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CARB Issues Reefer Compliance Reminder

The California Air Resources Board has issued an advisory recommending transport refrigeration unit (reefer) owners take action to plan and order compliance options to ensure TRU model year 2006 engines, or units manufactured in 2006, comply with in-use performance standards by the end of this year.

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Convicted Pilot Flying J Employee Says Senior Management Aware of Alleged Scheme

Pilot Flying J executive Jay Stinnett, who worked as a senior sales director at the Knoxville headquarters began cooperating with the federal investigation the same day federal agents raided the company’s corporate headquarters in mid-April  

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CARB Steps Up Border Area Enforcement

The California Air Resources Board says it has stepped up enforcement of its diesel truck regulations to ensure that only vehicles compliant with California’s stringent anti-pollution laws travel across the U.S. border into the state.  

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Virginia Transportation at the RoadCheck 2013

Virginia Transportation was a great supporter in the 26th Annual Roadcheck to help send a strong Safety-First Signal to the Industry and focused on cargo securement. The SAFETY INSPECTIONS at the 2013 International Roadcheck (June 4-6) was a spotlight on the critical role of comprehensive driver, truck and bus inspections to prevent roadway tragedies.  The RoadCheck emphasized commercial motor vehicle compliance […]

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WHITE PAPER ON NEW BROKERAGE AND BROKERAGE BOND REQUIREMENTS

The purpose of this White Paper is to advise clients on significant changes in the broker and broker bond regulations passed as part of MAP-21. Effective as soon as October 1, 2013 the “Fighting Fraud in Transportation†or “FFIT†provisions of the new statute will be in effect. See 49 U.S.C. 32915-32919.

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CSA Session 2 with National Transportation Consultants
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GM tops benchmark quality study for the first time

General Motors for the first time ranked atop a closely watched survey measuring new-vehicle quality, while Ford Motor Co. continued to be dragged down by its electronic features. GM placed two brands — GMC and Chevrolet — in the top five of J.D. Power and Associates’ Initial Quality Study released today.

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Logistics Report: Get Used to the ‘New Normal’ of Slow Growth

Considering the implosion that occurred in the wake of the go-go years before 2007, the current condition of slow economic growth has a certain appeal. “Other than the Great Depression, no other financial or economic event has created the level of upheaval and economic restructuring as the Great Recession  

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Ready for New HOS Enforcement on July 1st?

Draw a big, red circle around July 1 on your calendar. That’s the date when the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration will officially begin enforcing the new hours of service regulations for all commercial motor vehicles that are involved in interstate commerce.  

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