21 May Capitol Agenda for the Week of May 21: Summer in the City After we dig out those picnic baskets from our coat closets, and pack the car with beach umbrellas, towels and sunblock, we’ll mentally prepare ourselves to sit inside our cars with our loved ones in bumper-to-bumper traffic this Memorial Day. A look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill. Read more...
21 May Crossword Puzzle Solution May 21, 2018 Here's the solution to the crossword puzzle found in the May 21, 2018 print edition. Read more...
21 May Daseke Creates Fleet Services Unit, Continues Purchasing Trend Flatbed and specialized transportation carrier Daseke Inc., which has been in the throes of expansion — adding seven fleets last year and one so far in 2018 — has created a new unit to improve the way it buys, sells and maintains the thousands of pieces of equipment it operates. Read more...
21 May Tennessee Carrier Settles With USPS on Double-Billing Allegations Tracie McCormick Inc., doing business as McCormick Trucking, has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle allegations the company double billed the United States Postal Service for hauling mail, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee announced. Read more...
21 May Daimler, Deutsche Telekom Settle Toll-Collection Dispute Daimler AG and Deutsche Telekom AG agreed to a 3.2 billion-euro ($3.8 billion) deal with the German government, ending a spat over the clunky start of a system to collect truck tolls that had become one of the country’s longest-running legal disputes. Read more...
21 May World Trade, Safety at Risk From New Fuel Rule, Ocean Shipping Group Says A group representing the vast majority of the world’s ship owners said world trade is at risk if issues surrounding new fuel rules aren’t resolved quickly, providing the starkest warning yet as to the potential impact of regulations that are due to enter into force in less than two years’ time. Read more...
21 May Canada, Mexico Signal NAFTA Deal Could Be Up to Trump With about two weeks left until what may be the final deadline for a new NAFTA this year, Mexico and Canada are signaling there’s a deal to be had — if President Donald Trump wants one. Read more...
21 May McCormick Trucking Settles With USPS on Double-Billing Allegations McCormick Trucking has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle allegations the company double billed the United States Postal Service for hauling mail, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee announced. Read more...
21 May Daimler, Deutsch Telekom Settle Toll-Collection Dispute Daimler AG and Deutsche Telekom AG agreed to a 3.2 billion-euro ($3.8 billion) deal with the German government, ending a spat over the clunky start of a system to collect truck tolls that had become one of the country’s longest-running legal disputes. Read more...
21 May Gov. John Kasich Opens Ohio Roads to Autonomous Testing Ohio’s public roads and highways are open to autonomous vehicle testing as mandated in an executive order recently signed by Gov. John Kasich. Read more...