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Pilot Flying J opens three new west Texas locations, one in California
Pilot Flying J announced recently it has opened three new travel centers in the west Texas Permian Basin and will open three more later this year. PFJ has also opened a new location in California.
July 3, 2019
Business
CARB hits Anheuser-Busch with $500k fine after 86 trucks found non-compliant
The private fleet of beer conglomerate Anheuser-Busch has agreed to pay $500,000 to California for violating the state’s emissions regulations. According to a notice from the California Air Resources Board, the beer hauling fleet ran 86 trucks in the state that didn’t meet CARB standards and that the company “failed to properly self-inspect their diesel trucks” to ensure they were compliant.
July 3, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
Missing reins in an emerging marketplace for ELD data
Until regulations, legislation or court cases set guidelines for data privacy, “it’s kind of ‘what you sign up for is what you get,’ ” says Eric Witty of ELD supplier Trimble. “If you don’t read the fine print in an agreement you’re signing,” you might be giving a provider the right to freely share.
June 10, 2019
Business
Volumes are high on the spot market, but rates are unmoved with an abundance of capacity
The weather is warming up and the freight is out there — in fact, van freight volumes for May are as high as they’ve ever been. But an abundance of capacity continued to keep spot truckload rates at less-than-stellar levels — and falling for vans compared to the April average — during the week ending May 19,
May 24, 2019
Business
Truck demand gave more ground as spot load counts fell 11% last week
The number of load posts on the DAT network of load boards fell 11% the week ending May 12. Truck posts, meanwhile, increased 5% in the latest down indicator for spot market demand for truckers.
May 17, 2019
Business
Citing FMCSA policy change, court dismisses suit against U.S. Xpress over California break laws
A federal court in California has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a group of drivers against U.S. Xpress concerning the state’s meal and rest break laws, signaling a potential tide change in the lingering legal issue in the state.
May 6, 2019
Business
Though spot rates remained flat, the last week saw demand dynamics change favorably as volumes grew
Posted load counts grew by a percent, while the number of available trucks fell 4%. There still was plenty capacity to meet demand, though, as national average spot rates ended the last full week of April at or below their averages for the month of March in all segments
May 2, 2019
Business
Spring has not sprung, to say the least, when it comes to vans, reefers on the spot market
National average spot van and refrigerated freight rates slipped again during the week ending April 13. The number of load posts fell 4 percent while truck posts increased. The arrival of produce season in several southern markets failed to make up for the effects of more capacity and bad weather.
April 17, 2019
Business
Delivering cannabis — and cash — in California
A look at the burgeoning cannabis and cash distribution businesses in California’s newly legal recreational cannabis market — via two operations with different areas of emphasis, both utilizing cargo vans for the work.
April 15, 2019
Business
Permits delayed for 5,600 California fleets following systems outage
The California DMV says it corrected the problem in early March and that the backlog has been gone for several weeks. California Assemblyman Jim Patterson, however, told a local news outlet this week that there are trucking companies “who have hundreds of trucks who, as of this very day, still have not gotten their permits.”
April 11, 2019
Business
Legal fights over California owner-operators, break laws could swirl into Supreme Court case
After a recent setback, the Western States Trucking Association intends to continue fighting a court precedent in California that the group argues has created a cooling effect on the use of owner-operators and independent contractors in the state.
April 8, 2019
Channel 19
CARB dismantled my truck, now it’s hauling around Mexico
That was the case after a truck owner participated in California’s Prop 1B grant program for truck replacement. After his truck was dismantled, a GPS unit that had been inadvertently left hardwired behind the dash reported years’ worth of positions at work south of the border in Jalisco.
March 21, 2019
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