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Fleet panel: Better pay, more respect and recognition key to attracting drivers

Generous unemployment benefits, stricter qualifications and fear of technology are just three reasons the pool of qualified truck drivers is smaller than it’s ever been

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Trucking analyst: e-logs the main catalyst for bankruptcies

Many in the transportation industry know Donald Broughton for his quarterly tracking of trucking bankruptcies. The 28 years of data he has collected show a very predictable formula: bankruptcies increase whenever fuel prices go up.

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Eaton to pay Meritor, ZF $500 million to settle antitrust claim

A long-standing dispute between truck transmission makers over anticompetitive practices has been settled, with the major players agreeing it’s time to move on.  ZF Meritor LLC, a joint venture between a Meritor Inc. subsidiary and ZF Friedrichshafen AG

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Brokers, shippers continue CSA pushback in Congress, courts

The Compliance, Safety, Accountability program – and the confusion surrounding it – once again is getting some attention from Congress. A bill, introduced last week, seeks to protect shippers and brokers from negligent liability claims

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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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