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- 4 hours ago
- fuel prices
Diesel price hits lowest point since March 2010
The national average price for a gallon of on-highway diesel fell 6.7 cents in the week ended Jan. 26, according to the Department of Energy’s weekly report, bringing the nation’s average at-pump diesel price to $3.866 — the lowest since the week ended March 1, ...
- 1 day ago
- indicators
CCJ Indicators: 2014 sees tonnage spike, 40 percent growth in truck orders
Several firms reported this week 2014 wrap-ups, pointing toward solid tonnage growth and big growth in the Class 8 truck market. Also, rates and capacity continue to press shippers, though conditions have improved slightly for them in recent months.
- 1 day ago
- hours of service
Wal-Mart settles with family of comedian killed in Tracy Morgan crash
The family of late comedian James McNair has reached an undisclosed wrongful death settlement with Wal-Mart and its private fleet, stemming from the high-profile June 2014 crash that killed McNair and left several others critically injured, including actor Tracy Morgan.
- 1 day ago
- equipment
Kenworth T880 named ATD’s Truck of the Year; ATD also names Dealer of the Year
The Kenworth T880 was named the American Truck Dealers’ Commercial Truck of the Year this weekend at the ATD Convention and Expo in San Francisco, besting two other finalists, the Peterbilt 567 and the International WorkStar 7600.
- January 23, 2015
- crime
DOT gets guilty pleas in pay-for-answers CDL scheme in New York
The Department of Transportation announced recently that three people in New York have pleaded guilty to charges in a scheme in which test takers were provided answers to CDL examinations via Bluetooth devices embedded in pencils and covert camera equipment.
- January 23, 2015
- News
ICYMI Index: 3 numbers you should know from this week’s trucking news
Sleep apnea, crash weighting in CSA and another big drop for diesel prices — Here's this week's ICYMI Index.
- January 23, 2015
- crime
Ex-CEO of trucking company pleads guilty in $26M scheme
The former CEO of USA Dry Van Logistics has pleaded guilty in Houston’s federal district court to six counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
- January 22, 2015
- drivers
Teamsters lose two votes at FedEx Freight, withdraw another
The Teamsters union suffered another setback last week in its campaign to organize FedEx Freight workers, losing an election at the carrier’s Charleston, West Virginia, terminal. It also withdrew a petition for an election at another.
- January 22, 2015
- compliance
Decision 2015: buyers guide for expected e-log mandate
A buyers guide for electronic logging devices (ELDs). What should you be looking for to stay ahead of the expected 2015 mandate?
- January 22, 2015
- infrastructure
Report: Senators close on revealing bi-partisan highway bill
Senators Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) may soon unveil a highway funding bill that would direct money to the struggling Highway Trust Fund from taxes on companies’ overseas earnings, according to a report.
- January 22, 2015
- regulations
Clarification from FMCSA says driver sleep apnea screening decision up to discretion of med examiners
Following a December-made promise for more clarification of current sleep apnea guidelines for medical examiners, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration posted earlier this month a bulletin telling examiners that if they suspect a driver may have sleep apnea, then he or she should be ...
- January 21, 2015
- csa
Crash accountability in CSA would not improve prediction of future crash risk, FMCSA concludes
Incorporating crash accountability into the CSA carrier ranking program would not improve the DOT’s ability to target carriers most at risk for crashes, nor would it be easy to implement or cost-effective, FMCSA concluded in a study released Jan. 21.
- January 21, 2015
- infrastructure
Obama mostly mum on transportation issues, highway funding in SOTU
President Barack Obama in his sixth State of the Union address made little mention of issues related directly to trucking or transportation, which has in years past come in the form of the president pushing Congress to do more to fund highways and other transportation ...
Clarification from FMCSA says driver sleep apnea screening decision up to discretion of med examiners 
ATA asks Congress to raise fuel taxes, says infrastructure deficiencies cost industry 141 million hours a year 
Wal-Mart settles with family of comedian killed in Tracy Morgan crash 
Teamsters lose two votes at FedEx Freight, withdraw another 
