CPAC wants Trump to overhaul FMCSA’s waiver regime

WASHINGTON — An organization that holds significant weight with President Donald Trump is pressuring the administration to ease restrictions for approving exemptions and waivers to regulations it says disproportionately hinder small trucking companies.

The Center for Regulatory Freedom (CRF), a project of the Conservative Political Action Coalition Foundation, also known as CPAC, has taken issue with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s requirement that exemption applications...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cpac-wants-trump-to-overhaul-fmcsas-waiver-regime

The Daily Dash: More LTL rate increases; diving into SONAR freight data

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, Old Dominion Freight Line is the latest less-than-truckload carrier to announce an increase in rates for this year. Plus, SONAR data shows a freight market moving sideways, and Forward Air reaffirms its direction in spite of activist shareholder pressure.

Parade of rate increases

Following in the path of others, Old Dominion Freight Line (NASDAQ: ODFL) has issued a general rate increase, effective...

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