Food producers and shippers are adjusting to changes in their transportation needs just as increasing demand for products and supplies is running up against forthcoming rules that will regulate the condition of the industry’s goods and shipping equipment.
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Recruiting, Retention Strategies Must Change to Attract New Drivers, ATRI’s Brewster Says
Trucking must change its recruiting and retention practices to attract women and younger Americans to the industry and keep them employed there, to counter the trend of aging driver demographics, a top industry researcher said.
February 23, 2015Diesel Gains for 2nd Week
U.S. retail diesel prices rose last week, by 3 cents a gallon, the first back-to-back increase for the fuel average since June.
February 23, 2015FMCSA Delays Publication of E-Log Rule to November
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — An official with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said the agency plans to publish its final electronic logging device rule in November, rather than on the agency’s previous projected date of Sept. 30.
February 23, 2015TT Archives: TMC
Founded in 1956 as the Maintenance Committee of the Regular Common Carrier Conference, this 1979 edition of Transport Topics marked the beginning of full council status within American Trucking Associations for what is now the Technology & Maintenance Council.
February 23, 2015FMCSA Extends Comment Period on Crash Weighting
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said it will accept comments for an additional month on its crash-weighting analysis published in January.
February 19, 2015Anthony Foxx to Tout Infrastructure at D.C.’s Union Station
On Feb. 20, the secretary is scheduled to wrap up his weeklong regional tour where he will promote infrastructure spending at an event in Union Station in Washington, D.C.Â
February 19, 2015Sorbon Transport Shut Down by FMCSA
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has placed a Colorado-based trucking company out of service, labeling the firm an “imminent hazard to public safety,” the agency said Feb. 18.
February 18, 2015ATA’s Osiecki Outlines Trucking’s Legislative, Regulatory Outlook
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The trucking industry is continuing to pursue policy goals in a long-term highway bill, including a permanent fix to the suspended hours-of-service restart provision, American Trucking Associations’ Dave Osiecki said.
February 17, 2015Suspending HOS Rules Forced ELD Makers to Adjust, Executives Say
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A congressional mandate that suspended parts of the hours-of-service rule until Sept. 30 required electronic logging device manufacturers to make costly adjustments and retests of their software for their customers.
February 17, 2015