15 Dec Biden Expected to Pick Buttigieg as Transportation Chief Pete Buttigieg, the former Democratic presidential candidate as well as former mayor of South Bend, Ind., will be nominated to lead the U.S. Department of Transportation under the Biden administration, according to sources familiar with the transition and published reports. Read more...
15 Dec Trucking Seeks Liability Protections as Congress Debates New COVID-19 Aid As lawmakers work on legislation that will provide additional relief funds to the transportation sector, the trucking industry is asking Congress to include provisions that ensure liability protection for motor carriers on the front lines of the coronavirus relief effort. Read more...
15 Dec Biden Introduces Buttigieg as Transportation Choice Pete Buttigieg, the former Democratic presidential candidate and onetime mayor of South Bend, Ind., was tapped to lead the U.S. Department of Transportation under the Biden administration, according to the Biden-Harris transition team. Read more...
15 Dec Trucks Carry First Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine to Hospitals Across the US As the first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine begin to ship, trucking experts on the ground level of the distribution effort said the logistical elements are in place for a successful rollout of an estimated 50 million doses of the vaccine between now and the end of January. Read more...
15 Dec Medium-Duty Sales Notch Year-Over-Year Increase in November Classes 4-7 U.S. retail sales in November surpassed 18,000 and jumped nearly 10% compared with a year earlier as only Class 7 failed to post a year-over-year gain, WardsAuto.com reported. Read more...
15 Dec OPEC’s President Says Oil Cartel Cannot Rush Output Increases The president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries reiterated that the oil producers’ cartel shouldn’t rush to increase output early next year and said energy demand was still fragile with the coronavirus raging across parts of the world. Read more...
15 Dec US Factory Output Rises More Than Forecast on Auto Production U.S. manufacturing output rose by more than forecast in November thanks to a boost in auto production, helping factories continue to rebound toward their pre-pandemic capacity and strength. Read more...
15 Dec Texas Truckers Fight Inflated Medical Costs in Litigation Trucking officials and tort reform advocates in Texas have introduced legislation seeking to end schemes between plaintiff attorneys and doctors under which medical costs related to truck accidents are overstated in court litigation. Read more...
14 Dec Diesel Rises 3.3¢ in Sixth Straight Increase The average price of diesel increased by 3.3 cents a gallon nationwide to $2.559, according to weekly data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Dec. 14. Still, trucking’s primary fuel costs 48.7 cents less than it did a year ago. Read more...
14 Dec Crunch Time for COVID-19 Relief as Bipartisan Bills Unveiled WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of lawmakers was unveiling a detailed COVID-19 aid proposal Dec. 14 as Congress labored toward a final agreement on a new round of virus relief. Read more...