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Factors to be consider while picking freight forwarder for transport

Most people do not have to bother about transporting packages to different lands. At the most one may mail a big Christmas gift through USPS or rent a U-Haul to move your stuff if...
Dow Jones Transportation Average

Dow Jones Transportation Average Soaring

Dow Transportation Average Strong In Early September The Dow Jones Transportation Sector continues to outperform the market and has done so for the past 12 months. Since the transportation market dipped in early February, it...

Two Semi-Trucks Responsible For 5 Deaths on Interstate 55 And Route 6

  Truck DriverFrancisco Espinal-Quiroz Charged Two semi-trucks responsible for 5 deaths is now under investigation after Monday's fatal crashes that killed 5 people and injured 5 more. The driver of a semi-truck that hit three stopped vehicles on Interstate 55 Monday...

OOIDA; FMCSA Electronic-Log Mandate Will Have Negative Impact

In official comments to federal regulators, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association says a proposed mandate for electronic logging devices on all trucks would have negative consequences on drivers’ health, privacy, safety and economic interests. The...

File Form 2290 For Heavy Vehicle Use Tax 2014-2015

EtaxForm2290 Offers Cost-Effective Online Way to File Form 2290 for Heavy Vehicle Use Tax for Tax Year 2014-2015 begins July 1, 2014   Save time and money with the revolutionary EtaxForm2290 online filing system. The IRS...

Truckload Linehaul Rates In North America Up 5.2 Percent In June

Promising Truckload Linehaul Rates Truckload linehaul rates paid by North American shippers in June were 5.2 percent higher than in June of last year, the Cass Truckload Index shows. “As demand continues to increase while capacity...
U.S. Aviation Agreement With Mexico

United States And Mexico Reach Modernized Aviation Agreement

U.S. DOT Announces Aviation Agreement The U.S. Department of Transportation announced last week that a new, modernized air service agreement has been reached that will expand opportunities for passenger and cargo carriers to provide service between the...

Past DOT Chiefs Urging Long-Term Solution To Highway Trust Fund

WASHINGTON — As Congress will once again consider legislation to avoid another shortfall of the Highway Trust Fund, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and 11 of his 13 living predecessors have sent a letter to...

Texas DOT Looking At Solutions For Distracted Drivers

AUSTIN, Texas — Corporate executives, small business owners and state officials Tuesday joined the Texas Department of Transportation at Circuit of The Americas raceway to consider solutions for reducing driver distractions that caused more...

Air Pollution: The Light Shines on the Trucking Industry

Over the past decade or so the UK has developed its plans for a more eco-friendly motor vehicle industry. London’s bus fleet currently contains 1,500 hybrid buses, with a 5-year plan to make all...