FRA’s proposed rule on certifying rail car origins earns kudos from trade groups

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A proposed rule to prevent freight rail cars produced by Chinese entities from being used in the...

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Senators want gun shipment stats from trucking, rail companies following shootings

Machine gun with banded packs of U.S. currency.

Five Democratic U.S. senators have asked 22 trucking and logistics companies and the country’s six Class 1 railroads to divulge firearms shipment data out of concern that security loopholes are contributing to rising gun violence.

In a letter sent on Thursday to the freight and parcel carriers — including J.B. Hunt, U.S. Xpress, Landstar System and UPS — the lawmakers, led by Ed Markey, D-Mass., said that gun sales and shipments have skyrocketed since the beginning of the pandemic as a result of...

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