Trucking

WASHINGTON — Following the release of a Final Rule regarding Hours of Service regulations for truck drivers, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association filed a petition Aug. 29 asking for changes in two specific areas of the rule. OOIDA petitioned for the following: • The sleeper berth provision from the 2003 rule be retained for team […]

DALLAS – The mandated use of data recording devices on commercial trucks looms on the horizon and they likely will be very costly, said Dan Pearce, director of risk management for Schneider National. Noting that Electronic On-Board Data Recorders (EOBRs) have long been on the “wish list” of the National Transportation Safety Board, Pearce said […]

WASHINGTON — One of the many trucking-related issues folded into the federal highway bill is legislation dealing with the maintenance and safety of intermodal chassis. Historically, these much-used pieces of equipment went from ship to shore to truck or rail car and back. Truck drivers were responsible for finding equipment that worked, and were held accountable when […]

WASHINGTON — The new Hours of Service regulations were announced in a news conference Aug. 19 and for most people involved in long-haul trucking there will be little if any change noticed by them. For example, there will be no Electronic On-board Recorders required with the new rule, the same as it was with the […]

WASHINGTON — The Department of Transportation will unveil new Hours of Service rules for truck drivers at a news conference at 11:30 a.m. EDT Aug. 19 in Washington.

WASHINGTON — Average at-the-pump diesel prices nationwide soared to $2.567 a gallon — a jump of 16 cents — during the seven-day period ended Aug. 15, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) in Washington. That’s 74.2 cents more a gallon than truckers were paying at this time a year ago. The latest price explosion has […]

CHARLESTON, S.C. — There’s a new grand bridge in North America. It’s the $632 million Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge that carries traffic on U.S. Highway 17 over the Cooper River between Charleston and Mount Pleasant. With the dedication and opening on July 16, it becomes the longest cable-stay bridge in North America with a main […]