Four U.S. railroads file challenges against FRA’s two-person crew mandate, says report

Logistics Management News - April 17th, 2024

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| Logistics Management News · April 17, 2024

Four U.S. railroads file challenges against FRA’s two-person crew mandate, says report Following the issuing of a final rule by the United States Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) earlier this month, establishing establishes minimum safety requirements for train crew sizes, with the new rule requiring a second crew member on all trains, four U.S.-based railroads are calling on federal appeals courts to toss out the rule, calling it “arbitrary, capricious, and an illegal abuse of discretion,” according to an Associated Press report. Read more.

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Under-21 driver pilot program a bust with fleets as FMCSA seeks changes The FMSCA says only 113 motor carriers have applied for its under-21 truck driver apprenticeship program since July 2022. That is a very disappointing turnout for an initiative that the government had expected to recruit up to 1,000 carriers and 3,000 drivers. Read more.

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Diesel back over $4 a gallon; Mideast tensions, other worries cited Diesel prices are back over $4 a gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) weekly, on-highway survey of prices at 73,000 service stations and 9,500 truck stops around the country. Average diesel prices rose by 6.5 cents, increasing… Read more.

XPO opens up three new services acquired through auction of Yellow’s properties and assets XPO opened up three of the 28 service center locations it acquired through an early December court-supervised auction, in which a dozen trucking companies bought properties that resold about three-fourths of Yellow’s properties for a total of just… Read more.

FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index weakens, due to fuel price gains For February, the most recent month for which data is available, the TCI reading came in a -5.31, down from January’s -1.41, which was ahead of December’s -4.3. Read more.

Supply Chain Stability Index sees ‘Tremendous Improvement’ in 2023 While 2023 proved to be a comeback year, there's still a ways to go before a return to pre-pandemic normalcy. Read more.

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