At the advent of 2020, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration released the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse, a database to track commercial drivers with a record of using substances on the road that could adversely impact their driving abilities, or at the very least track when they refuse a testing request from an officer. Now, […]
When it comes to the movement of materials and merchandise through ports, the amount is measured in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), the number of standard-size containers it would take to contain it all. This is to give you an idea of how much stuff went through the Port of Los Angeles in the third quarter […]
As we have said before, another day brings another lawsuit. This time, it is a coalition of 24 different states and various economic interests sending the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the federal appellate court for review.
It is that time of year again: in late October the folks over at the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released its results for a survey asking drivers and other industry stakeholders the biggest concerns they have regarding the trucking industry. Here are the results. Methodology The methods by which they obtain the numbers are […]
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared a State of Emergency in Florida due to the damage caused by Hurricane Milton. Details Hurricane Milton has come and gone, but its lingering effects, the destruction left in its wake, still persists. To that end, the FMCSA is suspending some regulatory requirements from Parts 390-399 […]
With the year and related tax window coming to a close, savvy fleet owners know to maximize their use of Section 179 for the year to get the best possible return on investment for their assets. Though we are not tax lawyers, this article should serve as a good foothold for fleets to begin the […]
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) International Roadcheck for 2024 was from May 14th to the 16th. Now the CVSA has tallied up the results to tell us what truckers in North America need to focus on more.
College Station, Texas is the latest in the supposedly cool trend of “solving” the truck parking issue by making truck parking illegal. It will be interesting to see how it goes.Details“Enforcement was delayed until Oct. 1 to ensure a smooth transition and allow appropriate public notification and education through the city’s communication channels, signage, windshield […]
Hurricane Helene has come and gone, and now states on the East Coast are doing their best to pick up the pieces from the disaster. One of the losses was a significant portion of the I-40 in North Carolina, near the border of Tennessee, as well as other roads in the Tarheel State.
Can you believe it has been almost a full year since we last wrote about jobs in the trucking industry? A lot has happened in that time, and we are going to go over it.Employment CountAugust 2023: As the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) does two revisions before listing the numbers for a given month […]
You may have heard recently in the news talks about potential tariffs, added costs to foreign goods to make them less capable of competing with their domestic counterparts, but what if the foreign goods were prohibited entirely? That is what the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) wants to do with […]
