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DTNA bullish on 2015 truck market, says future regs should foster ‘free thinking’
During a press dinner at the 2015 Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky., Martin Daum, president and chief executive officer of Daimler Trucks North America, shared his company’s optimism for near-term truck sales in North America, saying at the moment the U.S. is one of the few really strong markets in the world.
March 30, 2015
Business
House introduces another CSA bill, this one again calling for removal of public scores and fixes to program
The House this week introduced another bill targeting the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program and would, if it becomes law, force FMCSA to remove its carrier rankings from public view and restructure the program.
March 20, 2015
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FMCSA should stop touting CSA scores, GAO rep says in response to app release
Following the FMCSA’s release this week of its CSA-based QCMobile app, a representative from the Government Accountability Office reiterated her agency’s stance that carrier rankings in CSA are unreliable and should not be publicly displayed.
March 19, 2015
Business
Cummins Emissions Solutions previews EcoFit after-treatment system
Cummins, Inc.
Cummins Emission Solutions, a subsidiary of Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) and a technology leader in the global exhaust aftertreatment market, is introducing the first of its next generation of ultra-high efficiency aftertreatment systems, the EcoFit Single Module. The EcoFit Single Module is designed to be up to 60 percent smaller and 40 percent lighter compared […]
March 18, 2015
Business
FMCSA continues to push third-party use of CSA scores with release of smartphone app
Despite the trucking industry’s concerns over the quality, quantity and consistency of the data used to form the SMS rankings, the agency markets the app as one that could be used by “insurers, brokers, freight-forwarders and others interested in reviewing…registration and safety performance information of motor carriers.”
March 17, 2015
Business
Regulatory update: When to expect rules on e-logs, speed limiters and Safety Fitness Determination
Rules to mandate electronic logging devices and speed limiters are both expected this year, along with a proposed Safety Fitness Determination rule and Final Rules for FMCSA’s driver coercion prohibition initiative and the establishment of the CDL Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse.
March 17, 2015
Business
FMCSA denied motion to dismiss lawsuit against CSA, due process concerns
The lawsuit against FMCSA takes aim at the data it uses to feed CSA’s carrier rankings, driver pre-employment screening reports and more.
March 12, 2015
Business
Truck operators still needed for FMCSA’s study on 34-hour restart changes
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the university tapped with completing the agency’s Congressionally required study on the 2013-implemented hours-of-service changes is still on the hunt for truck operators willing to volunteer for the study.
March 12, 2015
Business
HOS rules suspended temporarily in Kentucky due to weather-related emergencies
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear last week issued an emergency order suspending hours-of-service rules for truck drivers carrying relief supplies such as food, water, medicine, propane and other goods headed to areas of his state affected by severe winter weather in recent weeks.
March 10, 2015
Business
Omnitracs announces customer agreements with Interstate Distributor, Pride Transport
Interstate Distributor is now using Omnitracs’ Mobile Computing Platforms — both MCP50s and MCP110s — across its 1,500-truck fleet, and Pride Transport has implemented Omnitracs Analytics’ Driver Retention Model across its entire fleet of 400 power units.
March 10, 2015
Business
Judge temporarily halts action on Tracy Morgan suit against Walmart pending driver appeal
The judge overseeing Tracy Morgan’s lawsuit against Walmart and its private fleet has temporarily halted action on the civil suit at the request of the truck driver at the center of the case.
March 9, 2015
Business
PrePass-equipped trucks surpass 500,000
HELP Inc. announced that over a half million trucks from nearly 41,000 trucking fleets are now enrolled in PrePass and qualified to bypass weigh stations and ports of entry in 31 states.
March 6, 2015
Business
Senator wants Congress to reform FMCSA, says agency has botched regulatory responsibilities
Saying it has ignored Congress, the Government Accountability Office and members of the trucking industry, Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska) Wednesday leveled some harsh criticism at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and called for reforming the agency.
March 6, 2015
Business
No word on who will head FMCSA when Scott Darling’s term ends this month
The acting administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, T.F. Scott Darling, told lawmakers this week he has just 19 days left in his interim term as head of the DOT’s trucking industry regulatory agency.
March 5, 2015
Business
Dismissal of lawsuit against Calif. emissions regs upheld by appeals court
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a prior dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the California Construction Trucking Association against the California Air Resources Board’s diesel engine emissions regulations.
March 5, 2015
Business
Carriers mostly against FMCSA’s insurance increase rule, while some favor raising liability minimums
More than 2,000 comments were submitted on FMCSA’s solicitation for input from trucking industry stakeholders and the public at large on a potential rule to up the minimum about of liability insurance trucking companies must legally carry. Here’s a sample.
March 4, 2015
Business
CSA bill aims to remove ‘dark cloud’ over carrier hiring
Broker group TIA says the bill could remove the stigma among shippers and brokers, the general public and the courts that CSA is a proper tool to use when hiring carriers. It instead would direct shippers and brokers to other hiring criteria.
March 4, 2015
Business
Final Rule to mandate electronic logging devices again slated for Sept. 30, DOT announces
In a departure from a report issued in mid-February, the Department of Transportation has changed its expected publication date for a Final Rule mandating the use of electronic logging devices, according to a supplemental report issued by the DOT last week.
March 3, 2015
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