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Business
Survey underscores aging driver problem, sheds light on job’s challenges
The survey results underscore the aging driver workforce dilemma. It is a problem today, but it soon will be the biggest crisis in the trucking industry as the demand for drivers continues to increase and their average age rises with every flip of the calendar.
June 6, 2016
Business
FMCSA now requires seat belts for truck passengers
The agency will publish a Final Rule in the Federal Register on Tuesday, June 7 and said the rule “holds motor carriers and drivers responsible” for making sure passengers in their trucks wear seat belts.
June 6, 2016
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Annual Roadcheck inspection spree begins Tuesday
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s annual 72-hour Roadcheck inspection blitz starts Tuesday, June 7 across North America.
June 6, 2016
Business
Paragon Software broadens routing app to last-mile fulfillment
Paragon says the modular approach creates an end-to-end solution and fill gaps of retailers’ existing omni-channel fulfillment systems.
June 6, 2016
Business
CarriersEdge gives driver training an app
The app simplifies access for drivers, and once the app is installed drivers stay logged in and don’t have to remember a password.
June 6, 2016
Business
Preparing for the ELD Mandate
June 5, 2016
Business
Registration opens for ATA’s annual Management Conference & Exhibition
The conference will offer information from industry experts and trucking executives on electronic logging devices, the future of truck safety technology, federal regulations, safety benchmarking and more, ATA says.
June 3, 2016
Business
Trucks now need appointment times at Oakland’s largest container terminal
Oakland International Container Terminal will mandate appointments for most containerized import pickups to shorten truck waits and speed up delivery. The terminal handles 67 percent of Oakland’s container shipments, the port stated.
June 3, 2016
Business
Report: Country’s largest carriers outsource more than 40% of contracted freight
The company’s report indicates that of the 13 publicly traded carriers it studied, 42 percent of freight bookings are eventually pushed to third-party carriers.
June 3, 2016
Business
Indicators: Trucking dropped 2,400 jobs in May, overall employment stagnant
Trucking employment in May totaled 1.4604 million, the lowest since last October. The U.S. as a whole in May added only 38,000 jobs, but the country’s unemployment rate fell to 4.7 percent, the rate in eight years. The unemployment rate’s decline, however, was due almost entirely to a drop in the number of people looking for jobs, generally a sign of a weakening job market.
June 3, 2016
Business
Truck order numbers inch upward, 30% below last year
The past three months of heavy truck order activity annualizes to 175,000 units with the annualized rate for the past 12 months falling to 231,000 units.
June 3, 2016
Business
Marten Transport implements driver orientation platform, ConversionU
ConversionU announced that Marten Transport has implemented its online driver orientation platform, Conversion Orientation. Marten is using the platform for on-boarding new drivers. “Using an e-learning platform in our driver orientation process has allowed us to present more material, improve driver retention of that material, and reduce on-boarding time,” said Tim Norlin, senior director of driver […]
June 3, 2016
Business
MobileDemand releases tablet with 3D camera for dimensioning
The 3D camera overlays virtual information into a live image feed for applications such as volume dimensioning
June 3, 2016
Business
Fleetio adds purchase order module for asset management software
Fleetio released a digital purchase order (PO) module that it says allows users to streamline their approval and payment processes.
June 3, 2016
Business
Prime to pay $3 million to settle discrimination suit brought by EEOC
Prime Inc., the 16th largest carrier in the U.S., has agreed to pay more than $3 million to settle a discrimination-based lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of more than 60 female truck drivers who claimed they were denied jobs at the company.
June 2, 2016
Business
Schneider acquires two companies to expand final-mile delivery
Schneider (No. 8 on the CCJ Top 250) has announced it is expanding its final-mile delivery service with the acquisitions of trucking company Watkins & Shepard (No. 126) and logistics technology provider Lodeso.
June 2, 2016
Business
Analysis of FMCSA’s Safety Fitness rule data shows poor connection to carriers’ crash risk
Numbers obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request made by the Alliance for Safe, Efficient and Competitive Truck Transportation show that more than half (56 percent) of the carriers FMCSA said would have been deemed “Unfit” in 2011 under its Safety Fitness Determination rule — and who remained in business for at least the next year — recorded zero crashes in that 12-month time span.
June 2, 2016
Business
A look at the top 10 states for tire violations as Roadcheck looms
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s annual Roadcheck inspection blitz, which will be held next week, will focus on tires this year. With that in mind, CCJ compiled a list of the top 10 states for tire violations from Rig Dig Business Intelligence, which you can see here.
June 2, 2016
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