04 Jan FMCSA Finalizes Plans to Reduce Carrier, Broker Registration Fees FMCSA has finalized plans to reduce annual motor carrier, broker, freight forwarder and leasing company registration fees by 9.10% in 2018, and by 4.55% in 2019, below current levels. Read more...
04 Jan FMCSA Reduces Registration Fees for Commercial Vehicles in 2018 FMCSA has finalized plans to reduce commercial vehicle registration fees by 9.10% in 2018, and by 4.55% in 2019. Read more...
04 Jan FMCSA Reduces Registration Fees for Commercial Vehicles in 2018 FMCSA has finalized plans to reduce commercial vehicle registration fees by 9.10% in 2018, and by 4.55% in 2019. Read more...
04 Jan Comment Period About to Close on Hotly Debated Glider Provision Repeal WASHINGTON — To the Environmental Protection Agency, the trucking industry and clean air advocates, semi-trucks outfitted with glider kits represent a new front in the debate over government regulation. And this week happens to be a key week for deciding how and whether trucks like these can continue to be made and sold. Read more...
03 Jan TAG Truck Center, Lonestar Truck Group Merge TAG Truck Center and Lonestar Truck Group, which described themselves as closely aligned dealerships, merged into a new company named TNTX, effective Jan. 1. Read more...
03 Jan Airfreight Prices From Europe Skyrocket in December Airfreight rates between Europe and the United States surged in the final two months of 2017, hitting unprecedented levels in advance of the traditional volume spike from Asia that precedes the Chinese New Year in mid-February. Read more...
03 Jan Spot Market on Fire Starting 2018, Data Shows The spot market begins 2018 red hot with some of the highest linehaul rates on record closing out December while load-to-truck ratios matched levels only seen in 2014. Read more...
03 Jan Missouri Gas Tax Increase May Land on Ballot After Task Force Report A panel set up by Missouri lawmakers wants Missouri voters to raise the state’s gasoline tax by a dime per gallon to help maintain one of the nation’s most extensive highway networks. Read more...
03 Jan Bipartisan Human Trafficking Legislation Advances to White House Bipartisan legislation designed to exclude from the trucking industry those involved in human trafficking was advanced to the White House Dec. 21. Read more...
03 Jan IMC Companies Grows Again With Acquisition of New Jersey-Based Transportation Company Memphis-based intermodal logistics provider IMC Companies has acquired a ninth company and pushed its employee count to more than 2,100. Read more...