Thanksgiving, trucking, and turkey by the numbers
Thanksgiving, trucking, turkey fun facts by the numbers, and estimated turkey truckloads by the state. By: Layla Rapp @FreightWaves Source and credits: freightwaves.com / Layla Rapp / iTrucker / Mario Pawlowski
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UPS employees charged in decade long drug-smuggling case
Story by: Vishnu Rajamanickam, Staff Writer @ FreightWaves At least 11 UPS employees, including two supervisors and drivers, have been arrested on state charges of drug trafficking, based on a decade-long joint investigation by local, state, and federal law enforcement officials. The UPS employees are accused of helping smuggle huge volumes of drugs vaping oils […]
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CBP Louisville Seized More than 5,000 Fake U.S. IDs from China
LOUISVILLE, Ky.–According to cbp.gov press release – Officers for U.S. Customs and Border Protection at an Express Consignment Operations hub in Louisville recently seized six shipments containing 2,909 counterfeit driver’s licenses and 3,123 blank card stocks to make counterfeit driver’s licenses. All of these shipments originated from China and were being shipped to various people in […]
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FMCSA takes heat for delaying new drivers training rule
Story by: John Gallagher, Washington Correspondent @ FeightWaves A prominent truck safety group warns that regulators’ decision to further delay new training rules for entry-level drivers could increase the number of fatal highway crashes. Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (AHAS), which lobbies on behalf of truck accident victims and their families, blasted the […]
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U.S. lawmakers introduced “women in trucking” bill, and we think it will be a game-changer
Story by: Mario Pawlowski CEO @ iTrucker Two U.S. senators have introduced legislation that would require the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to take a formal role in supporting women drivers. The Promoting Women in Trucking Workforce Act, introduced Nov. 14 by Sens. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., and Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., directs the FMCSA […]
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Trucking company owner sentenced to two years in prison for $2.3 million tax evasion scam
TRENTON, N.J. – A Monmouth County, New Jersey, a man was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for evading more than $2.3 million in personal and corporate income taxes between 2002 and 2011, and in 2015, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Tito Viteri, 41, of Cream Ridge, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before Chief […]
Learn MoreAppeals court finds UPS liable for illegally transporting contraband cigarettes in New York
Story by: Clarissa Hawes @ FreightWaves I A federal appeals court on Nov. 7 upheld a lower court’s ruling that shipping and logistics giant United Parcel Service Inc. is liable for illegally transporting hundreds of thousands of cartons of untaxed cigarettes from Native American reservations to unlicensed recipients in New York state. In its ruling, […]
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Caterpillar Inc. announces it was laying off 120 people at plant in Victoria, Texas
Story by: Noi Mahoney @ FreightWaves I Caterpillar Inc. notified 120 workers at its Victoria, Texas, facility that they will no longer have a job effective, November 1. Company officials said “market conditions” are the reason for the layoffs. “Caterpillar notified a portion of its Victoria, Texas, workforce that it is taking actions to bring […]
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FMCSA suspended Hours Of Service regulations to help California wildfire relief
California scorched, a trucker can help Wildfires burning 100,00 acres in California. Truckers wanting to help with relief, recovery efforts are exempt from HOS rules. Story by: Nick Austin, Director of Weather Analytics and Senior Meteorologist @ FreightWaves.com I At least 11 wildfires continue to rage in portions of California, burning around 100,000 acres across […]
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