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DOT vulnerability report highlights truck driver pay, urges ocean shipping reform
The Biden administration has outlined 62 policy initiatives affecting trucking, rail, and maritime in a one-year vulnerability assessment.
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STB presses on with small rate dispute proceeding
Several rail shippers had asked the Surface Transportation Board to temporarily suspend a proceeding on a voluntary arbitration program for small rate disputes, but the…
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STB moves forward with competing rulemakings on small rate disputes
The Surface Transportation Board is advancing two rulemakings on small rate disputes concurrently to determine how best to address such disputes. The railroads prefer one…
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Discussions among railroads to be allowed as evidence in price-fixing lawsuits
Communications between the railroads about fuel surcharges can be included in legal proceedings pertaining to alleged price fixing that occurred in the early 2000s, a…
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And then there were five: Senate approves two new STB members
The Senate has confirmed the appointments of Robert Primus and Michelle Schultz.
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Surface Transportation Board adopts rule to improve data collected from freight railroads
The Board is modifying what data it collects from the waybill samples of the U.S. freight railroads.
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Rail economist: STB’s new rule helping ‘captive’ shippers needs testing
The rule outlines seven ways to determine whether a shipper is facing market dominance, or a situation in which shippers have limited rail shipping options.…
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Feds: Railroads’ rate discussions can be evidence in price-fixing lawsuits
Federal agencies in a “friend of the court” filing say discussions among Class I railroads can be admissible as evidence in dozens of lawsuits involving…
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Shippers warn of antitrust ramifications
Shippers’ lawsuits on alleged price fixing on fuel surcharges see continued activity. A hearing is scheduled in August.
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Commentary: Is intermodal over as a growth story?
Market Expert Michael Baudendistel writes about rail intermodal volume is lower for the long-term, or can it be more competitive with trucking.
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