Industry News

Large carriers do stand to benefit from a potential federal program to reward carriers for voluntary safety investments or other “beyond compliance†initiatives, says Joe Rajkovacz of the Western States Trucking Association, but that’s no reason

The trucking industry has lost more than 150,000 drivers because of medical reasons since the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners was established in May 2014, says Bob Perry, president and founder of Rolling Strong. But carriers can reverse this trend, he says, with simple changes that focus on driver health.

The National Transportation Safety Board released its annual Most Wanted List of safety regulations this week, and six of the 10 items on the list could have an impact on the trucking industry and truckers. 

Small carrier interests loomed large Tuesday at the first of two public FMCSA listening sessions scheduled for this month and intended to gather input from carriers and other industry 

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Jan. 15 a rulemaking proposal designed to update FMCSA’s safety rating methodology by integrating on-road safety data from inspections, along with the results of carrier investigations and crash reports, to determine a motor carrier’s overall safety fitness 

Myrtle Beach, S.C.-based Alkane Truck Company said Wednesday it plans to build a liquid propane autogas (LPG) powered Class 8 cabover for long-haul trucking. 

A Vermont-based 300-truck LTL carrier is fighting to resume its operations following a recent compliance review by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that led to a “proposed unsatisfactory†safety rating and subsequent out-of-service order.

A study of at least 200 truckers operating under various sleep schedules, such as split sleep cycles, could begin this year, according to documents from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The key goal of the research is to determine the safety viability of allowing truckers to split their off-duty time into segments 

Enforcement of the Unified Carrier Registration Agreement has been delayed until Feb. 1, according to an inspection bulletin released this week by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance. Enforcement was originally set to begin Jan. 1.