2010 September

Law

Say goodbye to comfort in claims FMCSA abandons cargo insurance filing for carriers By Henry Seaton Q The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration abandoned the cargo insurance filing requirement. As a medium-sized broker, a third of our losses are caused by insurers who deny coverage for claims even ...

By CCJ Staff Published September 1, 2010

Jeff Crissey

Driving driver behavior In reality, CSA 2010 is already in effect If you’ve been paying any attention at all, you know that the live date for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 is less than three months out, unless it’s pushed back a ...

By Jeff Crissey Published September 1, 2010

Products

Tread designed for regional, OTR fleets Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions’ Bandag-brand BDR-HG tread is designed for regional and over-the-road fleets operating tandem-axle tractors. When used in the drive axle position, the BDR-HG (Bandag Drive Regional – High Grip) tread promotes traction both new and as the ...

By CCJ Staff Published September 1, 2010

Finances

Trucking adds 5,900 jobs in July The for-hire trucking industry continued to add jobs in July even as the overall U.S. economy lost jobs due to the wind-down of the federal government’s 2010 Census effort, according to preliminary figures released Aug. 6 by the U.S. Department ...

By CCJ Staff Published September 1, 2010

Equipment

EPA, Navistar formally end litigation EPA, CARB move ahead with further SCR reviews The legal battle Navistar waged against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency since March 2009 formally came to an end Aug. 16 when the two parties jointly filed to withdraw the lawsuit and a federal ...

By CCJ Staff Published September 1, 2010

Aaron Huff

Windows of opportunity Having pushed AS/400’s limits, C.R. England makes a change Shortly after IBM released the AS/400 operating system in 1988, the so-called “400” became the de facto standard among truckload carriers. At the forefront of this technology revolution was Innovative Computing Corporation (ICC), the first ...

By Aaron Huff Published September 1, 2010