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
GAO Urges Congress to Allow Rail-Safety Deadline Extension
A U.S. watchdog office urged Congress to empower regulators to extend a Dec. 31 deadline for freight and passenger railroads to adopt new safety technology that could prevent major derailments and other deadly crashes.
N.Y., N.J. Ask US to Pay Half of $20 Billion Rail Tunnel
Govs. Chris Christie of New Jersey and Andrew Cuomo of New York want the federal government to pay half of a $20 billion commuter rail tunnel under the Hudson River.
Werner Wins Approval to Extend Apprenticeship Program for Vets
The Department of Veterans Affairs approved Werner Enterprise's request to extend its 12-month professional truck driver apprenticeship program to 24 months, the truckload carrier said.
More Business Awaits if Intermodal Service Improves Further
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Railroads have made progress in improving service quality this year, compared with last year's delay-plagued operations, but they will have to keep improving to win more business from customers, shippers said.
Day 1 of TMC SuperTech Under Way in Orlando
The 11th annual TMC SuperTech competition is under way in Orlando, Florida, with 145 truck technicians vying for the title of Grand Champion.
