by Administrator | Aug 5, 2013 | Community
Save the date for September 7, 2013! MMAF will be hosting their ninth annual Say Thanks Day at the Boy Scout Base Camp in historic Fort Snelling. There will be music all morning and activities for the whole family. 8:00 a.m. registration opens at Boy Scout Base Camp....
by Administrator | Aug 2, 2013 | Transportation, Transportation Laws
As part of the new highway bill, also known as MAP-21, which was designed to boost highway safety and organize highway funding, there is a new amendment increasing the freight broker bond requirement from $10,000 to $75,000. The new law, scheduled to take effect in...
by Administrator | Jul 16, 2013 | Transportation Laws
Less than three weeks into the new hours-of-service regulations, a second waiver to the regs has been issued by the FMCSA. The first waiver was issued on May 31. It was in response to a request from the Energy Department. The exemption dismisses truckers hauling...
by Administrator | Jul 1, 2013 | Transportation Costs
Last week, President Obama announced that the administration will begin to work on new fuel-economy standards for heavy- and – medium-duty trucks starting in 2019. “The fuel standards we set over the past few years mean that, by the middle of the next decade, the...
by Administrator | Jun 25, 2013 | Logistics, Transportation, Transportation Costs
The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), in partnership with Penske Logistics, released its 24th annual State of Logistics Report® on June 19, 2013. The report, authored by Rosalyn Wilson, revealed that total U.S. business logistics costs rose to...
