NTSB will look at the potential for hazmats such as lithium-ion batteries as a contributing factor in last week’s Atlas Air crash.
Protecting market share is part of the battle over longer trucks.
Sentiment could be growing for lowering the driver age, but questions linger over safety and wages.
The SEC says that Elon Musk violated his settlement agreement by issuing material, forward-looking statements about Tesla without having them pre-approved by an internal process.
Government continued to pay for services even though it was aware of carrier’s reweigh policies, YRC, others say.
Senior U.S. District Judge Curtis L. Collier Jr. sentenced the final four women to be tried in the Pilot Flying J fraud case to probation and community service, the Knoxville News Sentinel reported.
Connecticut truckers say tolling proposal unveiled by new governor would hurt business.
An Australian court has refused permission for the creation of a coking-coal mine in New South Wales on the grounds that it would adversely contribute to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and would set back the fight against climate change. Legal scholars are hailing the decision as a “hugely significant” ruling.
A 25 percent tariff on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods destined for the U.S. may get delayed again, but supply chain uncertainty persists.
The nation’s top electricity regulator gives exclusive insight into how the infrastructure behind electric trucks could fuel the coming transportation transformation.
Tax incentives that make for cheaper diesel fuel ran out in 2018, and the trucking industry is looking for a vehicle on which to extend it. Could it be the border wall?
Message from NATSO: Technology trends will force truck stop owners to reevaluate how they serve their customers.
Lots of ideas for federal funding of infrastructure at Capitol Hill hearing, but the “pay-for” question still looms.
The arrest came a little over month after the Farm Bill made hemp and all of its byproducts legal.
Green New Deals are the rage in Washington, with benefits – and costs – for trucking.
Drivers – not brokers – facing penalties of $5,000-$10,000 for violating new e-manifest filing requirements at the border.
The railroads have delayed installing life-saving automatic braking technology for another two years, and the NTSB is running out of patience.
Upheaval caused by the U.S.-China trade war has some freight interests uneasy about giving Trump more tariff power.
ELD’s were supposed to make headway into reducing crashes, but that may not be the case so far, according to academic research from supply chain experts.
Speed limiter regulations sat idling under Bush and Obama, so truck safety groups now look to Congress – and Trump – to put it in gear.
The Congressional Budget Office revealed the latest deficits it tracks for the Highway Trust Fund as Congress plans to debate new ways to pay for infrastructure.
Trucking law specialists Scopelitis says that state arbitration laws—and not just the courts—can still be used to settle disputes between trucking companies and employees.
The NLRB overruled an Obama-era litmus test defining independent contractors, giving trucking companies’ defense against unions a boost along the way.
The Congressional Budget Office reveals latest stats on the diminishing Highway Trust Fund as Congress plans to consider new ways to pay for highway infrastructure.
A former NTSB executive tells FreightWaves that “perishable information” critical to freight accident investigations is at risk of disappearing.
The biggest hurdle to making an infrastructure plan work is figuring out how to pay for it. A Washington D.C. think tank says Congress is ready to consider mileage-based user fees.
Financial transactions within the U.S. maritime sector – including vessel loans and project eligibility – are on hold waiting for an end to the government shutdown.
Australia’s Heavy Vehicle National Law has been heavily criticised for being too bureaucratic, prescriptive and generally difficult to work with. A major review has been announced.
FMCSA Administrator Raymond Martinez wanted to “fast track” the HOS rules changes – but the government shutdown is in the way.
The sun is setting on the Australian shipping register as ship operators abandon the local coastal trading regime. Ship operators are fleeing the flag following the 2012 reforms.
Regulators say a database designed to standardize and simplify training certification for new drivers will be ready on time next year.
The advent of modern communications technology such as, obviously, the mobile phone, has created a new, yet poorly understood and under-researched, form of driver distraction. Australian road authorities are calling for research and are updating their road rules.
Facility has been frequent target of labor action and drew attention of local politicians, who tried to evict third-party logistics firm.
