Chronic underutilization of American truck drivers — not a truck driver shortage — was the central theme of testimony by David Correll, a research scientist and lecturer at the… Read More

WASHINGTON — Propane companies have failed to convince federal regulators that loosening work rules for their truck drivers could be accomplished without jeopardizing safety. The N… Read More

ELD mandate interview with Rachel Premack (Image: FreightWaves) Rachel Premack, editorial director at FreightWaves, was interviewed Tuesday about her article on the impact of the ELD m… Read More

This is part of a FreightWaves series on the electronic logging device mandate. Federal regulators began enforcing the mandate on April 1, 2018. Check back at freightwaves.com thi… Read More

This is part of a FreightWaves series on the electronic logging device mandate. Federal regulators began enforcing the mandate on April 1, 2018. Read more from this series here. Drive… Read More

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has chosen to deny a truck driver’s application for re… Read More

For all motor carriers, safety compliance is one of the most basic necessities for success, but navigating the ins and outs is far from simple due to the extensive nature of Federal Motor C… Read More

Short-haul and Long-haul logistics both have varying operations which means that their challenges also differ. This is why the way they employ Fleet Management Systems also differs. Table… Read More

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) is claiming that the electronic logging device (ELD) mandates instituted by Congress in 2018 have failed to improve roadway safety… Read More

Federal regulators are considering a company truck driver’s request for a sweeping exemption from hours-of-service (HOS) and ELD rules, and the public will have a chance to comment… Read More

Last month Robin Hutcheson was confirmed as the seventh administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, but she has been leading the agency since January after acting admin… Read More

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has required full industry compliance with the ELD mandate since December 2019, so it’s reasonable to ask, is the device making the truc… Read More

From seed to supermarket, Walter P. Rawl and Sons Inc. (WP Rawl) knows a thing or two about produce shipping. The multigenerational family farm has grown tremendously in 97 years of o… Read More

A bill filed in the U.S. House of Representatives on May 23, 2018, may bring ELD exemption for small carriers. If passed, carriers with 10 or fewer trucks will be exempt from the Department… Read More

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has worked closely with the USDA to clarify rules and definitions regarding livestock and ag… Read More

Are you ready for the new ELD rules? Carriers here in Louisiana are just a few weeks away from the electronic logging device (ELD) compliance date when trucking companies (including speciali… Read More

Back in the day, a truck driver had to do much paperwork along with driving. Truckers had to manage paper logbooks to record their daily activity, including shift hours, break times, driven… Read More

Yesterday, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued a final rule impacting 49 CFR parts 385 and 395, relating to hours of servers for truck drivers. The rule change is… Read More

Proposed rule would mandate vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication on light vehicles, allowing cars to ‘talk’ to each other to avoid crashes. Citing an enormous potential to redu… Read More