The House voted 395-18 late Tuesday to halt the Department of Transportation’s year-old program to allow Mexican trucks free access to U.S. roads.
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Court Denies Calif. Port Stay; ATA Files Expedited Appeal
A federal judge last week denied American Trucking Associations’ request for a preliminary injunction against controversial portions of emission-reduction programs at the California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
September 15, 2008
Three experts from Transport Enterprise Leasing discuss strategies for buying and selling trucks amid regulatory shifts, trade tensions and economic uncertainty.
Congress Refills Highway Fund
Congress, after an abrupt about-face by the Bush administration, moved quickly last week to transfer more than $8 billion into the Highway Trust Fund to keep the road-building finance program solvent.
September 15, 2008Trucking Companies Face Growing Cash Crunch as Shippers Struggle to Survive Downturn
Astronomic fuel prices are only part of the economic drag on trucking these days. Add the growing length of time on accounts receivables, more customer bankruptcies and the tightening of credit by suppliers and lenders, and it’s easy to see how carriers’ cash flow has ebbed.
September 15, 2008Fuel Prices Continue Downward
Fuel prices last week continued their slide from July’s record highs, as the U.S. retail average for diesel fuel dropped for an eighth straight week and gasoline for the ninth.
September 15, 2008Import Prices Fall 3.7% in August
The price of goods imported to the United States fell 3.7% in August, led by declining oil prices, the Labor Department said Thursday.
September 11, 2008Oil Falls Below $102 as Hurricane Ike Moves Toward Texas
Oil prices continued to fall toward $100 a barrel Thursday, even as Hurricane Ike strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico heading toward the Texas coast, Bloomberg reported.
September 11, 2008Oil Slides Below $103 a Barrel as Hurricane Ike Moves Into Gulf
Crude oil prices continued to slide early Wednesday, even as Hurricane Ike intensified as it moved into the Gulf of Mexico and a top OPEC official said the cartel would trim an oversupplied market, Bloomberg reported.
September 10, 2008Letters to the Editor: Mexico Border Pilot, Driver Appreciation, Outsourcing Overseas, Slow-Pay Blues
If the Chinese are going to make all the goods, the Arabs supply all the oil and the Mexicans do all the transportation, what are we going to do? This sounds very much like the fall of the Roman Empire in past history.
September 11, 2008Editorial: Reducing Highway Fatalities
Trucking-related highway fatalities fell again last year, to their lowest level in 15 years, according to data from the Department of Transportation.
September 10, 2008