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Deutsche Post Earnings Beat Estimates on Parcel Business

Deutsche Post AG’s second-quarter profit beat analysts’ estimates as the German parcel business and international express unit of Europe’s largest postal company expanded.

August 5, 2014

Editorial: Ferro Departs

It’s understandable that many in the trucking industry have mixed feelings about the departure of Anne Ferro, head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, who has announced her resignation.

August 4, 2014

Ferro’s Last Words to Senate: Don’t Change HOS Restart

In what was likely her final appearance before Congress as head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Anne Ferro said she opposes efforts to suspend the restart provision of the hours-of-service rules.

August 4, 2014

Rulemakings Loom Large in FMCSA’s Short History

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will be 15 years old in January — not long in the life of a government agency. That may explain in part why the five-year tenure of Administrator Anne Ferro, marked by a flurry of rulemaking, looms large in the agency’s and trucking history.

August 4, 2014

FMCSA’s Anne Ferro to Depart

Anne Ferro, who oversaw a period of voluminous rulemaking for the trucking industry, has announced her resignation as head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

August 4, 2014

House Schedules Vote On Trust Fund Rescue

House GOP leaders scheduled a floor vote July 31 on their original $11 billion plan to shore up a cash-strapped federal highway account through May, in order to prevent the Department of Transportation from having to delay payouts to states Aug. 1.

July 31, 2014

House Rejects Tax Equalization For LNG

The U.S. House has stripped a provision from the highway bill that sought to eliminate the tax disparity between diesel and liquefied natural gas.

July 31, 2014

House, Senate Send $10.8B Highway Trust Fund Fix to President

A $10.8 billion bill to boost the Highway Trust Fund through May passed the House and Senate on July 31, shortly before lawmakers left Washington for a five-week recess.

July 31, 2014

Anne Ferro: A Timeline of Her FMCSA Tenure

Anne Ferro announced July 25 she would leave her post as FMCSA Administrator in late August to become head of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators. Here's a look back at events that took place during her time as chief.

August 4, 2014

Senate Takes On Highway Trust Fund Bill

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced the chamber will consider on July 29 a House-passed bill that would shore up the Highway Trust Fund for 10 months, as well as several proposed changes to the bill.

July 29, 2014