Truck drivers hauling in the state of New York will not see ELD enforcement until state regulators finish getting the rule on the books.
New Prime v. Oliveira tests use of arbitration in disputes in effort to avoid more costly and lengthier court hearings.
DOT chief Elaine Chao today called on manufacturers and Silicon Valley to help instill public confidence in the safety of autonomous vehicle technology.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce president Tom Donohue threw down $25,000 for ideas on how to pay for infrastructure. And told Washington to open back up.
The Teamsters Union is relying on the new Congress to help stave off insolvency of its Central States Pension Fund.
Trucking companies could be exposed to increased liability while a challenge to FMCSA’s hours-of-service preemption in California is pending.
Freight lobbyists are banking on leadership changes in the 116th Congress to pave the way for infrastructure financing that stalled during the first half of Trump’s administration.
Law aims to help shippers avoid potential liability; But in an industry with many fly-by-night operators, getting monies owed still a challenge.
But President Trump still hopeful a deal can be done; tariffs costing both sides billions, and truckers plan one-day labor action for April.
Redstar Transport, a large long-distance and heavy-freight trucking business, collapsed in Australia after running out of cash just days before Christmas. Hundreds of people have been thrown out of work. Cargo has been returned to the depot. And the liquidation of Redstar may have wider consequences than is first apparent.
Freight clearance at border crossing at ports could be susceptible to backups and delays if Washington lawmakers are unable to resolve the funding crisis sooner rather than later.
Even the Port’s director agrees something needs to be done; East Coast port notches new record; ATA crows about California victory.
The federal guideline is “hearsed, nursed and towed,” and that will be the rule in Pennsylvania now.
Livestock haulers are relying on the fate of the federal budget to determine how long their ELD exemptions will last.
The vision for truck video systems goes beyond reducing one-time accident claims to creating more efficient, less risky fleets.
Suit alleging millions in DoD overcharges centers on proper reweighing.
The charges are growing but there are signs that this lengthy dispute may be coming to an end.
Svindland expects to be back at work in early January.
The Chattanooga-based team at Block Array have launched a blockchain product they call FreightTrust, legal platform for shipping documents.
Cannabis is now legal in 10 states, but getting pot delivered to your home is not exactly like calling Uber Eats. And for would-be entrepreneurs, securing a license to deliver pot is no easy task.
Glider kit investigations initiated by Democrats and Republicans are expected to be concluded in early 2019.
Preparations by the freight industry to cope with the UK’s exit from the European Union (EU) were thrown into more turmoil by Prime Minister Theresa May’s decision to delay the Brexit debate indefinitely.
A major port operator in Australia is being sued in the nation’s Federal Court by the national competition watchdog, alleging an anti-competitive deal with a state government.
Main U.S. maritime agency’s probe into practices of ocean carriers and terminals winds down, but no changes yet seen.
If you don’t answer, if you don’t look into their eyes, you lose.”
The decision in favor of Horizon turned on a narrow question of where one of the employees’ case should be heard.
Head of FMCSA and largest U.S. truck trade group say California attempting to preempt federal regulations.
A long list of concerns in the ATA President’s annual speech to his group’s conference, including young drivers and California’s own laws.
On the agenda for the day: AOBRD transition, personal conveyance, sleeper berth rule and plenty of other issues for FMCSA’s top attorney.
Surge in low-sulfur fuel use by ships could usher in two to three year period of uncertainty in refining industry.
But lead agency for commercial vehicle safety says autonomous trucking will serve drivers well and make industry better.
Even as the trucking industry struggles to identify new drivers, there is a segment of the U.S. population that is facing unemployment rates above 27% that are looking for jobs. Can felons fill the driver gap?
Also in the pickup: IMO meets with 2020 on the horizon; Rhine levels are causing plants to shut down; C.R. England and its charitable cause
It may mean less now in an era of higher pay, but if total hours don’t exceed the minimum wage, it could be an issue because of this ruling.
