Port Strike Could Cost Economy $2.5B Daily
Negotiations were scheduled to expire soon for a new contract agreement covering nearly 14,000 dockworkers at 30 ports stretching from San Diego, Calif., to Bellingham, Wash., and a new study claims the nation’s economy could take...
Does The New $55B Transportation Spending Bill Put Safety On The Back Burner?
A multimillion lobbying push by FedEx Corp. and other freight carriers may be about to open U.S. highways to a new generation of bigger truck trailers even as watchdogs warn the price will be...
Trucking Technology And Networking Benefits Truck Drivers And Shippers
The soon-to-be-released electronic logging mandate is often depicted as a time bomb that will reduce truck capacity, driving smaller carriers and independents off the roads. There will be some reduction in available capacity once...
Big Rig Living Contest-Nominate A Truck Driver
Big Rig Living Contest (6-24-14 7-24-14)
Truckers Logic is hosting the first monthly Big Rig Living Contest to honor truck drivers and transportation professionals from around the world. The Big Rig Living Contest will feature...
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...
Heavy Vehicle User Tax 2290 May Not Weigh Heavy for Truckers If Prepared To...
The HVUT may not cost heavy as like the heavy motor vehicles if truckers and fleet-owners who need to pay tax form 2290 and file returns happen on time during this tax period for...
Department Of Transportation Urges Truck Drivers To Sleep
Truck Drivers Happy With More Production, More Money
With the 34 hour restart rollback complete, the Department of Transportation is urging truck drivers to get sleep.Numerous truck drivers and trucking organizations applauded congress for including...
Total Transportation Drivers To Make More Money
Total Transportation, a trucking company based in Mississippi, has increased rates across the board with drivers. Total Transportation also operates in Texas, Ohio, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, Louisiana, Maryland and New York. The company has announced...
ATA And Truck Lobby Press For Congress To Pass Spending Bill
Omnibus Spending Bill Needs To Be Passed Immediately
The largest U.S. trucking advocacy group wants Congress to pass an omnibus spending bill during its “lame duck” session, not a continuing resolution that simply extends funding...
Federal Railroad Administration Issues $967.1M MTA Loan For Commuter Railroads
WASHINGTON – The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today closed on a $967.1 million Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) loan with New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in order to facilitate the deployment...