02 Apr FMCSA Receives Two More Petitions for HOS Exemption The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has received requests for exemption from hours-of-service rules from a trade group representing waste haulers and a business that provides ground support for helicopters. Read more...
02 Apr Does Your Business Belong on Our List of Top 100 For-Hire Companies? Think your company deserves a spot on our prestigious 2020 For-Hire Carriers rankings? Read more...
02 Apr MATS Truck Awards: People’s Choice, Best of Show Winners Announced LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The most tricked-out trucks competed at the 2019 Mid-America Trucking Show, and six came away with the big prizes known as “Best of Show,” with another three winning in the dump category at an awards ceremony March 30. Read more...
02 Apr Tolling Plan Approved for Manhattan, but Rates Remain Unclear New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s recently approved spending plan includes a variable tolling program that would affect travelers driving into Manhattan. Its impact on trucking is still unknown. Read more...
02 Apr Grammer Industries Acquires Sterling Transport Co. Grammer Industries Inc. announced it has acquired North Carolina-based Sterling Transport Co. Read more...
02 Apr NYC Congestion Pricing Triggers Hustle for Discounts, Exemptions Commercial truckers want out of New York City’s first-in-the-nation congestion pricing. So do advocates for the disabled, taxi drivers and swaths of the suburbs. Read more...
02 Apr NHTSA Probing Hyundai, Kia for Cars That Catch Fire The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating some 3 million U.S. vehicles made by Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp. after thousands of complaints that the vehicles went up in flames even without being involved in a crash. Read more...
02 Apr Shell to Leave Oil Lobby Group Over Climate Policy Concerns Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s position on climate change is misaligned with about half of the trade associations it’s a part of, and the company says its disagreement with one is so severe that it will let its membership lapse next year. Read more...
02 Apr Business-Equipment Orders Post Third Drop in Four Months Orders placed with U.S. factories for business equipment fell in February for the third time in four months, suggesting corporate investment remains subdued amid a slowing global economy and uncertainty over the trade war with China. Read more...
01 Apr Diesel Dips 0.2¢ to $3.078 a Gallon as Oil Surges The U.S. retail diesel average price dipped 0.2 cent to $3.078 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported, as the price of crude oil surged past $61 a barrel amid tighter supplies. Read more...