The latest on legislative, regulatory, administrative, and enforcement issues across the industry.
Most of the hit is coming from an arbitration award with BNSF. Its conference call with investors is a change in its normal practice.
Just weeks after a federal judge sided with the company and decertified a class of about 11,000 current and former drivers who filed suit, J.B. Hunt has reportedly reached a $15 million settlement with the drivers.
Logistics company argues that it has improved conditions at warehouse one year after its purchase.
New Prime vs. Oliveira aims to settle who can arbitrate and who is a transportation worker under Federal Arbitration Act.
It’s taken several years, but the eight biggest manufacturers of rear underride equipment now get the top grade from the IIHS.
The SEC announced that they have settled their lawsuit with the embattled Tesla CEO. Regardless of the outcome, shareholders win.
Update: Latest labor action brings attention to drayage drivers as NFI says union is trying to “force” representation on drivers.
“We are genuinely saints and sinners,” said Judge Collier, “and what we see in this white collar crime is the duality.” When the court is asked to consider all the good, it must also consider the laws that he broke again and again over a period of half a decade.
ATA chairman outline group’s legislative priorities for this year.
The lawsuit asserts that water “poured in through a gap in city levees,” and it says the gap was created by a railway underpass owned by CSX.
Today, the long-awaited final results are in.
What are the implications for independent owner-operators and the industry that employs them as a result of this week’s ruling in New Jersey?
We may have seen one of the most important legal decisions in the short life of cryptocurrencies. The precedent has been set that they can be regulated as securities.
Trucking association sought to take one tool from state regulators for classifying drivers as contractors or full-time employees.
While many in the brick-and-mortar retail businesses applaud the decision as an effort to even the playing field between online and traditional retail, others are concerned with the negative effects the decision is sure to have on small online businesses.
Union representing 14,500 employees says new deal aims to bring stability and peace to US docks.
Ocean carriers and terminals have seen a boom in the fees they charge for container usage. But U.S. regulators are looking at the practice.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth District sided with a truck manufacturer in a products-liability case claiming an alternative truck design would have prevented serious injuries obtained when a 19-year-old women crashed into the side of the vehicle.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act offers owner-operators more savings.
The Southern California International Gateway is no nearer completion 13 years after it was first proposed.
Maersk is taking notice of the coming regulation that will impact the quality of the fuel burned on ships, and has the potential to kick back into the diesel fuel market. Also: an underride decision, a revealing quote out of China.
U.S. Xpress placed an automated robocall to a driver, seeking to recruit him to join their company. The result? A lawsuit in federal court.
Drayage drivers will have more recourse when unable to collect wages.
Walmart is facing a $50,000 fine for allowing trucks to park at one of its Illinois stores. The penalty came from the city of Springfield, which claims the store is not following the parking plan approved by the city when it was built.
The idea behind the new training program is to work with the drivers involved in an incident right away, wherever they are, and not eat up too much of their time.
In today’s pickup: is there too much focus on OR? Also, Old Dominion had a solid July, and there’s a proposal for a new interstate highway.
The judgement pertained to a company policy that resulted in drivers who must temporarily move into non-driving roles for medical reasons being paid less than drivers making the same move for non-medical reasons.
The trucking industry awaits rulings from the courts, and through legislation, regarding the status of drivers. How often will rest breaks take place, and will they be paid? How will drivers be defined as independent contractors? What will be the implications either way?
As the California Air Resources Board (CARB) prepares to finalize the phase 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) standards and amendments to the tractor-trailer GHG regulation, Fresno-based carrier John R. Lawson Rock & Oil has released a statement calling the proposed regulations illegal.
An attorney speaks on the case of a driver fired after objecting to driving a truck he considered unsafe. His award didn’t even reach $5,000.
A driver was fired after objecting to driving a truck he considered unsafe. His award didn’t even reach $5,000.
The driver pulling frac sand had drugs in his system and had numerous moving violations. That ultimately is what appears to have led to such an enormous penalty.
