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Covenant Transport adopts Freightliner FIT in-cab exercise system
Freightliner Trucks today announced that Covenant Transport has ordered the Freightliner In-Cab Training (FIT) System for its fleet. The Chattanooga, Tenn.,-based truckload carrier is one of the first major fleets to order the exercise and flexibility system as a reward and incentive program for its drivers. Developed in collaboration with Rolling Strong, the FIT System […]
January 9, 2014
Business
Carrier ordered to pay driver $100k in back wages, damages after blacklisting him
OSHA has ordered the Springfield, Mo.-based New Prime Inc. to pay one of its former drivers more than $100,000 in back wages and damages after OHSA determined it had submitted damaging information about the driver to DAC.
January 8, 2014
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Business
Commercial Trucking Disease: symptoms and treatment
Does the trucking industry make the business harder, or more dangerous, than it needs to be? That’s the way many seem to like it.
January 7, 2014
Business
Fleet ordered to compensate driver fired for refusing to drive
Oak Harbor Freight Lines has been ordered by the Department of Labor to compensate a truck driver lost wages after it fired the driver for refusing to drive after he took a prescription cough medicine while sick.
January 6, 2014
Business
Video rundown: CCJ’s Top 10 stories of 2013
[youtube N9raW2nLxCc nolink] Click the video to watch CCJ’s year-end review of the top stories of 2013. For a more in-depth review, including links to original news articles and related content, see our Top 10 review here.
January 2, 2014
Business
How fleets use social media to recruit, retain drivers
Social media has become an essential strategic tool for influencing a market audience’s habits. The point of using Facebook for transportation companies is to become part of the existing social habits of drivers, customers and other prospects.
December 31, 2013
Business
Video vault: Trucking in black and white; or ATA vs. Bogart
Consider this a holiday treat, a look at an old family album: Trucking, circa 1960, courtesy of an American Trucking Associations promotional film, sponsored by Chevrolet. And, our second feature: Bogart doesn’t much care for trucking rules and regulations. Merry Christmas.
December 24, 2013
Business
Zero traffic deaths in the U.S.? Trucking should take the lead in 2014
Goals need to be attainable – that’s an early business management lesson. So is it preposterous to imagine zero traffic fatalities in the U.S.? Most of us would shrug and say the target is impossible to hit. That’s doesn’t mean the trucking industry won’t keep trying.
December 23, 2013
Business
Performance-based pay, Part 1: the science of scoring drivers
Drivers have always earned a living by the mile rather than draw salaries and sign timesheets, but with advancement in technology, fleets are now looking at much more than the odometer to determine driver pay.
December 18, 2013
Business
ATA asks FMCSA implement pilot program to explore split sleeper berth time
ATA has asked the FMCSA to conduct a two-year study to test whether truck drivers are just as rested and as safe when splitting the 10-hour sleeper berth requirements into segments rather than taking it all at once. FMCSA says it’s already looking into conducting a field test.
December 17, 2013
Business
Volvo’s Van Damme video officially a hit
It was an epic moment for Volvo Trucks as the commercial ‘The Epic Split’ became the most viewed automotive commercial on YouTube ever. The success is the result of great content in combination with a strong and consistent communication strategy. Since the launch of ‘The Epic Split’ commercial on YouTube, it has created a massive […]
December 17, 2013
Business
Bendix’s lane departure warning system granted windshield clearance exemption
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC has received a regulatory two-year exemption extension for its AutoVue Lane Departure Warning (LDW) System, retaining the technology’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) compliance. Citing highway safety and the benefits of LDW technology, the FMCSA granted Bendix’s request for exemption from certain windshield clearance rules, allowing fleets and drivers […]
December 13, 2013
Business
Turnover at truckload fleets eases down to 97% in third quarter
The annualized turnover rate at large truckload fleets ticked down two percentage points in the third quarter to 97 percent, according to the American Trucking Associations, who reported the turnover rates in its latest Trucking Activity Report. Turnover at small truckload fleets fell to 74 percent.
December 11, 2013
Business
Economist says new regs ‘will be game-changers’
Trucking faces the largest concentration of regulatory changes in its history beginning next year, economist Eric Starks said Wednesday.
December 4, 2013
Business
Impressions from Mexico: Part 2- TMS stands out for safety practices
As I mentioned earlier this week, the trucking industry in Mexico looks and operates like the Wild West compared to U.S. and Canadian operations. In many respects, safe trucking operations happen by choice rather than mandates and regulations. Take for example Transportes Monroy Schiavon, a truckload and dedicated carrier with 843 vehicles, including 553 Class […]
November 20, 2013
Business
Carrier ordered to pay drivers back wages after firing them for refusal to drive
A judge has ordered an Ohio-based carrier to pay two drivers deemed wrongfully terminated $302,000. The drivers were fired after refusing to drive when they discovered their carriers’ trucks did not have the proper information (company name or DOT number) displayed on the vehicles.
November 20, 2013
Business
House panel: Self-driving vehicles could be 10-20 years away, policy should promote development
A congressional subcommittee heard testimony Nov. 19 that self-driving vehicles are years away for consumers, but lawmakers should begin shaping policy to encourage this technology.
November 20, 2013
Business
Fleet must pay 4 drivers $1M after firing them for participating in agency inspection
Gaines Motor Lines has been ordered by the U.S. Department of Labor to pay four former employees $1.07 million after the DOL determined their termination was in violation of whistle blower protection laws.
November 19, 2013
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