Motor carriers, 3PLs and logistics providers are rightfully concerned about protecting their workforce, including contracted and employee drivers, and vendors and customers from COVID-19 exposure, while still working around the clock as first responders in continuing the flow of goods. Quick decisions and directives are likely necessary in these unprecedented times.
The Technology and Maintenance Council (TMC) S.4 Cab & Controls Study Group is charged with helping “improve the design and maintenance of cab components and systems to enhance the driver’s ability to properly, comfortably and economically operate highway vehicles,” but they just might play a front-line role in keeping the trucking industry safe from the COVID-19 coronavirus. Last fall, at […]
The novel coronavirus pandemic has put the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance‘s (CVSA) annual International Roadcheck inspection blitz out of service – at least temporarily. The agency announced Wednesday it will postpone the event, which was set for May 5-7, to later in the year. New dates for the enforcement campaign have not yet been decided. While Roadcheck has […]
No one wants to get sick – and I’m a terrible sick patient, just ask my wife – but I can’t recall ever upending my entire life to avoid exposure to illness. I dropped part of a banana on the kitchen floor yesterday and, after a few moments of consideration, ate it anyway. As of […]
In post-crash litigation in which juries order trucking companies to pay multi-million-dollar settlements, who actually foots the bill? Mostly, it depends on the fleet, their size and their type of insurance. Many larger fleets are self-insured up to a point, meaning they are on the hook for a certain amount of liability before their insurance […]
Indiana judge dismisses lawsuit over increased truck tolls The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association says it is “likely to appeal” an Indiana court’s ruling to dismiss its lawsuit over toll increases aimed at Class 3 and larger trucks in the state. The group filed the class action lawsuit in January 2019 after Indiana instituted a 35% increase in […]
Organizers of the Mid-America Trucking Show announced Thursday afternoon they are cancelling the 49th annual event, which was scheduled for later this month, due to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in the U.S. Show management, in a note on the show’s website, said the decision was made after consultation with exhibitors and Kentucky officials. […]
Just four years after U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized a sweeping set of regulations aimed at cutting emissions from heavy-duty trucks and tractors by 25% by 2027, EPA is eyeing new federal regulations to further tighten heavy-duty truck emissions and to create a so-called “50-state program” that harmonizes emissions standards nationally. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler on Monday […]
Celadon was the largest fleet to go bankrupt in 2019, but hundreds of other carriers left the industry. Overall, the number of trucking bankruptcies increased by 300% from 2018, according to industry data tracked by Broughton Capital. Economic signs indicate the trend may continue through 2020.
