In The News

• Per diem rate bumped to $59 per day

  By Land Line
  Posted Oct 20th 2009 4:32AM

  The per diem rate for truckers – and other transportation workers – was bumped to $59 from $52. The per...

• Transportation-related initiatives on local ballots across the country

  By Keith Goble, state legislative editor
  Posted Oct 20th 2009 4:23AM

  With Election Day about two weeks away, voters in several communities throughout the nation soon will be making decis...

• The Downfall of Bentz Transport Products, Inc.

  By Phil Madsen, ExpeditersOnline.com
  Posted Oct 19th 2009 5:59AM

  Details highlight the shrinking expedited freight industry and the challenges expediters face Be...

• IRS Boosts Per Diem Rate For Drivers

  By TruckingInfo.com
  Posted Oct 19th 2009 5:26AM

  The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has raised the per diem rate for drivers, or the amount per day that a truck driver...

• Truck Driver Pre-Screening Program Reality After Seven Years

  By Oliver B. Patton, Washington Editor - TruckingInfo.com
  Posted Oct 19th 2009 5:24AM

  In August 2002, a group of truck safety professionals went to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration with a s...