📋 Trucking/Shipping (TRU)

Federal lobbying activity for the trucking/shipping issue area

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AI Overview

Trucking/Shipping (TRU) has attracted $46.5M in lobbying spending across 2,726 filings. This issue area sees targeted lobbying from organizations with specific policy interests.

$46.5M

Total Spending

2,726

Total Filings

$74.3M

Estimated Spending

Spending by Year

Top Clients

#	Client	Spending
1	Fedex Corporation	$4.6M
2	Safe Port Terminals, LLC	$2.5M
3	Alliance for Driver Safety & Security (the Trucking Alliance)	$2.5M
4	Fedex	$1.5M
5	Domtar Corporation FKA Paper Excellence Holdings Corporation FKA Domtar	$1.4M
6	International Warehouse Logistics Association	$1.2M
7	Truckers Integral to Our Economy INC (Tie)	$1.1M
8	United Parcel Service	$970K
9	SAP America INC.	$960K
10	Jacksonville Port Authority (Previously Through Alcalde & Fay)	$950K
11	International Bottled Water Association	$900K
12	Brambles (Previously Reported as Brambles Limited)	$885K
13	Consolidated Metco, INC.	$800K
14	Blue Bird Body Company	$795K
15	International Brotherhood of Teamsters	$765K
16	Sentry Insurance Company	$765K
17	American Trucking Association	$760K
18	California Walnut Commission	$750K
19	American Trucking Associations	$670K
20	Target Corporation	$640K

Top Lobbying Firms

#	Firm	Revenue
1	Ballard Partners	$3.8M
2	Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP	$2.9M
3	The Kidd Group LLC	$2.5M
4	Elevate Government Affairs, LLC	$2.4M
5	Cornerstone Government Affairs, INC.	$2.4M
6	Forbes-tate	$1.9M
7	Crossroads Strategies, LLC	$1.4M
8	Orion Advocates	$1.4M
9	Invariant LLC	$1.3M
10	Van Ness Feldman, LLP	$1.1M
11	Boundary Stone Partners	$970K
12	Tiber Creek Group	$960K
13	Kent & O'connor, INC.	$950K
14	Midfield Consulting LLC	$928K
15	Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP	$885K
16	Mehlman Consulting, INC.	$800K
17	Venn Strategies	$800K
18	National Strategies, LLC	$795K
19	Van Scoyoc Associates	$790K
20	Mcluckie Partners LLC	$765K

Sample Lobbying Descriptions

•Port development

•Workforce development and training; federal infrastructure proposals and developments of interest to the trucking industry.

•Lobby the federal government to support TRALA's petition to FMCSA to exempt short-term rental trucks from the ELD Mandate - first in the form of a 90-day waiver and then subsequent to receiving that w

•USCG authorization bill, including language authorizing the Federal Maritime Commission and changes to the Shipping Act of 1084, as amended.

•Elecronic logging device implementation

•authorize the use of twin 33' trailers on federal highways.

•Lobbied for issues related to trucking and shipping.

•Port Labor Contracts, Port Access, Port Infrastructure

•Driver hour limits for bread transportation.

•General trucking and environmental issues of interest to the client