Tax file: IRS calls APUs taxable
The Internal Revenue Service recently released at private letter ruling (PLR) regarding auxiliary power units (APUs). ...
The power of trucking
The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) recently hosted its 69th annual convention, called Built on Heritage. It was the future of trucking, not its past, however, which dominated discussion...
going places
BP Lubricants Americas has promoted Paul Waterman to chief executive. Lynn Reinbolt has been named president of Road Systems, the trailer manufacturing subsidiary of Con-Way Inc....
A century one package at a time
Working out of a basement office in Seattle, James Casey and Claude Ryan borrowed a hundred dollars and started the American Messenger Co. in 1907. They hired other teenagers like themselves to run errands and carry notes for customers by foot or bicycle....
E-manifest mandatory for Mexico
Truck carriers entering the U.S. through all border crossings in California, New Mexico and Texas are now required to transmit advance electronic truck cargo information through U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) truck manifest system....
Tax file: More phone-tax follies
Even though the federal government agreed last summer to refund telephone excise taxes collected since March 2003 on long-distance service, several uncertainties...
Eaton economist sees headwinds
Jim Meil, chief economist for Eaton Corp., forecasts some rough waters ahead for trucking. With freight volume expected to remain low for the first half of the year, operating costs such as fuel, equipment and insurance will continue to drag carriers' profitability down...
Online guide to state idling regs
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) today announced that the latest version of its Idling Regulations Compendium is now available online...
FMCSA lays out '07 agenda
At a global traffic safety seminar hosted by the Swedish embassy in Washington, DC, last month, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) laid out its ambitious regulatory agenda for the remainder of 2007....
CVSA offers online air-brake training
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA), in association with Zurich Services Corp. and Interactive Driving Systems, has developed an online air-brake training program, Virtual Risk Manager-Airbrakes...
Critics pan Mexican plan
With a one-year pilot program that will allow Mexican trucks to travel north beyond a 20-mile border zone slated to begin soon, many questions remain unanswered about the effect of such a move...
EPA wants better emissions OBDs
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing that onboard diagnostic (OBD) devices be used to monitor the emissions-control systems used on 2010-compliant heavy-duty engines....
TSA finalizes port ID rule
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) last month released a Final Rule for its biometric identification card program for workers and drivers requiring unescorted access to ports....
HOS scofflaw approach
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's proposal to require only motor carriers with serious hours-of-service violations to install electronic on-board recorders has left most trucking stakeholders breathing a sigh of relief....
Hill after the troublemakers
FMCSA Administrator John Hill's approach to trucking safety mirrors the way a police officer patrols a neighborhood beat: Focus on the trouble spots until they are cleared up...
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