A veteran lobbyist in Washington, Chris Spear leaves the American Trucking Associations as regulatory changes, tariffs and court verdicts challenge the industry.
Regulators are tightening their oversight of electronic logging devices to deter fraud in driver work hours, squeezing already reduced truck capacity.
The agency in charge of the canal will start limiting the number of ships that can transit due to the ongoing lack of freshwater to replenish its locks amid a drought caused by a strong El Niño weather pattern.
