Consumer Price Index Grows 0.5%
The consumer price index increased 0.5% in Febuary, the Labor Department said Thursday.
March 17, 2011Daily Briefings from Transport Topics
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Comments to Hours-of-Service Rule Rewrite Top 20,000
The number of comments on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Association’s proposed revised hours-of-service regulation has topped 20,000 — the most for any current rule being considered.
March 15, 2011N.Y. Factory Index Expands at Fastest Rate in 9 Months
Manufacturing activity in the New York region expanded at the fastest rate in nine months in March, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Tuesday.
March 15, 2011Truckload Carriers Back Electronic Logging for HOS
The Truckload Carriers Association has voted to support the mandated use of “electronic logging devices” to ensure compliance with hours-of-service regulations.
March 15, 2011ATA Seeks Hazmat Rule Change
American Trucking Associations has petitioned federal regulators to issue a new rule to clarify that hazardous material packages should normally be inspected at the point of loading or unloading, and not during roadside inspections.
March 15, 2011Inspectors Gain Additional Authority to Inspect Hazmats Under New Rule
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration said a new federal rule will expand the enforcement authority of federal regulators to conduct “enhanced inspections” and investigations of packaged hazardous materials.
March 14, 2011Agencies Duplicated Inspections, GAO Says
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Transportation Security Administration have conducted several dozen overlapping fleet inspections, according to a recent Government Accountability Office report about wasteful and duplicative federal programs.
March 14, 2011U.S. to Require EOBRs on Trucks From Mexico and Plans to Pay for Them With Federal Money
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will require all Mexican trucks entering the United States to be equipped with electronic onboard recorders — and will pay for them — an agency spokeswoman said last week.
March 14, 2011Fleets Seek More Uniformity in Inspections of Shipments Crossing U.S.-Canada Border
Even with the proper security credentials, it’s a bit of a crapshoot every time one of Kevin Hogan’s company trucks leaves a terminal in Ontario for a border crossing with a load of freight bound for the United States.
March 14, 2011Trucking, Retailers Again Ask FMCSA to Withdraw Latest HOS Proposal
Trade organizations representing motor carriers, shippers, and retailers continued their campaign against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s proposed hours-of-service rule change, making last-minute appeals last week that the agency withdraw the rule and claiming it would hurt supply chain productivity and highway safety.
March 14, 2011