Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

On thin ice? 2013′s challenges to fleets

In Part 1 of our "On Thin Ice?" series, analysts and fleets discuss what they see happening in 2013 as far as the economy and freight are concerned and any roadblocks they see looming. Part 2 covers the impact regulations may have on trucking and surviving ...

By Avery Vise Published January 29, 2013

All hands on deck: Carriers employ software to improve CSA scores

The Compliance, Safety, Accountability program continues to propel fleets toward technology that can improve their scores. Under CSA, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration deposits vehicle inspection violations into seven Behavior Analysis & Safety Improvement Categories. Each month, the violations in each BASIC are scored by Safety Management ...

By Aaron Huff Published January 28, 2013

Out With the Waste

Fleets ramp up technology investments to boost margins, driver relations, customer service By Aaron Huff Tennant Truck Lines recently moved from an overcrowded family farmhouse in Orion, Ill., to a $3 million facility in Colona, Ill. Over the next two years, the open-deck carrier plans to grow ...

By Aaron Huff Published December 1, 2012

Technology

Making the latest technology developments work for your fleet Full circle TMW Systems acquired, primed for growth By Aaron Huff TransForum 2012, the annual user conference of TMW Systems and the trucking industry’s largest technology gathering, was different than its past six years on one account – the size ...

By Aaron Huff Published November 1, 2012

Tied Down

Cargo securement soon will be part of the Vehicle Maintenance BASIC. Be ready. By Jack Roberts A freshly-minted driver who recently had graduated from a CDL school came by to chat with his instructors and let them know how things were going. He’d just gotten hired by ...

By Jack Roberts Published November 1, 2012

Technology

Making the latest technology developments work for your fleet A whole new ballgame Fleet executives open the playbook at Qualcomm Vision conference It’s a swing and a miss. If the rules of transportation were like baseball, you still would have two more chances at redemption. But in trucking, ...

By Aaron Huff Published July 1, 2012

UpFront

Righting a wrong Latest change to SMS could spell relief for flatbed haulers During the days of the Compliance Safety Accountability program’s Operation Model Test period, flatbed carriers raised their concerns over the Cargo-Related Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Category. Although the category includes all carriers and ...

By Jeff Crissey Published May 1, 2012

Technology

In and Out By switching to computer-based training, Marten Transport drivers move faster, more effectively through orientation Whether your newly hired drivers come in for orientation one at a time or by the dozen, how can you be sure any of them are paying attention? Contrary to ...

By Aaron Huff Published April 1, 2012

UpFront

It’s just a matter of time FMCSA heads back to the drawing board for broader EOBR mandate In August, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit overturned the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s April 2010 electronic onboard recorder final rule that would have required EOBRs ...

By Jeff Crissey Published March 1, 2012

CCJ Innovators

Area Transportation Chesterton, Ind. Paying for safety Flatbed hauler uses CSA performance to modify driver behavior Area Transportation operates 300 trucks in a 200-mile radius, primarily moving aluminum and steel coils and plates to mills in the Midwest. As a flatbed hauler operating in a region where commercial vehicle ...

By Jeff Crissey Published March 1, 2012