Blogs
- 2 days ago
- fuel prices
Carriers included in $25 million settlement in ‘hot fuel’ lawsuits
Preliminary approval has been granted to the nearly $25 million settlement struck last year between fuel providers — such as Exxon, Love’s and BP — and fuel buyers, both diesel and gasoline, in the ongoing “hot fuel” lawsuits, originally filed in 2006.
- 2 days ago
- Business
Preventable or not: Doe’s wide left doesn’t go right
John Doe attempted to execute a wide left but still was struck by a bus whose driver didn’t turn sharply enough. Was this a preventable accident?
- 2 days ago
- News
ICYMI Index: 6 numbers you should know from this week’s trucking news
Highway funding action was hot this week, and some interesting numbers were released on driver pay preferences. If you missed those stories and others, don't sweat — The ICYMI Index is here to help catch you up on some of the week's top news, by ...
- 3 days ago
- big data
How fleets use business intelligence to create, sustain momentum
Are you spending too much time looking for answers rather than solving problems? Maybe business intelligence can help get the ball rolling.
- 3 days ago
- crime
Fleet owner sentenced to 10 years for directing $3.5 million cargo theft scheme
The former owner of a Memphis-based fleet was sentenced this month to 10 years in prison — the maximum amount allowed by law — for using the trucks in his business to run a cargo theft scheme that stole roughly $3.5 million in freight.
- 3 days ago
- alt fuels
Ryder eclipses 30 million miles with natural gas fleet
Ryder System announced this week it has surpassed 30 million miles with its fleet of liquefied natural gas and compressed natural gas tractors. The company, which began its natural gas vehicle program in 2011, has replaced approximately 4.6 million gallons of diesel fuel with lower emission ...
- 3 days ago
- infrastructure
Latest highway bill news: Senate’s hearing, Sec. Foxx’s ‘to hell with politics,’ House’s Transportation 2.0 bill
The latest in highway funding bill news includes an impassioned plea from Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx for a long-term measure and the filing in the House of a six-year bill dubbed Transportation 2.0.
- 3 days ago
- compliance
Drivers may be able to stop carrying paper copies of med cards as early as this week
Drivers will no longer be required to carry paper copies of their medical certification cards beginning Friday, Jan. 30, as the certification will have been integrated into drivers’ CDLs, FMCSA is expected to announce this week.
- January 28, 2015
- litigation
Old Dominion loses disability bias suit, ordered to pay $119k to driver who self-reported alcoholism
A U.S. district court has ordered $119,612 in back pay to an ex-driver fired by Old Dominion Freight Line after he self-reported alcohol abuse.
- January 28, 2015
- Test Drives
Video: Test driving Freightliner’s severe duty lineup
CCJ Equipment Editor Jack Roberts is outside of Austin, Texas, this week to test drive two trucks out of Freightliner's SD line: The 114SD and the 108SD dump. Here are two short clips of Roberts' time with the two trucks Jan. 28
- January 28, 2015
- News
CCJ sister site Truck Parts & Service names Distributor of the Year
Parts distributor Six Robblees’ has been named the 13th annual Truck Parts & Service Distributor of the Year, with the announcement coming at the Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week Jan. 27 in Las Vegas.
- January 28, 2015
- innovators
CCJ Innovator: Walmart Transportation aims to double fleet efficiency
For Walmart – a company whose U.S. operation employs 1.3 million people and has 4,987 retail stores, 42 regional distribution centers (each serving roughly 100 retail locations) and a fleet of 7,000 trucks – identifying and correcting inefficiencies in freight movement would have a major ...
- January 28, 2015
- drivers
Driver turnover rate climbs slightly in third quarter, ATA reports
The turnover rate at large truckload fleets rose a percentage point to 97 percent in 2014’s third quarter from the prior quarter, according to number released today by ATA. The turnover rate at LTL carriers also rose from 11 percent to 13 percent in the ...
Research: drivers favor percentage pay over miles, hours 
Wal-Mart settles with family of comedian killed in Tracy Morgan crash 
Industry reacts to FMCSA’s crash fault study: Where’s the ‘accountability’ in Compliance, Safety, Accountability? 
ATA asks Congress to raise fuel taxes, says infrastructure deficiencies cost industry 141 million hours a year 
