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Rule to set up CDL Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse expected in August, speed limiter rule soon
The rule will establish a database of CDL holders that have failed or refused a drug test and requires carriers to upload this information to FMCSA at least annually.
May 13, 2016
Business
Fleets report equipment utilization down for second consecutive quarter
The report, a summary of an April survey in which 47 fleets accounting for 37,000 power units and 91,000 trailers responded, showed equipment utilization for power units at 90 percent and trailer utilization at 83 percent.
May 13, 2016
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Indicators: Spot market freight/rates see seasonable tumble, diesel projected to stay cheap
The latest reports on freight movement and rates on the spot market, and projections by the DOE on what diesel prices may average this year or next.
May 13, 2016
Business
Western Star growing marketshare in down truck sales year
Western Star was the last OEM to the table with an aero model truck but trails only big sister Freightliner’s Cascadia in terms of efficiency.
May 12, 2016
Business
Western Star rolling out new off-road package, ‘transformer’ chassis
Fittingly, the company that built the most recent iteration of Optimus Prime also Thursday rolled out a transformer for its heavy-haul customers.
May 12, 2016
Business
Nomination period opens Monday for Trucking’s Top Rookie contest
The award, named in honor of the late Mike O’Connell, recognizes the best professional truck driver who has been on the job for less than a year.
May 12, 2016
Business
Home time, driver health top reasons truckers leaving industry, report says
HireRight says the findings should prompt carriers to take a close look at health and wellness programs, which, in addition to aiding driver retention efforts, also help lower health care and worker’s compensation spending. Also, of no surprise, just shy of 60 percent of respondents said driver recruiting/retention is their company’s top challenge in ’16.
May 12, 2016
Business
New Peterbilt app allows users to design Model 579
A new iPad app from Peterbilt will allow prospective buyers to design their own Model 579, Peterbilt announced recently.
May 12, 2016
Business
Volvo Trucks leaders talk Volvo’s growth, new fuel economy regulations and more in industry update
In an industry update spanning a wide range of topics Wednesday, May 11, at the company’s New River Valley truck manufacturing plant in Dublin, Va., Volvo Trucks global boss, Claes Nilsson, and North American head Göran Nyberg said 88 percent of new Volvo truck orders in 2015 were spec’d with the company’s I-Shift automated transmission. That feat comes less than 10 years after the company introduced the transmission to the North American market in 2007.
May 11, 2016
Business
Marten Transport awarded $3.25 million in trademark infringement case
Marten brought a lawsuit against Plattform Advertising, a business that Marten at one time used to market open trucking jobs online, for using Marten’s name and trademarks after Marten had stopped using Plattform’s services.
May 11, 2016
Business
CCJ’s annual Spring Symposium to be held next week in Birmingham, last chance to register
CCJ’s Spring Symposium is less than a week away, but there is still time to register for the annual summit for fleet executives and fleet managers.
May 11, 2016
Business
FMCSA issues safety advisory for certain TYTAL cargo tanks
The cargo tanks have been found to have inadequate accident damage protection, and some have inadequate venting capacity of pressure release systems.
May 11, 2016
Business
ATRI seeking input from carriers for annual report on trucking operational costs
The brief online questionnaire asks about basic cost information of for-hire carriers such as driver pay, fuel costs, insurance premiums, and lease or purchase premiums.
May 11, 2016
Business
Changes to out-of-service order criteria now in effect
Tires, lights, driveline joints and other out-of-service order criteria changes that took effect last month.
May 11, 2016
Business
International offering OTA programming on Cummins engines
OTA programming on Cummins engines will first be available for limited production release of Cummins 2017 model year engines, beginning in fall 2016.
May 10, 2016
Business
Electric Class 8 truck promises 2,000 hp, 1,200 miles
The majority of the truck’s components are being developed by Nikola, but the company turned to Meritor for help in co-designing the industry’s first-ever independent suspension.
May 10, 2016
Business
TMW study: rates went up as fleet utilization declined in 2015
TMW Systems released results from its most recent 12-month reporting period for the Transportation & Logistics Study.
May 10, 2016
Business
Carestream Health awards Element fleet management as supplier of the year
Element Financial Corporation, a fleet management and equipment finance company, announced its fleet management business received the supplier of the year award at Carestream Health’s annual supplier conference. Carestream Health Inc. is a provider of IT solutions and dental and medical imaging systems serving customers and markets with operations in over 170 countries worldwide. Element […]
May 10, 2016
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