With all anchorages full and a view of steel hulls and heavy box ships from the Californian coastline, a record number of vessels are being forced to drift off the coast of San Pedro Bay. As each day breaks new ship queue records, MarineTraffic snapshots of the traffic (see below)...
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Next month, the IRS will raise the per diem fee by $3
The allowable driver per diem is increasing for the first time in three years. According to the Internal Revenue Service, the per diem for transportation workers will rise to $69 for travel within the continental United States and up to $74 for travel outside the continental United States. Both values...
Hours-of-service relief is part of the response to Minnesota’s record drought
Mother Nature has slapped Minnesota farmers in the face this year. A severe drought has dried up hay harvests, leaving many farmers and cattle ranchers in the dust and spurring a multipronged government reaction that includes, among other things, easing truck driver hours-of-service requirements. ‘This is the first time I've...