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McLeod Software sprinting to help carriers, brokers meet FSMA requirements

Tom McLeod said it is a top priority for his software company to develop new features that help carriers and brokers meet the FSMA requirements by April, 2017.

September 19, 2016

Tom McLeod gives the keynote at the 2016 McLeod User Conference in San Antonio, Sept. 19

Vehicle automation to dramatically change trucking landscape in the coming decades, forecaster says

“The last major change we had was deregulation,” he said. “And it had only a fraction of the power of this one. It eliminated almost all of the carriers in business at the time. A few came through, but not many. This change is even larger.”

September 19, 2016

Perry and Gross see the industry as on the verge of the automated revolution, which they say will be a major shock to the industry. Carriers need to prep to survive, they said.

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Diesel prices fall a penny nationwide during most recent week

The price of a gallon of on-highway diesel dropped a penny to $2.389 per gallon nationwide during the week ending Sept. 19, according to the Department of Energy’s weekly report.

September 19, 2016

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Kenworth adds set-forward front axle option to T880

The T880S is designed for fleet and truck operators in ready-mix, dump and mobile crane applications.

September 19, 2016

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Used truck market to see flood of supply in coming years, prices expected to fall

“Used truck supply goes a long way in determining the environment” for pricing, said Arrow Truck Sales President Steve Clough. “The supply of used trucks has already been determined based on what was retailed 3, 4 and 5 years ago. That’s a wall of inventory that’s coming.”

September 19, 2016

2014’s and 2015’s high truck build numbers will flood the used market starting next year, Clough said, which will put downward pressure on used truck pricing until 2019 or 2020.

Cargo theft incidents nearly double in Los Angeles area, FreightWatch says

FWI says it has seen nearly double the national average for thefts of electronics and clothing and shoes, while it has seen the occurrence of reported fictitious pickups at nearly three times greater than the rest of the U.S.

September 19, 2016

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Crete Chairman Duane Acklie passes at 84

Acklie and his wife, Phyllis, purchased Crete in 1971 and he served as the company’s CEO until 1991.

September 19, 2016

Crete Carrier deploys Transflo Mobile driver app

Crete Carrier Corporation is now using the Transflo Mobile enterprise platform from Pegasus TransTech

September 18, 2016

Crime report: Man pleads guilty to creating false overweight permits, border inspector charged with taking bribes

An FMCSA border inspector was charged with accepting bribes, and an Ohio man pleaded guilty to creating and providing falsified overweight permits to trucking companies.

September 16, 2016

Court seems to lean toward keeping ELD mandate in place, trucking attorney says

“The [three-judge] panel was very suspect of the arguments that OOIDA was making and seemed to be much more in favor of the attorneys of the agency,” Scopelitis attorney Tim Wiseman said of the oral arguments made in the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on Sept. 13. OOIDA filed a suit this year seeking to overturn the agency’s ELD mandate.

September 16, 2016

XPO drivers, warehouse workers file for Teamster representation

A group of 72 truck drivers at XPO’s Aurora, Ill., terminal and 125 warehouse workers at the company’s North Haven, Conn., facility have filed for union representation through the Teamsters.

September 16, 2016

DOT: Final rule for trucker training standards expected to publish in November

The Department of Transportation, in its monthly regulatory report, expects the final CDL Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse rule to be published by the end of the month, while the final Entry-Level Driver Training rule is expected to be published in November.

September 16, 2016

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Old Dominion announces 4.9 percent general rate increase

Todd Polen, ODFL’s vice president of pricing, said the increase will affect the company’s class tariffs and is meant to help “offset the rising costs of new equipment, real estate, technology investments and competitive employee wage and benefit packages.”

September 16, 2016

Bendix intros new air disc brake for trailers

The Bendix ADB22X-LT is built on the company’s ADB22X platform for tractor disc brakes.

September 15, 2016

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Navistar CEO Troy Clarke lays out vision for trucking’s future in address at FTR

By the year 2035, the U.S. will have 35 mega-cities connected by major freeways on which tractor-trailers operate in a self-driving autopilot mode, according to the vision offered by Navistar International President and CEO Troy Clarke at the 2016 FTR Conference on Sept. 15.

September 15, 2016

Telematics systems are one of the linchpins of trucking’s coming technology shift, Clarke says. “This industry is on the verge of a huge technological transformation,” he said. “Connected vehicles will be ubiquitous.”

NetraDyne uses artificial intelligence in new driver safety platform

NetraDyne launched a video safety system that identifies risk and safety from a driver’s perspective.

September 15, 2016

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FMCSA eyes rule to change clearance process for diabetic truckers

FMCSA is seeking public comment on its Medical Review Board’s recommendations regarding a rule that would allow diabetic drivers with well-controlled and stable diabetes to drive in interstate commerce.

September 15, 2016

CRST buys California-based Gardner Trucking in company’s largest acquisition

CRST projects the Gardner acquisition will add approximately $400 million in revenues to the company with its more than 2,400 drivers.

September 15, 2016

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Considerations for expanding your fleet

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GP Transco upgraded its in-house TMS with two AI-powered tools to improve driver/load planning and reduce inefficiencies. Currently, 95% of load entries are automated through data robots and EDI, minimizing mismatched loads, reducing planner workload and boosting customer satisfaction. The company was named CCJ's Innovator of the Year Thursday night. Pictured are CEO Dominic Zastarskis and Amos Savickas, EVP of Operations.

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