Here’s one more reason to fear the dreaded Arctic Vortex: It plays havoc with tire pressure. If you’re based in North Dakota and your trucks never travel too far south or west, there’s hardly anything to worry about. San Diego-based fleets running up into the Midwest and the Dakotas or vice versa could have a […]
Vigillo LLC, creators of data mining software products designed to aggregate, organize and deliver complex fleet safety information in an easy-to-read scorecard format, announced the DataQs Success Report. The new offering allows motor carriers to identify where their DataQs challenges are likely to have the best chance of success.
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics is in the last stages of a bid to lease at the largest vehicle terminal in Australia. Â The logistics provider is one of two remaining bidders left in the race for the lease of the Webb Dock West automotive terminal at the port of Melbourne.
The DOT system used to score and compare motor carrier safety records is flawed and particularly unfair to small carriers, an independent government watchdog agency has concluded. While trucking interests have refrained from shouting “we told you so,†the industry has praised the study.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s newest enforcement tool is a shutdown order for carriers that flagrantly disregard the safety rules.  Under a final rule to be posted this week, the agency can suspend or revoke the authority of willful repeat violators, and impose civil or criminal penalties.
Fuel card and electronic payments vendor Comdata and truck stop chains TravelCenters of America, Pilot Flying J, Love’s and Country Stores have agreed to a $130 settlement with 4,000 independent truck stops and other fuel stops in a lawsuit that dates back to March 2007.
A study from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville concludes that carriers shouldn’t pass on the extra costs of complying with the July 1 hours-of-service rules to shippers or customers, lest they want to potentially “fatigue†their relationship they have with them, the study says.
There is one overriding issue that all fleet owners and managers face…recruiting new talent. I saw an article on Businessweek.com a couple of weeks ago that talked about the ongoing shortage of truck drivers. Those of us in the industry deal with this issue continuously. But the numbers are even worse than I thought.
Trucking’s overriding challenge on Capitol Hill this year is passage of a new highway program. The current program expires at the end of October. It launched a number of substantive reforms and policy initiatives but was funded for just two years with money taken from here and there in the federal budget.
