Ports react to Japan quake tsunami
By eTrucker Staff Two Southern California ports on March 11 took precautionary measures in response to the tsunami advisory issued after a major earthquake struck Japan.
9/11 memorial plans more forward in Birmingham
Birmingham moved a step closer Monday to adding a 9/11 Memorial at the Adams Road fire station.
NDOT Offers Free Training from Stimulus Funds
Can you picture getting into a semi-truck cab to start your workday? Wesley did.
Truck driver helps capture suspect
A U.S. Xpress driver chased and subdued a man police say tried to attack a woman.
Delta cancels nearly half of Japan flights due to earthquake
Delta canceled 29 Japan flights due to the earthquake. Delta Air Lines Inc. said it canceled 29 of its 60 flights to and from Tokyo Friday due to the earthquake that hit Japan.
OOIDA challenges ‘unusable’ proposed changes to HOS regs
OOIDA filed its comments to the hours-of-service regulations proposed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Friday, March 4. The Association’s leadership laid out opposition to reducing the driving time to 10 hours; restricting the 34…
DeFazio ‘skeptical’ of DOT’s authority to open border, fund program
The Obama administration is launching a pilot program that would allow access to long-haul trucks from Mexico. U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-OR, is concerned that it’s actually the start of a full-fledged opening of the border. He sent a letter to U.S. …
Highway trust viable through 2012, LaHood says
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood stated this week that the Highway Trust Fund will be OK until at least the end of fiscal year 2012. The Trust Fund has flirted with a near-zero balance a few times since 2008.
Comment period extended for EOBR mandate
The FMCSA has extended the comment period for a proposed rule regarding electronic on-board recorders and hours-of-service supporting documents. The comment period that had been scheduled to end April 4 has been extended through May 23 at the request o…
Pot bust points to flaws in cross-border trucking
On the very day that President Barack Obama and Mexico President Felipe Calderon announced that a cross-border trucking program is imminent, a major drug bust in Arizona did little to bolster arguments that Mexican trucks won’t bring problems with th…