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It’s a well-known fact that truck drivers, traditionally, do not have the healthiest of lifestyles. Long hours behind the wheel, erratic sleep patterns and a steady diet of truck stop food led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to write that long-haul truck drivers face “a constellation of chronic disease risk factors.” But when…

OLDWICK, N.J., June 26, 2018—A.M. Best has revised the outlook to positive from stable for theLong-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of B++(Good) and the Long-Term ICR of “bbb” of National Independent Truckers Insurance Company, A RRG(NITIC) (Charleston, SC). The outlook of the FSR remains stable. The Credit…

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) denied a request from the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) to be exempted from federal regulations requiring electronic logging devices on commercial trucks. “We are puzzled and disappointed at the response from the agency. For months, the FMCSA has been granting exemptions to other organizations, some not even…

The Alliance for Driver Safety & Security, also known as the Trucking Alliance, is lobbying Congress to enact stricter drug testing rules for American truck drivers. The Trucking Alliance is a coalition of freight and logistics companies that support safety reforms in the commercial trucking industry. The Trucking Alliance recently announced it will push for…

Leaders of some of the nation’s leading transportation companies and organizations recently came out squarely against the Trump administration’s plans to roll back fuel economy and vehicle emissions standards. Speaking at the 2018 ACT Expo green transport conference in Long Beach, Calif., representatives from UPS, Navistar, Cummins, Honda and the California Air Resources Board (CARB)…

A late-March survey by CarrierLists found that the trucking industry was 91 percent compliant with federal Electronic Logging Device (ELD) requirements a week before the April 1 implementation deadline. Drivers stopped without an ELD in the vehicle will face being put out of service for 10 hours. Joe DeLorenzo, director of the Office of Enforcement…

Truck driver pay is on the rise as an increasing demand for freight services and stiff competition for drivers has intensified, according to a study conducted by the American Trucking Associations (ATA). “This latest survey, which includes data from more than 100,000 drivers, shows that fleets are reacting to an increasingly tight market for drivers…

Threatening a work stoppage, truckers serving the ports of Seattle and Tacoma were successful in getting a second extension from the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) to bring their pre-2007 trucks into clean air regulation compliance. Originally, the truckers faced a January 1, 2018 deadline, which was shifted to April 1. In February, NWSA leadership agreed…

Only months into implementation of electronic logging device (ELD) regulations in the trucking industry, the early reviews show a mixed bag of approval and disapproval among the nation’s truckers. The electronic devices hold drivers to more rigid compliance with hours-of-service regulations, which federal officials say is needed to prevent fatigued driving. The Federal Motor Carrier…

Rhode Island’s Department of Transportation (RIDOT) in December received environmental clearance for two truck electronic toll locations along Interstate 95 in southern Rhode Island. The Federal Highway Administration’s Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) means the state can proceed with installing electronic toll gantries at two locations, marking the first truck tolls in the state….