Eric Miller Transport Topics November 19, 2014 View the original piece The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration does not expect to publish its final rule mandating the use of electronic logging devices for carriers until Sept. 30, 2015, the agency said in its November significant rulemakings report. The rule would not be effective until two years after it is finalized. Other regulatory projections affecting truckers: • The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it will...

Rip Watson Transport Topics November 12, 2014 View the original piece More than 100 groups that are concerned about the direction of newly contentious West Coast port contract talks asked President Obama to name a federal mediator to foster a settlement. “While the parties to the negotiation stated earlier this year that they would continue operations throughout the negotiations, we have seen crisis levels of congestion at the ports since September,” said the letter signed...