Trucking Conditions Index reveals market tilted heavily in carriers’ favor:Economic conditions for trucking companies, as measured by FTR’s monthly Trucking Conditions Index, spiked in October, FTR reported this week. What’s more, the conditions driving the positive momentum for carriers should continue into 2018, says FTR Chief Operating Officer Jonathan Starks, who says carriers “should be […]
The online tool that truck drivers use to find a U.S. DOT-certified examiner to obtain their medical certification is indefinitely down, according to a memo posted to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s website, most recently updated Wednesday. They agency says it does not have a timeline for when the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners will be […]
Gearing up for the Hours of Service Mandate effective December 18, 2017, leading automotive logistics cloud technology specialist, Car Delivery Network (CDN) has achieved FMCSA approval for the second phase of its Connected Truck Strategy, FleetConnect ELD, which was rolled out earlier this year… read more
The U.S. Department of Transportation is amending its drug testing panel to add four commonly abused opioids to meet new Health and Human Services drug testing guidelines. A Final Rule was published in the Federal Register Monday, Nov. 13, and the new testing standards will go into effect on Jan. 1.
Cargo theft incidents in the United States were up 24 percent in the third quarter when compared to the second quarter of the year, according to SensiGuard’s quarterly report. During 2017’s third quarter, the cargo theft recording firm saw a total of 160 cargo thefts with an average loss value per theft of $117,137. Even though […]
Rhode Island officials won’t deliver the state’s truck-only tolls until after Christmas, to allow sufficient time for comment on the environmental impact of initiating tolling at the first two of 14 locations where gantries will be built.
The Texas representative who has been the principal sponsor of the H.R. 3282 ELD Extension Act of 2017 two-year electronic-logging-device mandate delay has written a letter requesting President Trump write an executive order to delay the December 18 mandate enforcement deadline at least until April Fool’s Day next year. April 1 is also the date on which […]
