March 2011 News Archive

¬The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is proposing a rule requiring Electronic On-Board Recorders (EOBR) be installed in commercial vehicles that travel long distances.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently announced that it is extending the comment period to facilitate more discussion on the use of electronic on-board recorders, Occupational Health and Safety reports.

Gas prices have skyrocketed in the past few months as a result of unrest in Libya.

Service members who are coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan and discharged from the Armed Forces often need help looking for jobs for which their military training has prepared them.

New regulations have hit the freight carrier industry in an effort to improve trucking safety and transparency.

Despite rough economic times for many states and their trucking companies, Indiana officials expect nearly 2,000 freight hauling jobs to be available in 2011, The Republic reports.

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) recently announced that it is proposing the current presidential administration to stop the opening and inspection of hazardous materials during roadside compliance reviews, The Journal of Commerce reports.

A recent survey from the Transport Capital Partners (TCP) shows that more than 66 percent of carriers have high confidence in rising volumes and rates for the future.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently announced that it has settled a suit with a small group of truckers over carrier information made public through the recently launched Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) program, Today's Trucking reports.

The Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index (PCI) reports that an economic recovery is still underway, albeit slowly. The PCI, which is based on fuel purchases, decreased by 1.5 percent last month, which followed a 0.3 percent decrease in January.