The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recently handed out $70 million in grants aimed at driver training and safety programs. The grants are meant to help states and commercial vehicle training schools: • improve states’ safety efforts • help states comply with FMCSA CDL regulations • help train military veterans for commercial driving jobs The […]
U.S.-NAFTA freight totaled $89.2 billion in July, the U.S. Department of Transportation reported today. That’s 6.5 percent more than in July 2016, and makes the ninth consecutive month in which the year-over-year value in NAFTA freight had a year-over-year monthly increase. Trucks continued to be the most highly utilized transport mode, carrying 63.2 percent of […]
Manufacturers that build cars and heavy trucks alike increasingly believe electricity – whether as stand-alone power or as part of a hydrogen-based fuel cell system – will play a critical role in powering motor vehicles in the not-so-distant future.
Logistics and transportation companies are not just worried about meeting changing customer demands, they are worried about meeting demand, period. Executives at a major logistics conference here say US freight demand is already hitting near-peak levels. Manufacturing output, housing and construction, and consumer spending are all contributing to surging freight volumes on domestic US lanes, […]
A major trucking-related organization is banding together with 29 other organizations and one business to continue its assault on the mandated installation of electronic logging devices. The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association Wednesday announced the formation of a coalition to back a two-year delay of the Dec. 18 ELD mandate compliance deadline. The coalition supports a […]
A strong surge in truck freight demand in the United States redefined the dog days of August and set US shippers on a route toward tighter capacity and higher prices this autumn. Truck volume as measured by the American Trucking Associations’ (ATA’s) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index leaped 7.1 percent in August from July, and 8.2 […]
There’s almost no chance that the electronic logging device, or ELD, mandate won’t start Dec. 18 as planned. That’s the consensus of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, which is charged with enforcing the rule. CVSA is working to get law enforcement up to speed before the rule kicks in. ELD training of approximately 13,000 commercial […]
Blockchain, a technology that stores incorruptible blocks of information across a shared digital network, could revolutionize the future of trucking and logistics by creating a new system of completing transactions, tracking shipments and managing fleets. Blockchain is a shared, distributed ledger that facilitates the process of recording transactions and tracking assets in a business network
The latest trucking job numbers may be warning sign of a “significant tightening of the driver market and acceleration of the driver shortage,” according to a report by an industry trade organization. The driver turnover rate at large truckload fleets jumped 16 percentage points to 90 percent in the second quarter of 2017, according to […]
Transportation and logistics bellwether FedEx yesterday announced rate increases for various business lines, including FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, and FedEx Freight, which will take effect on January 1, 2018.
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