Transport Topics
- OPEC Cuts Output to Lowest Since 1991 as Virus Slams Oil Demand
- Safety Groups, Teamsters Petition FMCSA to Reconsider HOS Final Rule
- FedEx Posts Loss in Q4, Shows Improvement From Year Ago
- ASCE Report: COVID-19 Compounds Infrastructure Woes
- House Clears Extension of Small Business Loan Program to August
- Louisiana Passes Legislation Aimed at Significant Tort Reform
- Tesla Beats Delivery Expectations, Sending Shares Surging
- House Infrastructure Bill Will Never Become Law, Rep. Sam Graves Says
- FAA Concludes Three Days of Test Flights of Boeing’s 737 Max
- US Unemployment Falls to 11.1%; Trucking Adds 8,000 Jobs
- House OKs $1.5 Trillion Infrastructure Plan That Impacts HOS, Insurance
- Is Density Related to COVID-19 Infection Rates? These Experts Say No
- Cargo Theft Likely to Increase Over July Fourth Holiday, Report Says
- Daimler CEO Warns of ‘Drastic’ Pay Cuts, Deeper Restructuring
- Manufacturing Bounces Back in June on Reopenings
- CARB Releases Proposal to Cut Future NOx, Particulate Matter Emissions
- House Climate Change Plan Tackles Heavy-Duty Equipment at Ports
- Commodity Freighters Are Shrugging Off COVID-19 — For Now
- CBO Trims GDP Forecast for 2020, Lifts 2021 Projection
Companies Race to Create Sensors for Self-Driving Vehicles
To drive a car, you need to see the world around you. But computers are blind, so autonomous cars must rely on other ways to perceive their surroundings.
Tight Capacity, ELD Mandate Send 3PL Rates Higher
The new year is bringing good news to third-party logistics firms as tight capacity sends the rates they charge shippers higher and their spot market business flourishes.
CSX Takes ‘Interim’ Tag off CEO Jim Foote
Only two months after being hired, Jim Foote is now the top executive at CSX Corp. after the unexpected death of CEO Hunter Harrison on Dec. 16.
Senate Committee to Vote Again on Ray Martinez Nomination in 2018
When Congress returns in January, the Senate Commerce Committee will be tasked with reconsidering President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, a spokesman for the committee told Transport Topics on Dec. 27.
Ag Retailers Apply for Waiver From ELD Mandate
The Agricultural Retailers Association has requested an exemption from the electronic logging device rule that took effect Dec. 18, according to a notice published Dec. 27 in the Federal Register by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
