Penn. Links Fatal Crashes to Fewer Inspections
A Pennsylvania legislative panel blamed an increase in fatal crashes involving trucks in part on dwindling inspection numbers and not enough spending on truck safety.
Calif. Agencies Lock Horns Over Diesel Sulfur
California truckers are caught in the middle of political test of wills between the state’s two most powerful air quality agencies over diesel sulfur levels.
Calif. Agencies Duke It Out Over Sulfur
California truckers are caught in the middle of political test of wills between the state’s two most powerful air quality agencies over diesel sulfur levels.
N.J. Ports Begin Work on Freight Traffic Projects
What would have been just another bridge reconstruction in Newark took on greater significance as New Jersey embarked on the first project of its $1 billion-plus Portway project.
Montana Pioneers Online Permits for Oversized Moves
The Montana Department of Transportation is about to go online with a system that automatically approves size and weight permits, which truckers may print out from their own computers 24-hours a day. It also serves as a prototype that the contractor hopes to sell to other states.
New Jersey Begins Port Traffic Project
What would have been just another bridge reconstruction in Newark took on greater significance as New Jersey embarked on the first project of its $1 billion-plus Portway project.
Montana to Issue Oversize Permits Online
The Montana Department of Transportation is about to go online with a system that automatically approves size and weight permits, which truckers may print out from their own computers 24-hours a day.
Fatigue-Measuring Devices to Test Driver Alertness
Larry Rouvelas makes machines that he says can show when a driver is unfit for duty because of impairment by fatigue, drugs or alcohol, and he thinks the hours-of-service rules will eventually be replaced by detectors that will allow truckers to drive until they are measurably tired.
Reefer Carriers Offer Receivers Plan to Cut Time on Loading Docks
Refrigerated carriers laid out the battle plans for getting truckers in and out of the loading docks without the interminable delays that rankle drivers and sap carrier productivity and revenue.
Freight, Rates and The Day of Reckoning
William Grojean says refrigerated carriers are heading for a day of reckoning because of difficulties in getting rate increases and paying drivers enough.