Tag: American Trucking Associations: Page 6

Journal

Three carriers seek to go public, FMCSA seeks patience on HOS documents, registrant-only DOT number eliminated and much more industry news items are featured.

September 2, 2010

2009 Results for IPO Carriers (in thousands) -- Swift, New Century, Panther

Jeff Crissey

In reality, CSA 2010 is already in effect.

September 1, 2010

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Jeff Crissey

Public education is key to improving trucking’s safety image.

August 15, 2010

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Avery Vise

Carriers cannot rely on assurances that are reversed so easily.

July 1, 2010

Journal

FMCSA rethinks supporting documents, FMCSA drops cargo insurance mandate, FMCSA offers alternative to duplicat logs, pollution down at L.A. and Long Beach ports and much more industry news.

July 1, 2010

Officials of both the Port of Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles cite the Clean Truck Program implemented in 2008 as a major contributing factor for the dramatic emissions decline.

Fuel Savvy

American Trucking Associations leaders commended President Obama’s memorandum directing the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency to develop national standards for fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions for heavy- and medium-duty trucks.

June 1, 2010

Comparison of 2015-2020 new vehicle potential fuel savings technology for seven vehicle types: tractor-trailer (TT), Class 3-6 box (Box), Class 3-6 bucket (Bucket), Class 8 refuse (Refuse), transit bus (Bus), motorcoach (Coach) and Class 2b pickups and vans (2b).

Journal

Fuel economy and greenouse gas emissions standards, UCR fees nearly double, trucking employment and much more are featured.

June 1, 2010

PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT IN FOR-HIRE TRUCKING Trucking companies added 1,000 jobs in April, but trucking employment was still down 47,700, or 3.7 percent, from April 2009, according to preliminary figures released last month by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Finances

For-hire truck tonnage increases,year-over-year NAFTA trade increases and more industry financial news are featured.

June 1, 2010

ATA's TRUCK TONNAGE INDEX (Seasonally adjusted; 2000 = 100) ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello says March’s tonnage readings have made him more optimistic about the motor carrier industry’s recovery.

Safety

Firms offer products related to the FMCSA initiative, PHMSA launches an online hazmat permit process and more safety issues are featured.

June 1, 2010

Vendors are lining up with new offerings to help carriers cope with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s new approach toward safety oversight, Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010.

Avery Vise

CSA 2010 represents a delicate opportunity for major change.

June 1, 2010

Aaron Huff

After all the bloodletting the industry has endured, by most indications the economy is on the road to recovery.

June 1, 2010

The EOBR RULE: Logging a Milestone

Although truck drivers have been subject to federal regulation of their work hours for more than 70 years, it wasn’t until last month that the federal government declared that any group of motor carriers must use a device rather than paper logs to monitor those hours.

May 2, 2010

By requiring a transfer of EOBR data by way of either a USB cable or wireless connection, the new performance standards allow law enforcement to obtain HOS records without entering the cab.

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