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).

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.

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.

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.

In mid-December, the Federal Motor Carrier Administration’s (FMCSA) long-awaited new Electronic Logging Device (ELD) regulations went into effect, requiring commercial drivers to equip their vehicles with electronic logs in place of the paper time cards they had used for decades.