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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
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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
Business
Indicators: Spot market rates gain momentum
Spot market rates in two major truckload segments climbed for the second straight month in May, according to per-mile data reported to CCJ each month by Truckstop.com, while the other major segment remained unchanged.
June 1, 2016
Business
Court grants FMCSA an extension to file response to ELD lawsuit
The court overseeing the lawsuit against the U.S. DOT’s electronic logging device mandate has granted the DOT a roughly two-week extension to file its court-required response to the litigation.
June 1, 2016
Business
New Volvo concept truck slashes fuel consumption more than 30 percent
The Volvo Concept Truck is the result of a five year research project aimed at creating more energy-efficient vehicles and cuts fuel consumption by more than 30 percent.
June 1, 2016
Business
Navistar says 40 percent of dealership network now Diamond Edge Certified
Navistar says nearly 40 percent of all of its truck and bus dealers qualified as Diamond Edge Certified in the second quarter of this fiscal year.
June 1, 2016
Business
Bendix parent acquires steering gear system company
Acquisition of tedrive Steering expands systems expertise in commercial vehicle sector.
June 1, 2016
Business
Volvo says more layoffs coming at Va. truck plant due to diminishing truck order forecast
Details on the layoffs are still scant, says a Volvo spokesman, who said it’s too early to know exactly how many workers will be cut or when the layoffs will come. The plant’s expected to cut production in early August, stemming from projections for lower-than-expected demand for Class 8 trucks this year.
June 1, 2016
Business
Pennsylvania establishes Autonomous Vehicles Testing Policy Task Force
PennDOT will chair the task force, which is comprised of state, federal and private-industry officials.
June 1, 2016
Business
ESC take rates climbing, will skyrocket with mandate
Both ESC and roll-only systems work in conjunction with the truck’s antilock braking system (ABS) system, but full-stability systems use more sensors.
June 1, 2016
Business
Stay Metrics offers free online Tire Safety training module for Roadcheck 2016
The online training module offers guidance on four areas of tire safety that inspection officers will be targeting for Roadcheck 2016, June 7-9.
June 1, 2016
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