The Suez chokepoint
The US Energy Information Administration recently updated its brief on world oil transit chokepoints—one of which is Egypt’s Suez Canal. The EIA defines chokepoints as narrow channels along widely used global sea routes, some so narrow that ves…
Charleston, SC
CSX Corp. officials on Thursday unveiled an updated rail plan for North Charleston that they say is good for the city and its residents, the state’s economy and even rival Norfolk Southern Corp.
FMCSA sets Feb. 17 HOS listening session
FMCSA will hold a listening session on its hours-of-service proposal Feb. 17. It will be a live web broadcast, immediately followed by agency officials taking comments and answering questions online.
Hostility toward proposed changes to truck driver hours of service…
Hostility toward proposed changes to truck driver hours of service rules could come to a boil at a Feb.
Jet fuel costs hurt AirTran in – 10
AirTran Holdings Inc. AirTran Airways , the second-largest carrier at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, saw a profit decline of 41.4 percent in 2010, due mostly to higher jet fuel costs.
JUDGE RULES: Minnesota fatigue program violated Fourth Amendment
In what the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association legal team calls a “major victory,” U.S. District Judge Donovan W. Frank ruled the Minnesota State Patrol’s use of CVSA Level III inspections to determine fatigue violated truckers’ Fou…
Public Citizen, FMCSA agree on continued delay of HOS lawsuit
The lawsuit that sent the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration back to the drawing board on the hours-of-service regs will remain on hold until a final rule is published. The most recent filing asking the court to continue the “time out” of …
Pilot rolls out new rewards card to protect transaction history
A spokesman for Pilot Corp. says the company’s rewards card program now requires user names and passwords for the information to be accessed. While this would have been helpful in a recent well-publicized case involving a Pilot card being used to ver…
Shell Rotella donates $10,000 to OOIDA scholarship fund
For the third straight year, Shell Rotella is donating $10,000 to the OOIDA-Mary Johnston Scholarship fund. Mark Reed, global brand manager for Shell Rotella, told Land Line on Friday, Jan. 28, that the donation is a way to recognize the trucking commu…
Could Kansas speed limit soon be 75?
A Kansas state lawmaker wants to increase the speed limit by 5 mph on portions of highways to level the playing field with surrounding states. Rep. Marvin, Kleeb, R-Overland Park, is calling for the speed limit to be increased from 70 mph to 75 mph on …