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DOT Awards Five States $6.25 Million to Help Ease Shortage of Safe Truck Parking
The U.S. Department of Transportation in June awarded grants totaling $6.25 million to five states to “ease truck parking shortages on U.S. interstates.”
July 5, 2010
Three experts from Transport Enterprise Leasing discuss strategies for buying and selling trucks amid regulatory shifts, trade tensions and economic uncertainty.
Appeals Court Blocks Truckers’ Bid to Recover More Than $10,000 After Brokerage Failure
A U.S. Appeals Court has rejected an effort by a group of truckers to collect more than $10,000 from an insurance company that posted a surety bond for a broker that went bankrupt.
July 5, 2010TTNews to Close Monday for July 4th Holiday
Transport Topics Online will be closed on Monday, July 5, for the Independence Day holiday. Please check back on Tuesday, July 6, for the latest trucking and freight transportation news.
July 2, 2009Letters: Broker Authority
I continue to be perplexed by May 10’s “Opinion” writer, David Dwinell. Call me old school, but I prefer my statements to be supported by facts.
June 28, 2010Labor Dept. Official Urges Passage of Bill to Curb Potential Worker Misclassification
Catching employers who misclassify their employees as independent contractors would help ensure a “level playing field in the marketplace,” a top official with the U.S. Department of Labor told a Senate committee.
June 28, 2010New Chassis Safety Rules Take Effect
The long-awaited new federal chassis safety rules take effect June 30, but officials said questions remain about damage reports truckers must file to keep equipment in roadworthy shape.
June 28, 2010FMCSA Sticking to Timeline for Implementation of CSA
WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration remains “absolutely” committed to the current timeline for rolling out CSA 2010, Administrator Anne Ferro said.
June 28, 2010Groups Seek to Cut Driving Time as Part of Changes to HOS Rules
A coalition of interest groups that has repeatedly succeeded in challenging the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s hours-of-service rule last week pushed for dramatically cutting the current daily and weekly work-time limits.
June 28, 2010CSA 2010 Needs Improvements, Trucking Exec Tells Congress
The federal government’s Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 is supported by the trucking industry but needs some changes, a trucking executive testifying for American Trucking Associations told a congressional panel Wednesday.
June 23, 2010Letters: Rate Setting, Fuel Efficiency, Restrictive Laws
About the two May 17 “rate setting” letters: It’s important for trucking companies to understand that we are the ones who set the rates.
June 21, 2010