The European Court of Auditors has called for an end to future EU transport subsidies that would be similar in design to the European Commission’s ‘Marco Polo’ programmes, which are set to expire this year. But there is still appetite for multimodal funding, albeit in a different form to Marco Polo.
General Motors has made another change to its logistics management team, with Elliot Swiss to replace Jeff Morrison as director of inbound logistics for North America.
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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration office in Boston has ordered Massachusetts-based motor carrier Brillo Motor Transportation and its owner to reinstate a former employee and pay him $96,864 in back wages and interest, $9,669 in compensatory damages and $25,000 in punitive damages.
Late last week a federal judge in California ruled to dismiss three cases against Chevron filed by plaintiffs who claimed the oil and fuel giant failed to disclose the effect warmer temperatures have when it comes to dispensing fuel at the pumps causing customers to overpay.
Division C, Title III – Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2012 (PDF)
CSA may be an enforcement tool for the FMCA, but you also can use CSA as a catalyst to create transparency and accountability in your organization. John Simms, vice president with HNI, offered the following tips during a session at last month’sFleet Safety Conference, put on by Bobit Business Media in Schaumburg, Ill.:
From The Jacksonville Business Journal: Kirk Williams, CEO of Proficient Auto Transport, said new rules will make it harder to use truck drivers over weekends. Nikita Stallings is still trying to figure out what the new federal regulations on truck driver hours of service will mean to him. Sitting at a Travel Centers of America […]
