XPO unit, class of drivers and helpers reach $5.5 million settlement to end three-year legal fight over job classification
Safety, labor advocates register early opposition to rule changes.
Government denies claims the IRS misled company on excise tax rules.
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has started making examples of companies that did not take its administrative subpoenas for information involving alleged sanctions violations seriously.
Jack Cooper Ventures says it will be “business as usual” as the auto hauler undertakes a restructuring.
Chinese billionaire Liu Zhongtian, former president of China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd., was indicted by federal court in Los Angeles for allegedly evading $1.8 billion antidumping and countervailing duties on aluminum shipments.
A federal grand jury indicted three Texas men – two truckers and a state worker – in connection with a scheme to sell commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) without the drivers […]
Legislation includes first-ever grants for electric vehicle infrastructure.
Ports receive 15% of grant program typically used for surface projects.
Negligent hiring and vicarious liability lawsuits have been around, but there are emerging risks as well.
After California, New Jersey is the next battleground for trucking’s owner-operator business model. And motor carriers fear the war there may be largely lost. The latest skirmish centers on a […]
ABF Freight, YRC Freight employees affected by pension-saving bill.
Grain shippers say Congress should take a “fresh look” at railroad policy.
Owners of ships, railcars and trucks face increased risk from environmental regulations, credit rating agency Moody’s said. The value of $265 billion in debt owed by transportation companies may be […]
Criminal syndicates are smuggling huge volumes of methamphetamine around the globe by hiding it in the lawful flow of freight. Find out where meth flows, how it flows, and who profits as it flows.
Labor Department says drivers do not have to be paid for time spent in sleeper berth.
Declaring an undervalue on imported watercraft has triggered demands for millions of dollars in duty from the authorities. Experts say customs authorities will, in future, only become more efficient… and aggressive.
Investor speculation that VW’s Traton SE would complete an acquisition of Navistar International took a hit along with the share price July 17 when the head of Traton said he was satisfied with the present 16.8 percent of the Illinois company’s shares.
A truck driver who was convicted and sentenced for dangerously driving his truck in a way that caused grievous bodily harm and severe brain damage to a young woman has escaped a much more severe sentence owing to bureaucratic failings.
California bill affecting owner-operators will die if not on governor’s desk by September 13.
Three-judge panel says lower court acted properly to block union pilots from slowing down Atlas Air’s operations during contract talks
Reefer specialist claims use of the word “prime” constitutes unfair competition.
Ray Martinez said truck users will benefit from better data from CSA scores to make carrier selections i
The developer of a wheeled container storage site is suing the Port and City of Los Angeles, alleging that the project was derailed due to demands for longshoremen to be […]
Punitive damages now off limits in certain personal injury lawsuits
BiTA’s Patrick Duffy informs committee of blockchain approaching critical mass
Smoking crystal meth directly led to a fatal crash that killed two truckers; meanwhile, dead kangaroos, speeding, and dodgy crane operators feature in two labor-law hearings in Australia
Changing harbor tax could help smaller ports compete with trucks
Carrier and logistics firm NFI was named in a report highlighting deficiencies in a New Jersey tax incentive program aimed at keeping businesses in the state. Camden-based NFI was one […]
State-by-state benefits of raising gas tax included in White House letter.
Business groups may also look to courts as potential way out
Potential for added employment costs for trucking companies down the road.
Airline Garuda Indonesia has been ordered by an Australian court to pay A$19 million (US$13.14 million) in penalties for air cargo price fixing as part of a massive international cartel. Australian penalties of A$132.5 million (US$91.64 million) have so far been levied against 14 airlines.
Tariffs starting June 10 at 5 percent to escalate to 25 percent by October 1.
Raising the gas tax a priority despite pushback by conservatives.
$2 trillion infrastructure plan would boost Highway Trust Fund to $850 billion
Democrats boost maritime programs over Trump’s budget
The highway and viaduct that now shoots truckers and others straight through the heart of Syracuse on interstate 81 might be no more under a plan making its way through […]
President walks out abruptly following cover-up allegations
US Supreme Court denies petition by UPS to review US Postal Service’s accounting cost structure
2020 U.S. presidential election could become major roadblock
Operating cost savings at stake as company deals with IPO expectations
Carrier accused of overworking driver in no position to pay.
U.S. lawmakers weigh Arctic “St. Lawrence Seaway”
Beijing has sworn to institute countermeasures to combat a huge increase in tariffs, from 15 percent to 25 percent, that have been imposed by Washington on $200 billion worth of a wide range of Chinese goods. A set of high-level, last-minute, talks yesterday to postpone or prevent the tariffs failed.
One of North Korea’s largest coal-hauling vessels has been taken out of service by U.S. authorities in the first-ever cargo ship seizure related to sanctions violations by Pyongyang. The vessel […]
A long-running lawsuit over leased vehicles appears to be reaching its conclusion. The lawsuit, Roberts, et al. v. C.R. England, Inc., et al, is scheduled for final approval by a […]
CEO Paul Svindland calls settlement “milestone” in path to stability after hit from financial scandal.
U.S. unveils new strategy in response to increasing investments by Russia and China.
Feds have exempted Wing Aviation from a block of regulations clearing way for an operating permit.
Australia’s import, export and logistics industries are in dismay at a massively escalating series of surcharges that are being unilaterally charged to truckers and shippers by the nation’s main box terminal operators. There have been hikes in surcharges of hundreds of percentage points. And, in one case, an imposed surcharge was literally increased over a couple of years by 2,372 percent. Industry executives are furious.
D.C. to Baltimore in 15 minutes could help advance hyperloop technology for cargo.
Not long after its IPO, Lyft is removing electric bikes from the markets of New York City, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco after reports of problems with the vehicles’ brakes.
Another outbreak of salmonella poisoning has occurred – this one caused by tainted fruit. Read how blockchain could help deter and detect these outbreaks before they harm many.
Trump now threatening tariffs against Mexico while trade groups claim cross-border supply chains still at risk.
Peter Armbruster was not in the original indictment from last year but now joins two other execs facing criminal charges and from the SEC as well.
Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has handed out a smack-down to the three main longshoremen companies in Australia, which were using their oligopoly market power to impose unfair terms on trucking companies. The stevedoring companies involved are DP World Australia, Hutchison Ports Australia and Victoria International Container Terminal.
John Garamendi (D-CA) asserted energy exports are tied to US shipbuilding and national security.
The Supreme Court denial effectively upholds a lower court decision that gives the states powers that the California Trucking Association said it legally should not have.
The succession makes perfect sense and is a step in the right direction.
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.
