he Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association has asked the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to grant drivers carrying loads that are oversize or overweight an exemption to the the 30-minute break requirement of the 2013 hours of service rule.
Southern California port truckers now are picketing two intermodal rail carriers as the strike against area port drayage companies expands.  Drivers began following Pacer Cartage and Harbor Rail Transport trucks to rail yards and other customer locations Nov. 18. The day before, some
In a sense, Peterbilt engineers never get to build a true “clean sheet†design when they start work on a new truck.  Those engineers might disagree with that statement, but as I gazed at the fully restored 1939 Peterbilt tractor on display at the company’s plant in Denton, Texas, I couldn’t help but see styling […]
Considering the amount of fuel consumed by a fleet of commercial vehicles, even modest gains in fuel economy add up quickly to the bottom line. Despite the best efforts of truck manufacturers and aftermarket suppliers to optimize fuel economy, studies show that as much as 30 percent of mpg is still directly controlled by drivers.
A Final Rule mandating the use of electronic logging devices by drivers and fleets is expected to be published Sept. 30, 2015, according to a recent Department of Transportation report, meaning enforcement of the mandate would begin Sept. 30, 2017.
The U.S. Capitol Christmas tree is in the middle of its 2,000-mile trip from the Chippewa National Forest in Minnesota — where it was harvested last month — to its destination on Capitol Hill.  Immediately upon being harvest, it was loaded onto a Heil flatbed hooked on a Kenworth T880 — the company’s flagship heavy […]
The average amount of downtime for a truck that has failed a roadside inspection is 8.5 hours, says Stephen Keppler, executive director for the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance.
With diesel prices at three-year lows and expected to remain well below $4 in 2015, much of the shine is off the pennies per gallon that can be saved by using alternative fuels.  So with the natural gas powered vehicle market seemingly stalled, ACT
A year-long study of trucking industry trends in social media was recently completed by TrueVoice on behalf of GE Capital, Transportation Finance. The study involved a search of 250 million online outlets and revealed the most common areas of conversation.Online conversations start with news and spike when government agencies and industry associations make announcements.Â
