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Trucking faces capacity crisis, shifting distribution patterns, analyst says
A regulation-driven capacity crisis will slam trucking sometime in mid-2017 to as late as 2018, John Larkin, managing director, Stifel Financial Corporation, told fleet executives at the CCJ Spring Symposium this week. Consequently, shippers see the current market as their last chance to push rates down before an inevitable rate upswing, he said.
May 19, 2016
Larkin said coming regulations by the DOT will strip industry productivity. This slide shows his predictions for how each regulation will impact the number of new truck drivers needed by the industry to fill the regulatory void.
Business
Education, training key in driver recruitment and retention, panel says
With driver turnover hovering at 100-plus percent, a panel was assembled at the CCJ Symposium in Birmingham, Ala., Wednesday to tackle two of the biggest buzzwords in trucking: recruitment and retention.
May 18, 2016
From left: CCJ Technology Editor Aaron Huff; Modern Transportation’s Patrick Cozzens; Angie Buchanan, Melton Truck Lines; and John Elliot, Load One.
Business
Covenant Transport exec discusses ‘culture of excellence’ at Spring Symposium
Doug Schrier gave a presentation about how CTG went through a turnaround by creating a culture of excellence at the CCJ Spring Symposium on Tuesday, May 17, in Birmingham, Ala.
May 17, 2016
Doug Schrier from Covenant Transportation Group discusses how to create a culture of excellence at the CCJ Spring Symposium.
Business
Pollster Frank Luntz: ‘Frustrated and angry’ electorate will choose the next president
“People feel betrayed.” That statement sums up the general feeling of the electorate as we head into the most tumultuous election cycle in recent history, pollster Frank Luntz told attendees during his keynote remarks at the CCJ Spring Symposium in Birmingham, Ala., today. “That’s the strongest feeling you can have about politics,” he said. Luntz […]
May 17, 2016
Frank Luntz talks about the qualities that people want in their presidential candidates at the CCJ Spring Symposium in Birmingham, Ala.
Business
Fleets seeing benefits of fuel efficiency spec’ing
Aero and efficiency technologies have helped battle back miles per gallon losses caused by EGR engines between 2004 and 2007.
May 17, 2016
fuel island
Business
FMCSA’s proposed carrier rating reforms ‘a sham,’ rely too heavily on CSA scores, transpo attorney says
“All stakeholders should recognize this proposal is bad for [business] competition and for carriers both small and large,” Seaton told attendees Tuesday, May 11, at CCJ’s Spring Symposium in Birmingham, Alabama.
May 17, 2016
The removal of CSA’s SMS percentile rankings from public view presents one of three major problems with the agency’s pursuit of a Safety Fitness Determination rule, says transportation attorney Henry Seaton.
Business
CCJ’s Spring Symposium starts today: How to follow sessions on trucking regs, equipment spec’ing and more
The event for fleet managers and executives will feature sessions on preparing for the Safety Fitness Determination rule, spec’ing equipment for fuel efficiency and building a business around technology.
May 17, 2016
spring symposium
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