California Senator Offers Views on Transport Bill
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
California Senator Offers Views on Transport Bill (Outsourced Logistics)"While Mary Peters warns of Highway Trust Fund insolvency, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) says work has begun on a new surface transportation bill."
Other trucking and logistics industry headlines from Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008:
Bulk Transporter
PHMSA proposes narrowing hazmat list
ATA urging fund solvency
Hurricane Ike threatens Gulf, oil prices
Dana moving headquarters
IdleAire under new ownership
DHS notes new Manufacturing Council
Fleet Owner
ATA launches business-solutions service
YRC merges Yellow, Roadway
East offers sealed LED lighting
Old Dominion creates online rate estimate tool
Travelers Inland rolls out “sting” trailer
Outsourced Logistics
DHL Strengthens Global Network
UPS Launches Import Finance Group
Motor Carrier Segment Balancing Supply and Demand
Events Focus on Logistics
Joint Program Offers Logistics Courses
Trailer/Body Builders
Layton Truck Moves To New Denver Facility
Titan to Implement Price Increase
Blogs
Clean port clash
"It’s a situation in many ways just soaked in schadenfreude as the “clean truck plan” concocted by the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and due to go into full effect October 1 this year get shammered by the usual suspects – the American Trucking Associations (ATA) and Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference (IMCC) for starters – but also by groups traditionally considered allies in environmental efforts, such as National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)."
Other info
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Australian fatigue laws set to become law next month (ABC Rural)
The nation's late night trucking convoys could be fewer from next month, when fatigue laws crack down on driving between midnight and 6am.
Turkey invites Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan to help work on drilling projects (Hotnewsturkey.com)
Turkey's Energy Minister Hilmi Guler called on Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan to cooperate with Turkey in energy projects in the Black Sea and make joint energy investments, on Tuesday.
Economic Forum discusses Europe/Russia/Asia Pacific transporation corridor (Itar-Tiss News Agency)
The 5th Baikal Economic Forum (BEF) that opens here on Tuesday is held under the motto "Europe-Russia-Asia-Pacific Region: Roads of Integration and Cooperation".
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