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FreightWaves Classics: Trucking companies’ names range from A to Z (Chapter 13) A Buske Logistics truck making a haul. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)
Deregulation of the U.S. trucking industry began in the late 1970s. Congress passed the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 and it was signed into law by President Carter on July 1, 1980. This ended 45 years of onerous regulation by the federal Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC).
One of the most dramatic changes that occurred due to deregulation was the virtual explosion in the number of trucking firms. From 1980 to 1990, the number of licensed carriers doubled – from fewer than 20,000 to more than 40,000!
One of the buses in the Saint John Transit fleet. (Staff photo)
The Saint John Transit Commission did not get prior approval to end the Hampton Comex service, according to the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board (EUB).
Saint John Transit scrapped the weekday bus service to Hampton effective Jan. 1 after councillors in the town
Marc Dionne, general manager of the commission,
wrote to the EUB on Jan. 7 several days after the service ended and requested that its license be modified to reflect the change.
In her reply to the commission on Jan. 12, chief clerk Kathleen Mitchell said the service can only be discontinued once the board issues an order following a hearing.
Have you ever seen a three-ring binder full of napkins?
While napkins around the world bear witness to great ideas written during the haste of inspiration, routinely falling back on this approach for trip costing and planning doesn’t exactly make full use of all resources, namely analytical software that can better assess the profitability of trucking routes and take napkin math to another level.
But be careful, advises Dan MacKenzie, vice president of pricing and credit for Toronto-based XTL Transport. While no one knows your own business quite like you, taking a do-it-yourself approach to building a program around a complicated topic such as cost and profitability analysis may not work as planned.
FreightWaves Classics: Trucking companies’ names range from A to Z (Part 5)
1 1,146 9 minutes read Serving eight states in the Mountain West, this AFS tractor pulls twin-trailers of grocery store products.
(Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)
Deregulation of the U.S. trucking industry began in the late 1970s. Congress passed the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 and it was signed into law by President Carter on July 1, 1980. This ended 45 years of onerous regulation by the federal Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC).
One of the most dramatic changes that occurred due to deregulation was the virtual explosion in the number of trucking firms. From 1980 to 1990, the number of licensed carriers doubled – from fewer than 20,000 to more than 40,000!