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Business
Court: California reefer regs OK
An appeals court rejected a challenge by the American Trucking Associations and the Truckload Carriers Association.
April 5, 2010
California Air Resources Board may continue to enforce its regulation of transportation refrigerated units.
Business
Pennsylvania to exempt farm trucks from safety rules
Pennsylvania updated its safety regulations to comply with federal law after a federal audit cited non-compliance issues.
April 4, 2010
Business
HOS waiver for hauling anhydrous ammonia
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is waiving hours-of-service rules until June 21.
April 4, 2010
Channel 19
Mack plant on ‘American Loggers’ tonight
The Discovery Channel’s ‘American Loggers’ series, as you may remember, features in part the Pelletier Logging family, whom I last wrote about here when their friendly business rivals the Crawfords’ played one particularly funny battery-powered prank on them of an early March morning. Before that, I happened upon pictures from the Discovery crew’s filming at […]
April 2, 2010
Business
FMCSA adjusts recorder mandate
FMCSA’s rule requires onboard recorders for carriers shown in a single audit to be in serious hours-of-service noncompliance.
April 2, 2010
An electronic on-board recorder like this Qualcomm MCP200 may be mandated for thousands of carriers. (Photo Mike Roemer)
Business
CSA 2010 rollout partially delayed by a year
Full implementation of CSA 2010 will be delayed to 2011, says the American Trucking Associations.
April 2, 2010
Overdrive Extra
Factories humming; inventories start growing
Today’s report on manufacturing shows it expanded in March for the eighth consecutive month, says the Institute for Supply Management, which does a monthly survey of supply executives. The good news mirrors what many in the trucking industry have said in recent weeks about freight demand – and driver demand with it – picking up. […]
April 1, 2010
Business
FTR sees weak truck demand
The firm forecasts 2010 demand for Class 8 vehicles will increase just 3 percent over 2009.
April 1, 2010
Channel 19
New play brings ‘respect’ for drivers to the stage
“It’s been more than 30 years since Hollywood had White Line Fever,” wrote Denver Post Theater Critic John Moore in this article, “‘Diesels’ Fuels Respect for Truck Drivers,’ about the Denver Center Theatre Company’s production of their in-house-written new play, “Mama Hated Diesels,” that premiered March 25 and is running through early May at the Stage Theater in Denver. And, Moore […]
April 1, 2010
Mama Hates Diesels
Business
FMCSA proposes rule to ban texting by truckers
The proposal would impose sanctions on drivers and bar motor carriers from allowing their drivers to text while driving.
March 31, 2010
Channel 19
J marks the spot: Running with Jazzy in Nashville, Tenn.
Or, actually, Donelson and Hermitage, both part of Metro Nashville, and then into Mt. Juliet briefly on a trek that was a personal best for me in terms of uninterrupted, long-distance running. I achieved 4.6 miles over the course of the first 50 minutes Jasmine “Jazzy” Jordan ran Tuesday morning. The 17-year-old is on her way […]
March 31, 2010
Business
Heavy rains hit I-95 corridor
Rhode Island’s Department of Transportation reported that a section of I-95 South was closed Tuesday.
March 30, 2010
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