With the clock swiftly ticking toward the current highway funding law’s Sept. 30 expiration, the U.S. House on Thursday proposed a possible successor to the 2015 FAST Act. Relative to trucking, the bill would derail the just-finalized rule by the U.S. Department of Transportation to institute changes to hours of service
While $17 plane tickets may not stick around in a post-pandemic world, there are changes that fleet managers and trucking analysts expect to remain following the unprecedented crisis that forced companies to implement a host of new practices in recent months.
With government and commercial fleets emerging from the coronavirus pandemic, another threat is on the horizon: the hurricane season, which officially started June 1. A fleet manager with experience preparing for and executing in the aftermath of a hurricane stresses the importance of equipment and technology being ready for the time of need.
Just because a truck’s sitting idle, the same may not be true for its batteries. Parasitic loads from telematics devices and onboard computers, along with self-discharging that occurs when charging stops, will drain the power bank. For some idled trucks, it may be only a matter of days before its batteries tank, particularly for reefer […]
With rates and freight volumes both currently sitting at historically low levels, nearly 30% of respondents to a CCJ survey that measures the coronavirus’ impact on motor carriers said they have reduced driver count. With no one sitting behind their steering wheels, many fleets are parking some units until trucking conditions improve. But there’s more to mothballing a unit […]
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Wednesday issued new guidance on how it will conduct compliance reviews during the COVID-19 pandemic. The agency said it will leverage “all available technology to access information and records” to limit the risk of coronavirus exposure to trucking company employees and FMCSA investigators. Safety ratings will be assigned using the […]
The for-hire trucking industry shed 88,000 jobs last month, according to the Department of Labor’s monthly Employment Situation Summary, but May and June appear ready for a bounce-back. More than 45% of fleets responding to a CCJ survey that measures the coronavirus’ impact on motor carriers said they expect to see an increase freight levels over the next 30 days, while […]
The economic downturn wrought by the global spread of COVID-19 and corresponding state shutdown orders potentially has hit its lowest point, said analysts over the past week, as freight demand has entered recovery and is forecast to continue on that front through the end of next year.
Amazon this month rolled out its freight brokerage operation nationwide, a strategic move that not only brings the company into competition with other large digital brokerages like Uber Freight and Convoy, but that also is intended to give the company leverage over its retailer and shipper rivals during peak shipping seasons.
