James JailletJames Jaillet was Randall-Reilly's executive editor of trucking, focusing on coverage of business and regulatory updates and trucking industry trends for the Commercial Carrier Journal and Overdrive, until the Spring of 2021.BusinessCeladon reveals income likely misreported by $250 million in recent years, stock trading haltedThe company is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission over the discrepancies within filings required of publicly traded companies, as reported by Overdrive in October. The SEC notified Celadon last May that it was at risk of being delisted on the New York Stock Exchange. The company acknowledged Tuesday it likely will not meet the May 2 deadline set by the SEC for reissuing the forms to prevent being delisted.April 3, 2018BusinessSpring’s onset brings record-high flatbed ratesFlatbed’s strong spring freight season brought with it record-high per-mile rates in March, while van and reefer rates held strong in the month.April 3, 2018Hours of ServiceBill in Congress would allow drivers to pause 14-hour clock for up to three hoursA bill filed in the U.S. House Thursday by Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas) would allow drivers to take one break per day — of up to three hours — that does not count against their 14-hour on-duty allotment. The bill mirrors a petition filed by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association last month, calling for a pause button for drivers’ daily 14-hour clock of up to three hours and the removal of the mandatory 30-minute break required by current hours regs.March 29, 2018BusinessFMCSA: ‘Conclusive’ that no driver info was compromised in registry outageFMCSA has confirmed to Overdrive that no personal information on drivers was exposed in a recent attempt by an unauthorized party to access the agency’s National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners. The registry, which is used by drivers to find DOT-certified medical examiners, has now been down for nearly 4 months.March 29, 2018BusinessFMCSA boss talks potential for hours of service review, hot-topic regs in exclusive Overdrive interviewRay Martinez, who assumed the role of administrator of the U.S. DOT’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in late February, sat down in an exclusive half-hour interview with with editors from Overdrive in March, discussing topics like hours of service, ELDs and more.March 26, 2018Electronic Logging DevicesCongress passes spending bill exempting livestock haulers from ELDs until OctoberBoth chambers of Congress on Thursday passed a $1.3 trillion spending bill that allows livestock haulers to run without electronic logging devices through the end of September. The bill has now been sent to the White House for President Trump’s signature, who has threatened to veto the bill.March 23, 2018Business2,000 truckers potentially affected by alleged med cert fraudPotentially more than 2,000 truckers will have to renew their medical card within 30 days after the indictment of an Alabama-based medical examiner accused of issuing false medical cards. Affected drivers will be notified via mail by the U.S. DOT.March 22, 2018BusinessBills in Congress extend ELD waiver for livestock haulers, allow under-21 truckersThe U.S. House late Wednesday released the text of a $1.3 billion spending bill that funds the U.S. government through the end of the 2018 fiscal year and, notably for trucking, exempts livestock and insect haulers from the electronic logging device mandate through the end of September.March 22, 2018Electronic Logging DevicesAs hard enforcement of ELD mandate looms, FMCSA details return-to-duty procedureIn two weeks, truckers cited for ELD non-compliance will be placed out of service for 10 hours. Here’s FMCSA’s expected return-to-duty protocol. The agency says since December 18, only four percent of inspections have yielded an ELD infraction.March 15, 2018Electronic Logging DevicesLivestock, ag haulers now have until June to comply with ELD mandateTruckers hauling agricultural products and livestock have received further reprieve from compliance with the U.S. DOT’s electronic logging device. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Tuesday that such haulers will have until June 18 to adopt an ELD. They can continue to run on paper logs in the meantime.March 13, 2018Previous PagePage 31 of 190Next PageTop StoriesCustom RigsOwner-op Lucas Zach's project 2017 Peterbilt 389, 2025 Timpte hopperMods through the years Zach's owned the 2017 389 result in what's a well-balanced look for this custom Pete, with sharp paint lines, a Cat under the hood, and a hopper-hauling setup built to handle the rough-and-dirty side of farm-haul work and still turn heads.Small Fleet ChampUp from ashes: Small fleet Clifford C. 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