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Marijuana legalization presents the next costly legal threat to the trucking industry and the truckers
A weed problem Story by: Alan Adler @ FreightWaves The legalization of marijuana in 11 states, Washington, D.C., and Canada could be the next cudgel used against truckers, according to ATA President and Chief Executive Officer Chris Spear. “You can just see the trial lawyers – sitting on the edge of their high, wing-back leather […]
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Weekly Fuel Report 10-08-19
Weekly Fuel Report by Emily Ricks @ FreightWaves Source and credits: freightwaves.com / Emily Ricks / iTrucker / Mario Pawlowski
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ATA prepares to fight outsized legal awards against truckers involved in accidents with cars
Story by: Alan Adler @FreightWaves The American Trucking Associations (ATA) is gearing up to fight against multimillion-dollar legal awards against truckers and their employers who are not at fault but blamed in many car-truck crashes. “We’re fed up,” ATA President and Chief Executive Officer Chris Spear told members October 7 at the association’s Management Conference […]
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Family files $10 million lawsuit in fatal crash despite truck driver being cleared of any wrongdoing
Story by: Clarissa Hawes @ FreightWaves The parents of two children killed in a fatal crash during a snowstorm in March 2018 on Interstate 29 in eastern North Dakota have filed a $10 million lawsuit, alleging negligence against the trucking company and its driver, despite a five-month investigation that cleared the truck driver of any […]
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Drunken e-scooter riders cause chaos at Oktoberfest beer festival, hundreds of DUIs reported
Story by: Vishnu Rajamanickam, Staff Writer @ FreightWaves The German police had a field day marshalling people around at the world’s largest beer festival Oktoberfest, mediating in nearly 2,000 altercations at the 16-day event. Held annually in the months of September and October in Munich, Germany, Oktoberfest witnesses 7 million people every year, who consume […]
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Truck driver sues BNSF over collision with alleged “uncontrolled” railcars (with video)
Story by: Clarissa Hawes @FreightWaves I A Kansas truck driver has filed a lawsuit against BNSF Railway Company (NYSE: BRK), alleging negligence, after his tractor-trailer collided with railcars after leaving a grain elevator near Greenfield, Missouri. Brandan Bunnel, a truck driver for Bunnel Trucking LLC of Colony, Kansas, filed suit on October 3 in U.S. District […]
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Stevens Tanker Division closes and eliminates 586 jobs across Texas
Story by: Noi Mahoney @FreightWaves I Dallas-based Stevens Tanker Division has notified the state of Texas it will cease operations by October 15. The closure will permanently affect 586 jobs across Texas, according to a notice sent to the Texas Workforce Commission. The tanker division, part of Dallas-based Stevens Transport, serves oil and gas drilling […]
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Driver shortage is a #1 trucking industry challenge, followed by Hours of Service and driver pay
Story by: Alan Adler @ Freightwaves Motor carriers and commercial drivers agree on just four of the Top 10 challenges facing the trucking industry, according to the American Transportation Research Institute’s (ATRI) annual study. Driver shortage tops trucking industry’s challenges for the third consecutive year The shortage of for-hire, long-haul drivers was the top issue in ATRI’s […]
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Tomato importers worry new rules at Mexican border to cause trucks to be delayed and higher prices
Story by: Noi Mahoney @ FreightWaves Tomatoes imported from Mexico could face a supply chain squeeze caused by new regulations finalized in September between the U.S. Department of Commerce and Mexican growers, experts say. The new regulations call for up to 92% of imported Mexican tomatoes crossing the U.S.-Mexico border by truck to be inspected […]
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