Traffic Congestion Cost Trucking Industry $50 Billion A Year
Traffic congestion cost the trucking industry $50 billion a year and without proper infrastructure spending, the cost is expected to be worse.
No relief has been in sight for several years but many have high...
NTSB Offers Recomendations-Truck Driver Safety
The National Transportation Safety Board met in Washington on Thursday, urging the National Highway Safety Administration to consider recommendations that promote truck driver safety. The NTSB made seven recommendations to improve tractor-trailer safety. The NTSB...
Truck Driver Shortage Could Stress Industry
30,000 Truck Drivers Needed
A shortage of truck drivers, ripple effects from an extraordinarily harsh winter, new federal trucking regulations, more items needing to be transported and higher fuel costs are why some companies are...
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...
L.A. And Long Beach Ports Begin Strike
Drivers in a long-running labor dispute with three trucking companies at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach began what they said would be an indefinite strike Monday.
The impact on the movement of...
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...
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...
CSX Earnings Report 11 Percent Increase In 1Q Earnings
CSX Corp. reported a 11 percent increase in first quarter earnings year to year. CSX reported earnings of $442 million dollars, or $0.45 cents per share. 1Q earnings were at $398 million dollars a...
The Effects of the 2015 Transportation Bill on the Trucking Industry
2015 Transportation Bill Passes Congress
On November 5th, Congress passed a six-year transportation bill. There is nothing that is extremely good about this bill but is not that bad either. It is relatively good for...
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...