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WASHINGTON — FedEx Corp. predicts higher costs on its linehaul and delivery routes as well as those of rivals if the Biden administration approves waivers governing truck driver meal and rest breaks in California and Washington. In comments filed with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, FedEx (NYSE: FDX) asserted that if the FMCSA were…
WASHINGTON — The federal government has released millions of dollars to 27 community colleges across the country to boost training for new and current truck drivers as well as military veterans. The $3.5 million in competitive grants awarded by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator Safety Training (CMVOST) Grant Program aims…
FONTANA, Calif. — On a Velocity Truck Centers lot choked with Freightliner trucks being prepped for delivery or awaiting service, the coming electric truck transition has a nascent presence. But that evolves almost weekly. “This is probably the only place in the country where you’ll see five Freightliner eCascadias lined up in a row,” said…
The price of Russian Urals crude, exported from ports in the Black Sea and Baltic Sea, is now at or above the $60-per-barrel price cap set by the Group of Seven nations and the European Union. If it stays there or rises further, European tanker owners and their U.K. insurers will not be able to…
Port Houston sees container shipments slip in 2023 During 2023, cargo volumes moving through Port Houston’s two container terminals were down 4% year over year (y/y) compared to 2022, with a total of 3.8 million twenty-foot equivalent units handled during the year. Total steel tonnage (imports and exports) was down 14% y/y in 2023 at…
A New Jersey-based trucking company, cited numerous times for safety violations for both its drivers and equipment, recently filed for Chapter 11. Fastline Cargo, doing business as FLC, of Cinnaminson, filed its petition on Monday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey. In the petition, FLC, which seeks to reorganize, lists…