Walmart has instituted new shipping and delivery policies that could strap carriers with extra fees for deliveries that are late, mispackaged or delivered earlier than the scheduled delivery time. The new policy, dubbed “On-Time, In-Full”, could score the company an extra $1 billion in revenue, according to an article from Bloomberg.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has posted new guidance for the electronic logging device mandate that exempts trucks equipped with model year 2000 engines and older from adhering to the mandate, regardless of the model year of the truck.
Freightliner and Western Star customers with Detroit engines now have access to the Detroit Connect portal, the new online hub for Daimler Trucks North America’s Detroit Connect proprietary connected vehicle solution. DTNA said portal access is available at no cost to customers with active subscriptions to Detroit Connect services, including DTNA’s Virtual Technician remote diagnostics service. A mobile app […]
Beginning Aug. 1, trucking companies will be able to dispute certain crashes that were ruled preventable and could have those crashes removed from their Compliance, Safety, Accountability scores. The new DOT pilot program could pave the way to have crashes reviewed, deemed non-preventable and removed from carriers’ CSA ratings.
The “sharing economy,†loosely defined as peer-to-peer transactional systems for goods and services, has upended traditional industries across the globe. Last month, rideshare industry giant Uber launched its long-awaited Uber Freight, bringing with it the potential for disruption in the way carriers and owner-operators bid on and move freight in the future.
Six weeks after a March 30Â bridge collapse on I-85 in Atlanta snarled traffic around the city, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal announced Wednesday the interstate will reopen by the morning rush hour on Monday, May 15, and possibly sooner. This is a month sooner than the original June 15 timetable for completion. Even though through-trucks are […]
In a letter to reservation holders last month, Nikola Motor Company detailed the progress the company has made on its Nikola One tractor, including possible changes to the lease options and chassis design. The letter, which is signed by Nikola founder Trevor Milton, says the company is “evaluating several pricing options for a lease or […]
Earlier this year, Pitt Ohio executive Jim Fields talked to a neighbor who works for the University of Pittsburgh. The neighbor….is a renowned expert on how financial stress impacts the cognitive skills and performance of workers. Fields was interested to see where this might lead.
After four more states voted to approve legalization of marijuana Tuesday, it appears the Department of Transportation will stand by its previous stance that using marijuana is forbidden for truck drivers as long as it remains a Schedule I drug.
