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Firestorm of controversy over trucker pay hits Vancouver port

British Columbia’s first container tucking commissioner has resigned after audits revealed Port Metro Vancouver truckers were shorted pay. 

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Latest on hours of service: DOT enters next phase of 34-hour restart study, short-term gov’t funding won’t affect ‘restart rollback’

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Oct. 1 it has concluded the data collection phase of the Congressionally required study on 2013’s 34-hour restart rules.

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Caterpillar cutting 10,000 jobs as revenues fall below expectations

Global equipment giant Caterpillar announced Sept. 24 it could be cutting about 10,000 jobs in the coming years as part of across-the-board cost-cutting measures intended to save the company $1.5 billion a year once implemented. 

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Paccar files non-compliance petition over potential turn signal indicator recall for certain Petes, KWs

Paccar has filed a petition with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to request an exemption from providing a recall notification for an issue with the turn signal indicators on trucks’ dash instrument panel. 

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TCA says costs outweigh benefits in 91,000-pound proposition

A Congressional move to allow 91,000-pound trucks on U.S. highways would do more to hurt the trucking industry’s productivity than help it, says the Truckload Carriers Association, who recently penned a letter to Rep. Reid Ribble regarding 

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Here’s looking at you: Fleets trying to sell event recorder safety message to drivers

Much ink has been spilled regarding the tanking public perception numbers of law enforcement agencies in the year since the highly publicized death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. Cell phone footage from several other high-profile incidents since that time only have added fuel to the fire. 

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Opening the floodgates: 5 reasons truck navigation is growing

Nearly all companies that supply mobile fleet management systems have moved to the Android platform within the last four years. Some offer it as an option; for others it is their only option.    

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Beware of online DMV fraud in Arizona

The Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division has issued a warning to Arizona-licensed operators over fraudulent websites offering services such as Arizona driver licenses, IDs and vehicle titles and registration. ADOT says the fraudulent websites appear in searches with keywords such as DMV or MVD.  

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Heat map: Where truckload rates are hottest

Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas registered the hottest last week for outbound truckload rates, averaging $2.39, $2.46, $2.45 and $2.49, respectively.  The heat map here is based on averages of outbound truckload rates

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