The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced via the Federal Register this week that it began in July testing a new safety audit program for new entrant carriers in order to test the feasibility of performing the required audits remotely and electronically as opposed to on-site.
More than 30,000 brake inspections will be performed next week as the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s annual Brake Safety Week begins Sunday, Sept. 8, and runs to Saturday, Sept. 14.
Despite the hurdles facing the independent contractors and the carriers that use them – including misclassification, higher equipment and fuel costs and new regulations – the independent contractor model is as strong as ever. That was the message from a panel of leading fleet executives at the 2013 Truckload Carriers Association Independent Contractor Division Meeting […]
In a short period of time, AHAA has established itself as an important association for the vehicle logistics industry in North America, representing the heart of this industry: the small and medium-sized companies. The finished vehicle logistics industry has been through some tough times, but now there is a lot more positivity, with the […]
More than 320 delegates gathered in California this year to discuss an industry that is growing and investing once again in equipment and systems. But with many changes still to come, especially growth in Mexico, there is uncertainty over infrastructure and services across the outbound chain. Christopher Ludwig and Marcus Williams report from Newport Beach
Carmakers are concerned about finding and repairing damage, but to prevent repeat errors it is necessary to have visibility of damage across the supply chain, and to listen to the story behind each and every incident.
SUMMARY: FMCSA announces guidance concerning the implementation of certain provisions of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) concerning persons acting as a broker or a freight forwarder. Section 32915 of MAP-21 requires anyone acting as a broker or a freight forwarder and subject to FMCSA jurisdiction, including motor carriers, to […]
Prior to the Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Program, in a number of States and the District of Columbia, any person licensed to drive an automobile could also legally drive a tractor-trailer. Even in many of the states that did have a classified licensing system, a person was not skills tested in a representative vehicle. […]
Fifty-one representatives from the U.S. House have sent Secretary  of Transportation Anthony Foxx a letter to “express [their] continued deep concern†about the hours-of-service rule that went into effect July 1, pointing to the 34-hour restart provision within the rule as restrictive and not studied sufficiently.
