March 2012

Summary Agenda Discussion Questions Summary FMCSA will hold a public listening session to solicit information, concepts, ideas, and comments on Electronic On-Board Recorders (EOBRs) and the issue of driver harassment. Specifically, the Agency wants to… Read More »FMCSA Will Host Public Listening Session and Webcast on March 23 to Solicit Comments on Electronic On-Board Recorders and the Issue of Driver Harassment

Save the big tire repair jobs for the experts. They have the equipment and the trained technicians to handle the work. By Jim Park, Equipment Editor There’s more to a proper tire inspection than kicking… Read More »Protecting Your Investment With Proper Tire Inspections

3/20/2012 3:30:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   WASHINGTON — House Transportation Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) said Tuesday that a temporary extension will be unveiled as early as Wednesday and voted… Read More »Mica Seeks Temporary Extension for Transportation Funding

U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590www.dot.gov/briefing-room.html FMCSA 03-12 Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Contact: Candice T. Burns Tel.: (202) 366-9999 Consumers Take the Driver’s Seat on… Read More »Consumers Take the Driver's Seat on Safety with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's SaferBus iPhone/iPad App

Mile Hi Foods added 17 460-volt electrical outlets to its loading docks and installed 20 free-standing receptacles in its yard, so loaded trailers can be parked and run electrically while waiting to be dispatched. Western… Read More »Mile-Hi Foods Plugs Into Savings

3/19/2012 2:30:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor $6.8 Billion Deal Is Company’s Largest Tweet Print This   UPS Inc. UPS Inc. said Monday it will acquire Netherlands-based TNT Express, after boosting its offer… Read More »UPS Announces TNT Acquisition

3/16/2012 10:20:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   XPO Logistics said it has commenced a $126 million public offering of 8 million shares of its common stock. The third-party logistics… Read More »XPO Logistics Boosts Stock Offering

The American Trucking Associations and the Truckload Carriers Association each filed motions to intervene with the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in litigation challenging the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s… Read More »ATA, TCA File Issue Statements with Court in HOS Challenge

3/16/2012 11:15:00 AM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Tom Biery/Trans Pixs U.S. intermodal traffic rose 4.2% for the week ended Saturday from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads… Read More »Intermodal Traffic Rises 4.2% for Week

The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry fell 3.6% in January from December, declining after five consecutive monthly increases, according to the DOT’s Freight Transportation Services Index. The Freight TSI, released by… Read More »DOT Says Freight Shipments Fell 3.6% in January from Record December

3/16/2012 3:20:00 PM Write a Letter to the Editor Tweet Print This   Oil rose almost $2 Friday to finish the week over $107 a barrel, on signs that the U.S. economy was rebounding, Bloomberg… Read More »Oil Finishes Week Over $107

Saddle Creek’s new Freightliner Business Class M2 112 tractors run on compressed natural gas. Saddle Creek Corp., a nationwide third-party logistics provider based in Lakeland, Fla., is taking delivery of the first 40 natural gas… Read More »Florida 3PL Adding Natural-Gas Trucks to For-Hire Fleet