One Los Angeles area drayage firm has deterred a Teamsters strike while driver union members began picketing four other trucking companies serving LA’s and Long Beach’s ports demanding they be reclassified as employees and not independent contractors.
Freightliner did it.  If you’re one of the many in trucking who scoffed at the idea of a commercially-viable self-driving truck, or at best figured such technology was years — if not decades — away, you need to reset your expectations.
A proposed rule published in the Federal Register May 4 would amend FMCSA’s medical qualification standards to allow drivers with insulin-treated diabetes to operate commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce without having to apply for an exemption with FMCSA.
Swift, the third largest carrier in the countryand the largest truckload carrier, will be outfitting its more than 6,000 company-owned trucks with Lytx DriveCam systems,
The number of truck-involved crashes and subsequent injuries and tow-aways increased in the year and a half the more restrictive 2013hours-of-service rules were in effect, according to a study released April 29
Volvo Group has dismissed Olof Persson as its president and chief executive, the company announced Wednesday. It also announced it plans to hire Scania boss Martin Lundstedt to lead Volvo Trucks back to increased profitability and restructuring efforts.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is set to publish April 23 a request for comments on a proposal to incentivize carriers to implement “practices and technologies†that go beyond
The Minnesota Trucking Association, with a coalition of vehicle- and fuel-industry organizations, has filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging  Minnesota’s mandate of a 10 percent biodiesel blend for diesel sold within its borders.
Roadcheck, the annual inspection blitz done by a joint effort of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and others, has been scheduled for June 2-4, CVSA announced this week.
