04 Feb Hemp Is Legal, but Guidelines Still Need Tweaking, Commenters Say Among more than 4,600 public comments filed regarding a new regulation issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Oct. 31, many lobbed criticism at how regulators are interpreting the underlying 2018 farm bill that legalized industrial hemp. Read more...
04 Feb US Senate Bill to Allow Interstate Truckers Under 21 Touted at Hearing WASHINGTON — A bill that would pave the way for commercial drivers younger than 21 to drive trucks across state lines received a resounding endorsement from an organization that represents freight industry interests nationwide during a Feb. 4 Senate hearing. Read more...
04 Feb Amazon Finally Closes Above $1 Trillion After Months of Close Calls Amazon .com Inc. closed with a valuation above $1 trillion for the first time Feb. 4, after failing to hold above that threshold through the end of a trading day in the previous two sessions. Read more...
04 Feb UPS Appoints Stephen Denton to Lead Ware2Go Stephen Denton was appointed CEO of on-demand fulfillment platform Ware2Go Inc., the company announced Feb. 4. Read more...
04 Feb 2020 State Truck Driving Championships Schedule Despite the cancellation of the national competition, states remain free to make an independent decision regarding their own event. Here's the schedule as we know it. Read more...
04 Feb New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy Signs Laws to Protect Misclassified Workers New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy recently signed a series of laws meant to combat worker misclassification. Read more...
04 Feb AAR: PTC Implementation for Freight Railroads Almost Finished Implementation of automatic braking technology for freight railroads is nearly complete, an industry group indicated recently. Read more...
04 Feb Tesla Doubles Value on EV Dominance As Tesla observers try to understand how and why the stock already has doubled this year, analysts and Musk’s own rivals are second-guessing the notion that the Model 3 maker will be caught anytime soon. Read more...
04 Feb CARB Launches Zero-Emission Freight Equipment Project The California Air Resources Board started an initiative to promote zero-emission freight equipment at transportation hubs, such as ports, distribution centers, airports and rail yards. Read more...
04 Feb Digital Freight Marketplace Emerge Gains $20 Million Investment Digital freight marketplace Emerge closed out an early stage of financing with $20 million in investments, it was announced Feb. 4. Read more...