The American Transportation Research Institute is once again asking truck drivers and fleets to rank the top issues of concern in the industry for the group’s 2019 Top Industry Issues Survey. Now in its 15th year, ATRI’s annual analysis ranks the issues overall while also providing details on where critical topics are ranked differently by carriers and drivers. […]
Cargo theft recording firm CargoNet received 150 cargo theft reports during the second quarter of 2019, a 14% decrease from the same period a year ago. The average loss value per cargo theft was $152,844 for an estimated total of $22.9 million during the quarter. The firm noted that a trend of trailer burglaries becoming […]
A jury has ruled that Swift Transportation (No. 3 in the CCJ Top 250) owes CRST Expedited (No. 17) more than $15 million for recruiting freshly licensed truck drivers who were locked into 10-month employment contracts with CRST. Swift did not return a request for comment on the lawsuit or whether it plans to appeal. […]
On Monday, Sept. 10, 2018, the chief executive of C.R. England (CCJ Top 250, No. 22) secretly hired a new vice president. At the time, the Salt Lake City-based refrigerated carrier had been shopping around for a new business intelligence system for its office staff to “better support our drivers, particularly our new drivers,†says Chad England, chief executive. […]
One day after school last year at Patterson High School in Patterson, Calif., a parent approached teacher Dave Dein. “He spoke broken English,†Dein recalls, “but he said I’m here to shake your hand. You saved my son.â€
The compliance date for two key provisions in a looming federal rule that sets training standards for new truck drivers will be delayed. In a proposal slated to be published Thursday, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will announce it intends to delay by two years — from Feb. 7, 2020, to Feb. 7, 2020 […]
Nominations are now open for the 2019 Mike O’Connell Trucking’s Top Rookie Award contest, presented by CCJsister publication Truckers News. Truckers News is looking for the best driver who has been behind the wheel for no more than a year. The winner receives $10,000 and a package of prizes. Nine other finalists will each receive $1,000 and prizes packages as well.
The Trucking Alliance, a coalition of some of the country’s largest trucking companies, again on Wednesday called for stricter drug testing for applicants for truck driving jobs, as well as a mandate for speed limiters in heavy trucks and a prohibition on under-21 drivers operating interstate. In comments filed to the House’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, as it […]
According to Washington-based think tank the Brookings Institution, as many of 25 percent of U.S. jobs are at the mercy of automation. Last year, a study from the U.C. Berkley Center for Labor Research and Education said autonomous technology could eliminate nearly 300,000 driving jobs, with the greatest impact landing across less-than-truckload and parcel segments […]
