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DOT Inspector General Commences CSA Audit

DOT Inspector General Commences CSA Audit

Following up on a request from Congress, the Department of Transportation's Inspector General has begin work on an audit of the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program. The agency is going to look into the quality of CSA data used to evaluate carrier performance, said Assistant Inspector General Joseph Com&eacute this week in a memo to Anne Ferro, chief of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

TCP Survey: Carriers' Expectations Show Uncertainty

TCP Survey: Carriers' Expectations Show Uncertainty

Results from Transport Capital Partners' Fourth Quarter 2012 Business Expectations Survey found that given the political and economic uncertainty, carriers' expectations for freight volumes and rate increases for the next twelve months also show a lack of confidence. For the first time since the first quarter of 2009, a larger share of carriers (45%) expect business volumes to remain the same rather than increase in the year ahead

Top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends for 2013

The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association, which represents the $725 billion equipment finance sector, revealed its Top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends for 2013. Given that every year U.S. businesses, nonprofits and government agencies spend in excess of $1.2 trillion in capital goods or fixed business investment (including software), financing more than half of those assets, these trends impact a significant portion of the U.S. economy

Diesel falls 1.7 cents

Consumers experienced another decrease in prices for diesel this week as prices fell an average of 1.7 cents per gallon across the nation to rest at $3.89

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