse in Minneapolis, the worst such accident in 25 years, was caused by an engineering flaw and the load on its deck, Bloomberg reported, citing U.S. safety investigators.

November 14, 2008

Obama May Reverse Bush Policy on Denial of Emissions Waiver

Reversing Bush administration policies, including its denial of California’s request for a waiver allowing the state to regulate automobile greenhouse-gas emissions, could be high on President-elect Barack Obama’s agenda in January, some observers said.

November 17, 2008