by Brenda Craig | Feb 2, 2016 | Craig Safety News
A 4-cent drop in the national average price of at-pump diesel fuel in the most recent week has the U.S. average at $2.031 per gallon, according to the Department of Energy’s weekly report. This is the lowest diesel has been since the week of March 16, 2009, and if...
by Brenda Craig | Feb 2, 2016 | Craig Safety News
The annualized turnover rate for large truckload carriers rose 13 points to 100 percent in the third quarter of 2015, the highest it’s been in three years, according to ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello. The turnover rate at smaller truckload carriers, however, dipped...
by Brenda Craig | Jan 25, 2016 | Craig Safety News
The trucking industry has lost more than 150,000 drivers because of medical reasons since the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners was established in May 2014, says Bob Perry, president and founder of Rolling Strong. But carriers can reverse this trend, he...
by Brenda Craig | Jan 18, 2016 | Craig Safety News
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Jan. 15 a rulemaking proposal designed to update FMCSA’s safety rating methodology by integrating on-road safety data from inspections, along with the results of carrier investigations and crash reports, to...
by Brenda Craig | Jan 11, 2016 | Craig Safety News
Next month, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will begin accepting comment on its proposal to bar trucks with older engines from the ports. By March 1, it would require new trucks that want to serve the port have engines meeting 2007 Environmental...