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States can collect UCR fees
at 2009 rates, FMCSA rules

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has announced that states participating in the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) plan may assess and collect fees for the plan under the current FMCSA regulation...

Supreme Court ruling upholds
TRALA’s ‘nerve center’ argument

A national corporation’s principal place of business is its corporate headquarters, and not any other operational locations, the US Supreme Court ruled February 23, 2010...

TRALA backs Iowa bill
limiting recordkeeping
for use tax exemption

The Truck Renting and Leasing Association (TRALA) is supporting legislation in Iowa that would limit to three years the amount of time an owner of a commercial motor vehicle would be required to retain records for a use tax exemption...

Ryder System, employee
donations show hearts
reaching out to Haiti

Ryder System Inc announced that the company’s employees together with the Ryder Charitable Foundation are making a $100,000 donation to the American Red Cross to support disaster relief efforts in Haiti....

Penske Truck Leasing
agrees to acquire
Bright operations

Penske Truck Leasing Company LP has entered into an agreement with the Bright family to acquire Bright Truck Leasing & Bright Distribution, providers of full-service truck leasing, truck rental, maintenance, and logistics operations...

Fast Lane Transportation
opens intermodal depot

Fast Lane Transportation Inc, a provider of intermodal transportation and equipment services throughout California, has acquired an 80-acre intermodal crossdock and equipment depot....

FMCSA agrees to extend comment period for UCR fee increase proposal

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has agreed to extend the comment period for the proposed increase to the Unified Carrier Registration Agreement (UCRA) fees after receipt of TRALA’s letter asking for more time...

Penske, Freightliner announce SCR seminar dates, locations

Penske Truck Leasing announced a 16-city, North American 2010 Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) Engine Seminar and Open House. The event debuts September 15, 2009, in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada and wraps up November 17, 2009, in Portland OR...

Textainer completes
reefer transaction
with Hanjin Shipping

Textainer Group Holdings Ltd, a leading lessor of intermodal containers based on fleet size, reports that 650 40-foot high-cube refrigerated containers have been committed to a long-term lease with Hanjin Shipping....

Textainer tallies results
for 2Q, six-month period

Textainer Group Holdings Ltd, a lessor of intermodal containers, has reported results for the second quarter and the six months ended June 30, 2009....