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New Orleans Panel Recommends Closing Shipping Waterway
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. commission charged with setting plans to rebuild New Orleans has proposed eliminating a 76-mile shipping channel that was a prime cause of flooding after Hurricane Katrina, the New York Times reported Wednesday.
January 11, 2006ATRI Hopes to Prevent Driver Fatigue With New Tool Kit
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he American Transportation Research Institute said it will develop a new tool kit with U.S. and Canadian regulators by 2009 to help trucking better combat driver fatigue.
January 11, 2006FMCSA Nixes OOIDA Bid to Amend Hours Rule
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has denied a petition by a major drivers group to amend the sleeper-berth provision of its new hours-of-service rules.
January 11, 2006Security & Safety Briefs - Jan. 5 - Jan. 11
Ontario Customs Officers Stage Brief Walkout at Border Iteris Equips Five Fleets with Lane-Warning Systems Indiana May Reroute Trucks in Part of State
January 11, 2006DHL to Build Its Largest U.S. Sorting Center in New York
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ackage carrier DHL said Wednesday it will begin construction in February of a $181 million service center in New York City.
January 11, 2006November Tonnage Index Higher Than First Reported, ATA Says
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. verall for-hire trucking freight volumes surged 1.9% in November from a month earlier, greater than originally reported and to the second-highest level on record, American Trucking Associations said late Tuesday.
January 11, 2006Letter to the Editor: HOS Rule's 34-Hour Provision Defended
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. m 65 and have been driving for 50 years. The 34-hour rule is a good rule. Think about the driver who is hanging around a truck stop miles from home, waiting for his hours to catch up to him.
January 11, 2006Wholesale Inventories Rise 0.4% in November
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. .S. wholesale inventories rose 0.4% in November, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.
January 10, 2006DHL, Exel Integration to Take Three Years, Execs Say
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. xecutives with Germanys Deutsche Post World Net said it could take three years to fully integrate the logistics operations of Exel PLC and DHL, but it already has extended the DHL brand to cover Exels logistics and forwarding businesses.
January 10, 2006Wisconsin Law Eliminates Automatic Fuel-Tax Increases
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. isconsin Gov. Jim Doyle (D) signed legislation late last month repealing automatic annual increases for inflation in the states fuel tax, though the repeal will not take effect until April 2007.
January 10, 2006