12 Nov OOIDA Granted Motion for Leave to Intervene in HOS Case The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has granted the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association’s motion for leave to intervene in the court case about the updated federal hours-of-service regulations. Read more...
12 Nov White House Leaves Stimulus to Congress After Failed Talks The Trump administration is stepping back from negotiations on a new stimulus package and leaving it to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to revive long-stalled talks with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, according to people familiar with the situation. Read more...
12 Nov Elaine Chao Helps Kick Off Women In Trucking Association’s Conference The Women In Trucking Association’s annual conference, held virtually out of safety concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic, kicked off with a message of positivity Nov. 12. Read more...
12 Nov IG Report Outlines Top Management Challenges for FMCSA A federal oversight report calls on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to provide more “robust oversight” of states’ compliance with commercial driver license and driver medical exam requirements. Read more...
12 Nov Number Seeking US Jobless Aid Drops to Lowest Since March The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits fell last week to 709,000, a still-high level but the lowest figure since March and a further sign that the job market might be slowly healing. Read more...
12 Nov Amazon to Expand In-Garage Delivery to 4,000 US Cities Amazon .com Inc. is about to see whether shoppers wary of contact with package delivery drivers would rather let them into the garage instead. Read more...
12 Nov Rep. Donald Payne Aims for Railroads Subcommittee Chairmanship A senior member of New Jersey’s congressional delegation is vying to lead the panel with jurisdiction over the country’s freight and passenger railroad affairs. Read more...
12 Nov FedEx in Partnership to Use Facilities as Cloud Service Hubs Dell Technologies Inc., FedEx Corp. and Switch Inc. are building a U.S. network of data centers, offering businesses an alternative to maintaining their own server farms or using major cloud providers such as Amazon .com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. Read more...
12 Nov Pfizer Vaccine Road Map Shows Logistical, Financial Obstacles When Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE’s COVID-19 vaccine rolls off production lines, Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co. will be waiting to distribute it through a complex and costly system of deep-freeze airport warehouses, refrigerated vehicles and inoculation points across China. Read more...
12 Nov October Class 8 Sales Stay Strong Class 8 U.S. retail sales in October remained 18.4% below year-ago levels, but closed in on 19,000, WardsAuto .com reported. Read more...