Articles by Jeff Crissey

Jeff Crissey is the Editor of Commercial Carrier Journal. In his role, Crissey is responsible for maintaining the excellent print editorial product, improving online audience development and increasing CCJ readers' knowledge of business and safety-related industry issues. Crissey holds a Bachelor's Degree from Auburn University and has been a member of Randall-Reilly Publishing's editorial staff for 14 years, where his coverage of industry topics has earned numerous regional and national awards over the years.

Jeff Crissey has posted 260 Articles for CCJ Digital

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Is your trucking company underinsured?

A recent study by the Alliance for Driver Safety and Security showed that 42 percent of dollar settlements paid by trucking companies to injured motorists are above the minimum insurance requirement of $750,000. The study, which tracked 8,692 settlements from 2005 to 2011, also showed ...

By Jeff Crissey Published June 5, 2013

Industry analyst ‘less pessimistic’ about trucking outlook

Avery Vise, director of research for Randall-Reilly (left), talks economic outlook for trucking with AVondale Partners' Don Broughton. At the 2013 Great West Fleet Executive Conference in Las Vegas, Donald Broughton, managing director of Avondale Partners, said he’s slightly more bullish on the outlook for ...

By Jeff Crissey Published May 30, 2013

Affordable Care Act bringing sweeping healthcare changes for carriers

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – often referred to as “Obamacare” – was signed into law on March 23, 2010. Many businesses held out hopes that the controversial package would be repealed or scaled back, but the 2,500-page law remains on the books ...

By Jeff Crissey Published May 22, 2013

Florida legislature approves incentives for natural gas vehicles

Natural gas adoption in Florida got a shot in the arm with the passage by the Florida House of HB 579 to promote the use of natural gas fuels. The legislation encourages commercial fleet owners to invest in new natural gas vehicles through grants administered ...

By Jeff Crissey Published May 2, 2013

CSA’s Data Trail sheds light on FMCSA’s safety enforcement program

When the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration officially launched its Compliance Safety Accountability program in December 2010, the trucking industry entered a new era of scrutiny and safety compliance. What fleets didn't know then was exactly how or to what extent CSA would be enforced, ...

By Jeff Crissey Published May 1, 2013

Clean Energy announces maintenance design and consulting business

Clean Energy Fuels announced the creation of a new business unit -- Facilities Modification Services -- to assist fleets in modifying existing and designing new maintenance facilities that service natural gas trucks. The group will work with fleet operators to ensure their maintenance facilities are code-compliant ...

By Jeff Crissey Published April 30, 2013

All aboard: Boyd Bros. intermodal solution brings them Innovator of the Year award

From left: Chris Cooper, chief operations officer; Richard Bailey, Boyd Bros. president; Cory Gilliard, intermodal director Like just about every other regional or national carrier in the industry, Boyd Bros. Transportation faces common challenges. Scrutiny under Compliance Safety Accountability, pending changes to the hours-of-service rule, ...

By Jeff Crissey Published April 25, 2013

The urge to merge

2013 certainly is shaping up to be an interesting year in the trucking industry The upcoming changes to the hours of service rule in less than two months, the pending regulation mandating electronic onboard recorders, the onset of added costs as a result of Obamacare and ...

By Jeff Crissey Published April 25, 2013

Fontaine Alternative Fuels launches alt-fuel conversion website

Fontaine Alternative Fuels has launched a website -- FontaineAlternativeFuels.com -- that provides an overview of the advanced fuel system and alternative fuel engine installations offered at the company’s eight modification centers nationwide. “Alternative fuel conversions are increasing in popularity and the website will grow as the company ...

By Jeff Crissey Published March 27, 2013

Q&A with DTNA’s Daum and Renschler

CCJ editors Jeff Crissey and Jack Roberts sat down at the Mid-America Trucking Show with Martin Daum, president and CEO of Daimler Trucks North America, and Andreas Renschler, outgoing chief of Daimler Trucks and Buses, for a private interview to discuss equipment trends and their ...

By Jeff Crissey Published March 25, 2013