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Court Upholds FMCSA Exemption of Trucking From California Rest Break Rules

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s determination that motor carriers are exempt from California’s stringent meal-and-rest-break rules.

January 15, 2021

Surging Shipping Rates Pose New Headwind for Global Economy

Shocks to supply chains are engulfing a wider swath of the global economy as the pandemic rages on, threatening to stifle Asia’s trade-led recovery just as soaring freight rates make it harder for businesses to weather another year like 2020.

January 14, 2021

DB Schenker Halts Deliveries to UK Due to Brexit Trouble

DB Schenker, a major logistics company owned by German rail giant Deutsche Bahn AG, suspended deliveries to the U.K. due to “significant” problems caused by post-Brexit red tape.

January 14, 2021

Exports Boosted US Shale Market, but Long-Term Demand Uncertain

These past five years could very well go down as the best years that U.S. shale oil exporters will ever see.

January 12, 2021

FHWA Awards Grant Supporting AV Truck Project at Port of Virginia

The Federal Highway Administration recently awarded $49.6 million to support projects that incorporate transportation-related technologies.

January 6, 2021

US Imports No Saudi Crude Oil for First Time in 35 Years

The U.S. didn’t import any Saudi crude the week of Dec. 28 for the first time in 35 years, a reversal from just months ago when the Kingdom threatened to upend the American energy industry by unleashing a tsunami of exports into a market decimated by the pandemic.

January 6, 2021

Manufacturers Rethink Supply Chains, Eye Reshoring After Events of 2020

A trade war with China and the disruptive effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have U.S. companies starting to question a decades-old strategy of shifting manufacturing operations to low-cost labor markets in China and other Asian nations.

January 4, 2021

West and East Coast Ports Report Strong November Volume

The nation’s ports continued their breakneck pace in November as imported products arrived and unloaded at a record or near-record rate at facilities on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts.

January 4, 2021

Railroads Install Crash-Prevention System Ahead of US Deadline

U.S. railroads have completed installation of an automated crash-prevention system that covers 57,536 miles of freight and passenger tracks ahead of an end-of-year deadline that was previously extended, the Federal Railroad Administration announced Dec. 29.

December 29, 2020

Trucking Industry Experts Optimistic About 2021, Once COVID Is Over

The trucking industry stands poised for a solid start in 2021, building on an unprecedented 2020 during which the U.S. economy relied heavily on truckers amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

December 29, 2020