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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has set a Sept. 30 deadline for medical examiners to submit results of physical qualifications examinations of truckers conducted during the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners outage from Dec. 1, 2017, through Aug. 12 of 2018. The National Register was taken offline by a cyber-attack, meaning medical…

As the nation’s economy shakes out of its pandemic-induced doldrums, the agriculture industry, and specifically agricultural haulers, are coping with a host of challenges. As demand for farm products has increased, a supply chain that went partially dormant for more than year has struggled to shift back into high gear. Andrew Walmsley, director of congressional…

A recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit has put the trucking industry’s use of owner-operators in limbo, according to legal experts. The April 29 ruling by the Ninth Circuit ruled against the California Trucking Association (CTA) in a cased that argued California’s restrictive ABC test to classify a worker as an…

National trucking firm U.S. Xpress recently released its Safe Trucking Report, outlining a series of road safety measures the company endorses as well as industry best practices. The report includes results of a survey among more than 2,000 respondents. “Shippers entrust us with a huge responsibility and want to work with safety-conscious carriers who view…

American Trucking Associations’ (ATA) CEO Chris Spear told a recent Management Conference audience that the trucking industry’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has kept the nation’s interstate commerce rolling. “While others in DC panicked, the ATA led, giving direction and certainty to our members when it mattered most,” Spear said in his annual State of…

Sweden’s Einride, a freight mobility company, recently launched its groundbreaking Pod, a fully autonomous electric transport vehicle. In 2019, Einride became the first company in the world to drive a fully autonomous and electric heavy transport vehicle on a public road and has been testing and operating Pods at select customer sites in Sweden over…

For years, the trucking industry has been sounding the alarm about a driver shortage, talking about a deficit of drivers numbering in the hundreds of thousands. Those warnings have arrived at the industry’s doorstep. With a pandemic-induced rise in online shopping, trucking companies are seeing increased demand for truck capacity and are having to sweeten…

A crunch in trucking capacity is forcing Amazon to expand its reach for truck drivers, now using larger trucking firms it had previously shunned. With driver rates on the rise, many of the smaller independent drivers have moved away from Amazon for higher spot rates. “We work with many small and medium-sized line haul service…

An early July survey conducted by American Truck Business Services (ATBS) found that falling freight volumes and rates have been the biggest impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey of more than 300 owner-operators was designed to shed light on how the pandemic has affected owner-operators. When it comes to financial aid, the survey found…

A May online survey conducted by Professional Driver Agency (PDA) found that 72 percent of the 1,600 trucker respondents are most concerned about bringing the COVID-19 virus home to family and friends. “For us, this was the key takeaway from the survey,” said Scott Dismuke, director of operations at PDA. “While risking personal exposure to…