19 Apr North Carolina Truckers to See 14.61% Surcharge on Liability Insurance North Carolina motor carriers are being slapped with a 14.61% surcharge on their liability insurance policies to plug a $96 million shortfall in the state’s insurance risk pool. Read more...
19 Apr Tennessee Law Prohibits State Funds From Supporting ELD Enforcement of Ag Haulers Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam signed a law April 18 that would prohibit state funds from being used to enforce electronic logging device regulations for certain agriculture-related hauls Read more...
19 Apr NAFTA Negotiators Wrap Up Telecom Chapter, Sources Say NAFTA negotiators are said to have wrapped up another chapter of the deal as the three ministers leading talks meet again in Washington amid a push for a deal in principle within weeks. Read more...
19 Apr Fed Economists Say Tariffs More Likely to Kill Than Create Jobs U.S. President Donald Trump may hope his tariffs on imported steel and aluminum will create new jobs, or at least protect existing ones. Researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said the opposite outcome was more likely. Read more...
19 Apr CARB Expected to OK Tougher Smoke Opacity Limits in May California environmental regulators are scheduled next month to consider changes that would toughen state standards on smoke opacity as well as require motor carriers with two or more trucks to report to the agency the results from an annual smoke self-test. Read more...
19 Apr Carriers Keep Rolling Out Driver Pay Raises The need for truck drivers has spurred a number of carriers recently to raise compensation and entice qualified drivers to stick around. Read more...
19 Apr Everybody Loses in Trade War, Canadian Chamber of Commerce President Says President Donald Trump has tweeted “trade wars are good, and easy to win. Don’t believe it, the president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce told Tampa business and political leaders April 18. Read more...
19 Apr Wabco Reports Net Income, Earnings Soar Commercial vehicle supplier Wabco Holdings Inc. reported double-digit boosts in first-quarter net income and revenue as it moved to consolidate its presence in North America. Read more...
19 Apr Jobless Claims at Three-Week Low Amid Tight Labor Market U.S. filings for unemployment benefits fell to a three-week low, continuing a trend that indicates a tight labor market, Labor Department figures showed April 19. Read more...
19 Apr Ex-Trooper Sentenced in Dallas Trucking Company Inspection Fraud A former Texas Department of Public Safety sergeant was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison April 16 for accepting bribes from a Dallas trucking company in exchange for top-level inspection decals. Read more...