Truckload Carriers Association

Journal

U.S., Mexico reach new trucking agreement Ferro defends taxpayers buying EOBRs for Mexican carriers The U.S. and Mexican governments on March 3 announced an agreement in principle to implement the long-delayed cross-border trucking provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The agreement upholds previous requirements for ...

By CCJ Staff Published April 1, 2011

Safety

FMCSA, trucking groups settle lawsuit Agency tones down SMS disclaimer, removes ‘alert’ As part of a settlement with three trucking organizations, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration was to change the disclaimer it places in the Website that disseminates Safety Measurement System data and to remove the ...

By CCJ Staff Published April 1, 2011

Aaron Huff

Partners for the long haul Rail intermodal becoming a lifeline for truck capacity Volatile fuel prices, rising equipment costs, driver shortages and hours-of-service regulations are some of the many constraints on truck capacity now and in the future. More transportation companies are solving these capacity challenges by ...

By Aaron Huff Published April 1, 2011

Jeff Crissey

Swift thinks lean Is it time for your organization to reorganize? At the 2011 Work Truck Show in Indianapolis last month, tried-and-true OEM selling points of “highest horsepower in its class” and “biggest payload capacity” gave way to “lowest cost of ownership” and “lowest cost to maintain.” ...

By Jeff Crissey Published April 1, 2011

Safety

NHTSA to consider speed limiter rule in 2012 More than four years after the trucking industry asked the federal government to mandate speed limiters on new heavy-duty trucks, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that it would launch a rulemaking on the issue in 2012. ...

By CCJ Staff Published February 13, 2011

Safety

Colorado carrier chooses EOBRs over fine Agency uses settlement process to push technology The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Nov. 4 that it had ordered Greeley, Colo.-based JBS Carriers Inc. to install electronic onboard recorders or pay $81,780 in civil penalties. The settlement agreement requires JBS ...

By CCJ Staff Published December 3, 2010

Journal

5 trucking companies back EOBR bill Industry coalition asks all haulers to support effort Five trucking companies announced their support for legislation introduced by U.S. Sens. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) that would require trucking companies engaged in interstate commerce to install electronic onboard recorders ...

By CCJ Staff Published November 8, 2010

Avery Vise

Model of efficiency? The EPA/NHTSA fuel plan is much ado about not much Boil down more than 1,000 pages of regulation and analysis on the proposed heavy truck fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas reduction standards and you are left with this conclusion: Either you are clueless or ...

By Avery Vise Published November 3, 2010

Avery Vise: Mandating the inevitable

Mandating the inevitable Electronic logs may be universal before they are required About a decade ago, a major supplier of onboard computers primarily to private fleets scheduled a press conference at a Truckload Carriers Association annual meeting to tout its electronic logs. The event proved to be ...

By Avery Vise Published May 1, 2010

FMCSA delays full CSA 2010 rollout and more

FMCSA delays full CSA 2010 rollout Carriers now have access to data for new program The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has pulled back on its original plan to implement its Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 program in July, but the agency has given motor carriers access to ...

By CCJ Staff Published May 1, 2010