Industry News
- MBTA Safety Review Panel Recommendations to FMCB to improve safety for T riders, employeesThe Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and its Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB) today accepted a report from the MBTA Safety Review Panel that ... Read more
- MassDOT Winter Storm UpdateMassDOT is advising the public that the National Weather Service has updated its forecast, predicting that by mid-day Sunday there will be a mix of ... Read more
- MassDOT Weekend Travel AdvisoryMassDOT is advising the public that the National Weather Service is forecasting a mix of heavy snow, freezing rain and strong wind gusts across the ... Read more
- Governor Baker Signs Legislation Requiring Hands-Free Use of Electronic Devices While DrivingGovernor Charlie Baker signed legislation to improve road safety in the Commonwealth, which stipulates that no motor vehicle operator may use electronic devices while driving ... Read more
- U.S. Department of Transportation Sponsors Capitol Christmas Tree During Journey Across the United StatesHighlights critical role of commercial trucks during holiday season and reminds public to share the road safely Language English ... Read more
- U.S. Department of Transportation Proposes $74 Million in Cost Savings By Reducing Burdensome Rules on the Commercial BusesWASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced that it has published a proposed rule to reduce regulatory ... Read more
- FMCSA Declares Ohio Truck Driver to be an Imminent HazardThe U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Ohio-licensed commercial driver Gregory Alan Barnhart to be an imminent hazard to ... Read more
- US Department of Transportation Offers New Resource to Help Military Reservists and Servicemembers Find Jobs in the Trucking IndustryWASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced that it has published a new job opportunities website to ... Read more
- More Celadon fallout: Next steps for two operatorsWho's more important in the trucking-business mix -- the drivers or the customers? Given it seems drivers were among some of the last to know ... Read more
- Drug clearinghouse looming, owner-operators express frustration, lack of awarenessMany owner-operators, though technically not required to do anything before the looming Jan. 6 deadline, are in some ways unaware of, and unprepared for, the ... Read more
- The irony of e-logging and coercion: Complaints on a steady rise since mandateCoercion complaints filed by drivers with FMCSA have gone up every year since the rule prohibiting coercion took effect in January 2016, more than doubling ... Read more
- News roundup, Dec. 10: Honored K-Limited driver rolling in new Pete; New TruckPark/Dock411 partnershipBarbara Herman, a K-Limited Carrier Ltd. driver and current National Tank Truck Carriers Professional Tank Truck Driver of the Year Grand Champion, was presented with ... Read more
- USDOT Announces ‘Rule for Rules’ to Structure ReformsThe U.S. Department of Transportation is seeking to improve the way it proceeds with rulemaking, guidance and enforcement by structuring a series of reforms. ... Read more
- House Democrats Plan USMCA Vote as Nancy Pelosi Lauds Revised DealHouse Democrats plan a vote the week of Dec. 16 on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free-trade agreement, Speaker Nancy Pelosi told her members, saying the deal was ... Read more
- Germany Edges Out Norway as Europe’s Biggest Electric Car MarketGermany has pulled ahead of Norway for sales of all-electric cars since the start of the year, putting Europe’s biggest auto market in position to ... Read more
- Cass Partners With University of Tennessee on Two IndexesCass Information Systems Inc. is partnering with the University of Tennessee-Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business to support two Cass transportation indexes, according to a Dec. ... Read more
- More Celadon fallout: Next steps for two operatorsWho's more important in the trucking-business mix -- the drivers or the customers? Given it seems drivers were among some of the last to know ... Read more
- Drug clearinghouse looming, owner-operators express frustration, lack of awarenessMany owner-operators, though technically not required to do anything before the looming Jan. 6 deadline, are in some ways unaware of, and unprepared for, the ... Read more
- The irony of e-logging and coercion: Complaints on a steady rise since mandateCoercion complaints filed by drivers with FMCSA have gone up every year since the rule prohibiting coercion took effect in January 2016, more than doubling ... Read more
- News roundup, Dec. 10: Honored K-Limited driver rolling in new Pete; New TruckPark/Dock411 partnershipBarbara Herman, a K-Limited Carrier Ltd. driver and current National Tank Truck Carriers Professional Tank Truck Driver of the Year Grand Champion, was presented with ... Read more