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Driver shortage still key industry concern, says annual logistics report

Hours-of-service changes and an increase in trucking company bankruptcies have exacerbated the trucker shortage, according to a recent report.  Significant capacity issues exist, while freight shipments rose 13 percent during the first five months

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CCJ Drive Test: The 2014 Mack Titan

If you went into a lab and boiled down everything Mack trucks has learned and experienced over the past 114 years to its purest essence – everything battlefield Macks have fought on

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Federal appeals court rules against independent contractor status in Calif. case

An appeals court June 16 ruled that drivers working for Georgia-based carrier Affinity Logistics — but working in California — were not independent contractors, as the fleet argued, but were employees, due to the control the carrier had over its drivers’ work.

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14th Mexican carrier joins FMCSA pilot program, agency investigating another for violations

A 14th Mexican carrier has received authority through the U.S. cross-border trucking pilot program, while the first company admitted to the program is investigated for possible violations.

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New Century closes doors and files for bankruptcy, driver files suit over lack of notice

New Century Transportation (No. 99 in the CCJ Top 250) has filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in a federal bankruptcy court in New Jersey.

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Walmart driver pleads not guilty to charges from high-profile weekend crash

Walmart driver Kevin Roper has pleaded not guilty to the vehicular homicide and assault by auto charges filed against him in the June 7 crash that killed comedian James McNair and critically injured actor Tracy Morgan

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ATA affirms support for HOS suspension as Teamsters announce opposition

The Teamsters Union has voiced its opposition to recent Congressional action to roll back the 2013 changes to federal hours-of-service restart provisions, but American Trucking Associations head Bill Graves is holding strong

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Carolina Casualty Newsletter: June 2014

We are nearing that time of year when most truckers and companies try to avoid the open road like the plague. Although with preventative maintenance, a little planning and thorough pre-trip and post-trip inspections, one would have nothing to fear.

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Daimler Trucks North America LLC FREIGHTLINER / 2013 Missing locking snap rings on wheel end drive axle

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) is recalling certain model year 2013 Freightliner Cascadia vehicles with rear axles assembled by Meritor and equipped with ConMet Preset Plus Hubs manufactured from August 6, 2012 through December 7, 2012. In the affected axles, the axle hub may be missing a locking snap ring.

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