The Senate’s version of the annual appropriations bill for the Department of Transportation contains language that would prevent the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration from dragging its feet in producing a final
The Senate’s version of the annual appropriations bill for the Department of Transportation contains language that would prevent the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration from dragging its feet in producing a final
I’m not convinced that it will take an act of Congress to make trucking’s hours-of-service rule work, but after speaking with a few folks on the front lines on Capitol Hill, I’m increasingly sympathetic to the longshot attempt. And if the play being run Thursday morning in the Senate works, it could
Trucks carried 60.1 percent of the $101.5 billion in trade between the U.S. and North American Free Trade Agreement partners Canada and Mexico in March, according to the Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Trucking groups voiced both a list of concerns and requested changes to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s proposed Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse rule prior to the May 21
An official timeline for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s push to raise liability insurance minimums for carriers has been released by the Department of Transportation, and it signals the agency plans to begin work on the regulation quickly in hopes of publishing a proposed rule in November.
The latest indicators for trucking are headed in the right direction – unless, of course, you’re a shipper. Truckload linehaul rates rose 5.7 percent year over year in April – and since February they’ve increased 4.6 percent, according to the latest update of the Cass Truckload Linehaul Index.  For the second month in a row, […]
Eldorado National-California, Inc. (Eldorado) is recalling certain model year 2007-2014 Axess transit buses, 2008-2014 E-Z Rider II transit buses, and 2008-2012 XHF transit buses, equipped with certain Cummins Westport Model ISL G or ISX12 G engines. Condensation in the intake manifold may freeze during cold weather conditions and interfere with the proper operation of the […]
The American Trucking Associations has joined the chorus asking the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to push back the effective date of its National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners until more examiners have been added to its rolls.
DUECO Inc. (DUECO), a manufacturer of utility vehicles, is recalling certain Dueco-modified model year 2009-2011 International 4300, 2010 International 4400, 2009 and 2011 International 7400, 2010 Freightliner M2, 2008-2009 GMC C5500, and 2011 Ford F-750 vehicles, equipped with Sure Power DC-DC converters containing a particular epoxy sealing, aka ‘potting’, compound. The specific potting compound used […]