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Business

Trucking adds 4,500 jobs

Compared to April 2010, the number of jobs in for-hire trucking was up 41,600, or 3.4 percent.

May 6, 2011

Channel 19

CSA 2010 to bring increase in driver pay?

The news over at the San Francisco Chronicle yesterday included a release from editors at J.J. Keller, emphasizing the reach of CSA 2010 beyond just for-hire truck carriers. “When the term ‘motor carrier’ is used,” says Transportation Management Editor Robert Rose, “many people immediately connect this to mean only ‘trucking companies.’ In actuality, [CSA 2010] […]

November 5, 2010

Business

FTR trucking index stays positive

July was the fifth consecutive month the index had been above neutral.

September 10, 2010

Business

Time extended to use new alcohol test form

The U.S. Department of Transportation has extended the deadline to begin using updated Alcohol Testing Forms to Jan. 1.

August 17, 2010

Business

Trucking adds jobs in July

Since the beginning of March, trucking companies have added 13,000 jobs, according to the preliminary numbers.

August 7, 2010

Channel 19

Staring down coming CARB regs

A great story in the California-based Porterville Record highlighted the difficulties being faced by a particluar 5-truck fleet in Ducor, Calif., Andromeda Transport, owned by Dave Schwartz. Schwartz (pictured, right, with his mechanic), as he told reporter Sarah de Crescenzo, considers himself a “modern-day environmentalist” in his commitment to keeping his older trucks in tip-top operating […]

March 5, 2010

Channel 19

CSA 2010 — questions of accountability, fairness

A video interview with driver Steve Bugg about this Georgia-based carrier’s experience in the CSA 2010 pilot test program. CSA 2010, set to go online nationwide, changes the model for safety rating and enforcement in many ways for both carriers and drivers. Bugg questions the very basis of the program, at the same time acknowledging the legitimacy of his carrier’s new strict approach to driver speeding warnings, tickets and more, given the new regime.

March 4, 2010

Channel 19

Ruan Transport founder remembered at memorial ceremony

The $2 bill, you may not have known, was a calling card of Ruan Transport founder John Ruan, who passed away at age 96 on Sunday, Feb. 14, and was remembered fondly by many in a lighthearted tribute ceremony in Des Moines attended last week Thursday by more than 600 people. After the celebration, reported […]

February 25, 2010