Avery ViseBusinessJob growth soars in trucking, U.S. economyThe U.S. economy added 192,000 nonfarm jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis during February — 11,200 of which came from for-hire trucking companies, according to the preliminary estimates released Friday, March 4, by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. If the numbers hold, the increase in trucking jobs would be the largest […]March 4, 2011BusinessDiesel prices post largest gain in 20 monthsIn the wake of escalating unrest in oil-rich Libya, diesel prices skyrocketed 14.3 cents to $3.716 a gallon during the week ended Monday, Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. The increase was the largest one-week jump since early June 2009 and the 12th largest one-week gain since EIA began […]February 28, 2011BusinessInventories-to-sales ratio holds steadyThe growth in sales outpaced that of inventories only by a very slight margin during December, resulting in an inventories-to-sales ratio of 1.25 — essentially unchanged from November on a seasonally adjusted basis. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the value of trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments throughout the U.S. economy was up 1.1 percent […]February 15, 2011BusinessTrucking jobs surge with November revisionPreliminary figures show that trucking companies added 3,200 new employees on a seasonally adjusted basis in January, but the real news is that U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics again revised upward its November 2010 estimate — this time by 8,500 jobs. The month before, BLS had added 3,000 jobs to its initial […]February 4, 2011BusinessFMCSA proposes to mandate EOBRs for interstate carriersAll interstate commercial truck and bus carriers that now use logbooks to track compliance with hours-of-service regulations would have to use electronic onboard recorders instead under a proposed regulation issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Monday, Jan. 31. The proposal would relieve carriers of the current requirement to retain certain HOS documents, such […]February 1, 2011BusinessAvery ViseFMCSA no longer calls CSA comprehensive.January 1, 2011BusinessMore with lessDon’t count on another 2004 or 2005, but a steady economic recovery and ongoing capacity constraints could make 2011 a good year.January 1, 2011BusinessNHTSA to consider speed limiter rule in 2012More than four years after the trucking industry asked the federal government to mandate speed limiters on new heavy-duty trucks, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that it would launch a rulemaking on the issue in 2012. In August, senior officials NHTSA and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration told proponents of speed limiters […]December 30, 2010BusinessFMCSA’s HOS proposal tinkers with restart, driving timeUnder a long-awaited proposal from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, truck drivers couldn’t drive more than seven hours without a break, would have to rest for at least one hour during their 14-hour driving window and could only reset their weekly on-duty limits with a 34-hour restart that includes two nighttime periods. FMCSA released […]December 23, 2010BusinessMost carriers unranked as CSA launchesBarely 12 percent of active motor carriers are ranked in any of the five safety categories within the new Safety Measurement System that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration made public for the first time on Sunday, Dec. 12, according to an analysis by Commercial Carrier Journal. The SMS, which replaced SafeStat, is a key […]December 13, 2010Previous PagePage 16 of 85Next PageTop StoriesDriver coaching and scorecardingDrivers rank camera as top safety tech, as long as it faces outwardTruck drivers ranked a camera, depending on which way it faces, as having a good and bad influence on driver safety.Test DrivesQuick spin: Pete's electric Model 579Recruiting & retentionTrucking's youth movement lagging, but no retirement in sight for most driversTechnologyTransportation a top 10 target of cyberattackers, cases nearly triple last yearFeatured SponsorDownload the Heavy Duty Maintenance Checklist