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Hours of Service
Legislation looks to ease HOS regs for livestock, ag haulers
A bill reintroduced in the Senate would relax HOS regs for livestock and ag haulers. Also, the owner of a Rhode Island-based trucking company was sentenced for falsifying FMCSA documents; and TA donates to St. Christopher Fund.
March 24, 2021
Regulations
The Feb. contract-freight fall-off; California trucker shut down after falsifying med cert
ATA’s advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell by 4.5% in February after rising almost 2% in January. Also, FMCSA shut down a Calif.-based trucker after a crash and falsified med certs; new TX truck stop; and more.
March 23, 2021
Business
What you need to know about the tax-filing extension
Today's news: The IRS late last week extended the tax filing deadline to May 17, though not the estimated quarterlies deadline. Spot market in the last week -- rates edge up. The show goes on for Expedite Expo in July.
March 22, 2021
Business
Record-setting rates for reefers, vans; flatbed hits a high plateau, too
Following February's weather disruptions, truckload freight shipments settled into more normal patterns during the week ending March 14, said DAT Freight & Analytics, yet rates hit record-setting highs even so in dry van, reefer.
March 19, 2021
Business
House OKs bill to extend PPP application deadline
The U.S. House OKs a measure to extend the application deadline for the Paycheck Protection Program. The bill now goes to the Senate.
March 18, 2021
Business
DAT: Spot truckload rates plateau after several weeks of gains
Three weeks after winter storms upended supply chains across the country, truckload freight shipments settled into more normal patterns of activity during the week ending March 14. Also, two truckers named Highway Angels for helping motorists in need.
March 17, 2021
Business
Owner-operator income saw strong 2020 gains
The average net income in 2020 for leased and independent operators combined jumped to $67,742 in 2020, thanks to pandemic-related changes.
March 16, 2021
Business
Small carrier, driver shut down after numerous safety violations found in compliance audit
A three-truck Alabama-based carrier was found to have poor vehicle maintenance and driver monitoring practices that made the company and a driver "imminent hazards to public safety." Also, diesel prices hit highest national average since December 2018.
March 16, 2021
Regulations
Hours of service violations mostly unchanged since rule change, ELD viols climb under COVID
More from FMCSA's ART Forum: Loosened hours of service rules haven't yet resulted in lower violation rates. Also: Trends in ELD enforcement and false log violations, as well as a Biden Administration revocation of Trump-era contractor definition.
March 12, 2021
Regulations
Despite shifts in DOT policy, safety ratings for owner-ops still hard to come by in 2020
Though FMCSA believes its off-site audit experiment, accelerating plans laid prior to the pandemic, is a success, dramatically reduced safety rating numbers tell a different story.
March 11, 2021
Business
Peering through the fog of 2021 spot freight and rates
We asked forecasters at DAT Solutions to peer through the fog and try to make sense of what lies ahead for freight demand and rates in 2021. The underlying forces in the spot market appear to point to a coming slowdown, though wildcards remain.
March 10, 2021
Business
Ohio-based trucker shut down following fatal wrong-way, head-on collision
FMCSA says the driver refused to provide blood for drug testing and was charged with manslaughter, among other thigns. Also, the PRO Act that would nationalize the ABC test for contractors passed the U.S. House. Vocational model updates from Peterbilt.
March 10, 2021
Channel 19
Yet another reason insurance costs are rising
Claims, says Sergio Hernandez of the DialVan 60-truck Laredo, Texas-based fleet. Hear his story of a multiple injury accident, for which DialVan shared no fault, that resulted in payout of his company's $1 million policy limit, and how they're mitigating.
March 9, 2021
Business
Nationalized ABC test would ice trucking’s independent contractor model
A bill making its way through the U.S. House would follow in the footsteps of California’s A.B. 5 law passed in late 2019 by severely curtailing the ability of owner-operators to haul freight for larger motor carriers.
March 8, 2021
Regulations
As small-fleet owners face charges, confusion ensnares popular ELD
An NTSB report has also ensnared a popular ELD, though experts argue that investigators are unclear on the AOBRD- vs. ELD-spec. Also, Navistar shareholders have approved the sale of the company to Volkswagen's Traton group.
March 3, 2021
Business
Fuel prices rocket past $3 national average
Diesel prices jumped 9.9 cents in the most recent week to their highest mark since the first week of 2020. Also: Legislation was reintroduced to bring more women into trucking; KW's 2020 Dealer of the Year; 19 new PrePass locations in Missouri; and more.
March 2, 2021
Regulations
Canada pumps the brakes on ELD deadline
Canada's Transport Minister Omar Alghabra today announced an intent to work with industry and others on details of a "progressive enforcement period" to begin with "education and awareness" exclusively, amid ongoing device registry delays.
March 2, 2021
Business
The latest rates averages for dry van, reeefer and flatbed
Per-mile rates on the spot market resumed their upward momentum in February after growth stalled slightly in January, according to rates data from Truckstop.com.
March 2, 2021
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