Regulators want Union Pacific to explain big jump in embargoes
The Surface Transportation Board wants Union Pacific to explain why it has been issuing substantially more embargoes over the past five years. The board is asking UP President and CEO…
Stakeholders reach potential settlement on Gulf Coast Amtrak service
Some level of Amtrak passenger rail service could be established on the Gulf Coast, based on a recent filing submitted to the Surface Transportation Board. In a joint filing Monday,…
LaserShip, OnTrac open regional sort hub in New Jersey
Regional parcel delivery carriers LaserShip and OnTrac, a combined entity which earlier this year launched a transcontinental ground delivery network, have opened a sortation hub in southern New Jersey to…
Appellate Court reinstates project44’s defamation suit against FourKites
A panel of the Illinois Appellate Court on Tuesday overturned the Circuit Court of Cook County’s dismissal of real-time visibility provider project44’s defamation suit against rival firm FourKites. Now project44…
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Briefly: Former Border Patrol officer charged with hiring illegal immigrants as drivers
A former Border Patrol agent, his wife and a Laredo man have been charged for their roles in a conspiracy to hire illegal aliens as truck drivers by fraudulently obtaining…
Consider helping truckers in need on Giving Tuesday next week
These are uncertain economic times. Freight markets have softened. Inflation abounds. Diesel prices flirt with or surpass all-time highs. There's more than a little speculation about a recession next year.Now.…
California CDL fraud scheme nets 20 convictions
Trucking news and briefs for Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022: 20 convicted in Calif. CDL fraud schemeU.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced last week the completion of prosecutions of 20 defendants…
Rail strike back on the table, this time for December
The nation's largest rail union, SMART Transportation Division, declined Monday a contract proposal in part brokered by the White House, putting the potential of a national railroad strike back on the…
Report: 25,000 transportation projects underway in first year of the infrastructure law
Passed and signed into law just more than a year ago, the Biden administration's $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill provides $110 billion for roads, highways and bridges, along with money for the buildout…