The Senate unveiled Sept. 22 a short-term government spending bill meant to stave off a government shutdown by funding the government through early December, but the bill does not include any provisions related to hours-of-service reform, as had been rumored.
International Truck is slated to become the first OEM to make a collision mitigation system standard equipment when the Lisle, Ill. truck-maker unveils its LT Series on-highway Class 8 tractor later this month.
Though the U.S. Department of Transportation formally proposed last month a rule to require many, if not all, trucks operating in the U.S. to install and use speed limiting devices (aka speed governors), the debate on limiters and their role in truck crashes remains contentious.Â
Cargo theft recording firm FreightWatch International has issued a warning for the greater Los Angeles area as a result of increased cargo theft activity.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking industry feedback on recommendations made by its Medical Review Board for a potential rulemaking that would allow drivers with insulin-treated diabetesÂ
The trucking industry is on the precipice of 10 to 20 years of change unlike it’s ever experienced, says transportation economist Noël Perry, and carriers who want to survive these changes must be prepared for them, he said.
The American Trucking Associations’ annual week-long event to honor truck drivers will be held Sept. 11-17. National Truck Driver Appreciation Week is coordinated each year to show the country’s 3.5 million truck drivers that carriers, shippers and the rest of the industry appreciate the job they do, ATA says.
Several new players entered the freight-matching and truck-routing app market last month at theGreat American Trucking Show, held Aug. 25-27 in Dallas, Texas. The apps perform similar to Uber’s ride-sharing idea: Shippers post loads, carriers post trucks and the system automatically matches shippers loads’ to carriers’ available capacity
The current sluggish freight environment has eased some of the trucking industry’s angst over the driver shortage, but make no mistake: Existing and future regulations and an aging workforce will bring the topic roaring back to life in the coming months and years.
