24 Jan Trump Makes It Clear as He Heads to Davos: America First, Period On the eve of his trip to Switzerland to meet with world leaders and promote his “America First” agenda, President Donald Trump signed an order slapping tariffs on solar panel and washing machine imports. Read more...
24 Jan Drug Clearinghouse Rule Fails to Give State Agencies Proper Authority A glitch in the federal drug and alcohol clearinghouse final rule requires state licensing agencies to check the database for drivers who have flunked their drug tests, but fails to give state agencies the regulatory authority to take action by downgrading or declining to issue a commercial driver license to those drivers. Read more...
24 Jan State Motor Carrier Officers Team Up to Fight Human Trafficking Michigan State Police motor carrier officers are teaming up with officers in neighboring states to raise awareness of human trafficking. Read more...
24 Jan 2017 Truck Crossings Into Canada Dip, Bridge and Tunnel Association Finds Truck crossings between the states of Michigan and New York and the province of Ontario were fairly steady last year, declining just .42% versus 2016 levels, according to a report from the Bridge and Tunnel Operators Association. Read more...
24 Jan Port of Baltimore to Add New Shipping Service to New Zealand, Australia A new monthly roll-on/roll-off shipping service between Europe and New Zealand and Australia will begin calling the port of Baltimore in March, officials announced Jan. 23. Read more...
24 Jan Existing-Home Sales Decline as Supply Drops to Record Low Sales of previously-owned U.S. homes fell in December for the first time in four months, as the market struggles with record-low supply and rising prices, figures from the National Association of Realtors showed Jan. 24 Read more...
24 Jan Strong 4Q Helps Norfolk Southern Finish Year With a Flourish Norfolk Southern Corp. released on Jan. 24 results for the fourth quarter and full-year 2017, beating analyst expectations and growing its intermodal revenues by 14% in the quarter. Read more...
24 Jan Ocean Freight Industry Stabilized in 2017, Freightos Says The ocean freight industry stabilized in 2017, with rates remaining relatively steady after the turmoil of 2016 from the bankruptcy of Hanjin Shipping Co., according to a report from online freight marketplace Freightos. Read more...
24 Jan Americans Warming to Self-Driving Vehicles, Survey Finds U.S. drivers are still cautious — but they’re getting used to the idea of self-driving cars. Read more...
24 Jan Atlanta’s ‘Spaghetti Junction’ Tops ATRI’s Freight Bottlenecks List Again For the third successive year, Atlanta’s five-level stack interchange known as “Spaghetti Junction,” where Interstates 285 and I-85 north intersect, is again the most congested freight bottleneck in the nation, according to new research conducted by the American Transportation Research Institute. Read more...