As part of the Biden administration’s ongoing work addressing supply chain disruption, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, and Deputy Administrator Meera Joshi of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration hosted a roundtable Thursday to discuss truck driver recruitment and retention. “Our economy is getting back on its feet, but the pandemic has […]
United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2069 members rejected for the third time a new labor agreement Friday evening, extending a strike at Volvo Trucks North America’s New River Valley truck assembly operations (NRV) in Dublin, Virginia, that has dragged on for more than a month. Volvo Trucks and UAW leadership reached their most recent agreement […]
Daimler Trucks North America is recalling more than 120,000 trucks for an issue that could cause a loss in electrical power and an unintended engine stall, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration documents. The recall affects approximately 122,056 model year 2019-2022 Freightliner Cascadia P4, 2021 Western Star WH126, 2020 Western Star WJ121, and 2021-2022 […]
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana announced four more guilty pleas in the widespread staged-accident fraud scheme in the New Orleans area that targeted motor carriers and insurance companies. On June 23, James “Curtis” Williams and Ryan Wheaten entered a guilty plea to conspiracy to commit mail fraud. According to the […]
Navistar on Wednesday said it has received all regulatory approvals needed to proceed with a previously announced merger with Dusk Inc., a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Traton SE. The closing date of the merger is expected to be on July 1, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Navistar, the manufacturer of International Trucks, and Traton, […]
Beginning in 2023, all vehicles weighing more than 26,000 pounds will be required to pay a vehicle miles traveled tax for every mile driven in Connecticut. The fee will range from 2.5 cents per mile for trucks weighing 26,000-28,000 pounds to 17.5 cents per mile for vehicles weighing more than 80,000 lbs.
Some law firms are utilizing clickbait, the Reptile Theory and other misleading advertising strategies to persuade their audiences to hire an attorney out of fear and threat of danger. You know it when you see it. “Call me, Jim Adler, the Texas Hammer. A car struck my client, and he fractured his femur and tibia. I fought […]
Coalition of trucking groups want insurance hike removed from House highway bill As the U.S. House Committee on Rules meets Monday afternoon and Tuesday to discuss which amendments will be included in the bill sent to the full House floor later this week, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association and a coalition of more than 60 […]
$109 billion allocated for roads, bridges in bipartisan infrastructure deal President Joe Biden on Thursday announced that he and a bipartisan group of 10 senators struck a $579 billion deal on infrastructure that includes $109 billion for roads, bridges and major projects. Combining the new spending outlined in the framework with baseline spending, the deal […]
