by Kerry Simmons | Nov 23, 2015 | Craig Safety News
Three-truck Ohio-based fleet Garfield Trucking has been issued an effective shutdown order following a roadside inspection that yielded dozens of violations and subsequent noncooperation from the carrier during an FMCSA inspection. The Jefferson, Ohio-based fleet in...
by Kerry Simmons | Nov 23, 2015 | Craig Safety News
Bill Quade is in charge of implementing new programs and regulations for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. From his vantage point, the highway bill now moving through Congress will test the agency’s limited resources. Quade, the associate administrator...
by Kerry Simmons | Nov 6, 2015 | Craig Safety News
The U.S. House of Representatives passed by a 363-64 vote Thursday, Nov. 4, a multi-year highway bill that would strip the DOT’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program of its publicly available carrier rankings and require regulators to rework the program. The...
by Kerry Simmons | Nov 2, 2015 | Craig Safety News
Freight’s “second season” late: The freight volume that typically comes before the holiday retail rush hasn’t quite materialized yet, says DAT Solutions, who call’s fall’s freight pickup the annual “second season” for freight. Van rates, meanwhile, held steady in...
by Kerry Simmons | Nov 2, 2015 | Craig Safety News
EpicVue, providers of an in-cab satellite TV packaged exclusively for the trucking industry, announced results of a survey indicating the top reasons drivers chose to stay with fleets. Among the top retention factors are independence and respect. “What is most...