I spent a few days last month in California’s Napa Valley with Freightliner Trucks for a press briefing and a natural gas update, as well as a test drive of a sharp natural gas-powered Cascadia daycab. We had a lot of information thrown at us over the course of three days, including an excellent presentation […]
Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx sent Wednesday, Sept. 18, to 51 House members a response letter defending the current hours of service rule and saying it is the result of years of research into driver fatigue and safety and analysis of comments from the public.
Private-sector businesses in the U.S. employ an estimated 8.9 million people in trucking-related jobs; nearly 3.5 million of those jobs are that of truck driver. The United States economy depends on trucks to deliver nearly 70 percent of all freight transported annually, accounting for $671 billion worth in manufactured and retail goods transported by truck […]
Laura Ingraham, one of the most listened to talk radio hosts in the country, will give the keynote address at this year’s CCJ Fall Symposium, Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 8 a.m. The Fall Symposium will be held at the Montelucia Resort & Spa in Scottsdale, Ariz., Dec. 2-4.
Rep. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.) issued a statement this week signaling that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will miss its Sept. 30 deadline for completing and reporting the results of an hours-of-service study required by the current MAP-21 highway funding act.
North American vehicle haulier Jack Cooper is to acquire the business of bankrupt rival Allied System Holdings following a successful bid confirmed this week. “Yesterday the Bankruptcy Court judge in Delaware confirmed that Jack Cooper Holdings Corporation was the successful bidder in the
This September, the Brazilian government is to launch a new programme called “Innovate – Autoparts†(Inovar – Autopeças), aimed at stimulating the automotive parts sector. The main objective is to boost the technological content of components, thereby reducing imports of vehicle parts. This latest initiative will necessitate changes to the existing “Innovate – Auto†policy, which […]
BMW has confirmed that it is responding to allegations by customs authorities in India that it violated import regulations controlling the tax on parts delivered to its plant in Chennai.
At an auction that concluded on Thursday, bankrupt auto transporter Allied System Holdings selected fellow auto hauler Jack Cooper Transport as the entity with the best and highest bid.
