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Demand for diesel techs grows as program enrollment dips
It's estimated that 170,000 diesel technicians will be needed industry-wide between 2020 and 2024 but the system is on pace to produce less than 50,000.
September 1, 2020
CCJ Daily Dispatch, Sept. 1: Increased cargo theft activity expected over Labor Day weekend
Cargo theft recording firm SensiGuard warns fleets of increased theft activity during holiday weekends and offers recommendations on guarding against theft. Navistar recalls small number of International HX trucks. Rhode Island fleet owner charged after allegedly falsifying logs.
September 1, 2020
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An expert’s take on the best metrics to use for fleet profitability
What's at the top of the hierarchy for fleet profitability? Read CCJ to see an expert's take on what metrics to use to optimize network design and management.
September 1, 2020
CCJ Innovators
Innovators: Estes Express Lines turns its attention to the rear of the rig to boost capacity, productivity
Estes helped develop an innovative way to increase the cargo space by taking advantage of the dead space between the trailer floor and the road surface.
September 1, 2020
Business
22-driver fleet JDT Trucking wins inaugural Small-Fleet Champ contest
JDT Trucking, founded with one truck two decades ago by James Davis, won Overdrive’s 2020 Small Fleet Champ competition, announce last Thursday. The fleet, based in Central Point, Oregon, hauls construction materials and has 22 drivers.
August 31, 2020
Business
CCJ Daily Dispatch, Aug. 31: DOT now eyeing shorter pause options for drivers’ 14-hour duty clock
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking public comment on a pilot program to allow additional hours of service regulatory relief by allowing participating drivers to pause their on-duty driving period with one an off-duty period up to three hours.
August 31, 2020
Business
At roadside, inspectors are asking more drivers, fleets to transfer e-log data remotely
An FMCSA official advises fleets to make sure drivers know how to do a data transfer so that inspections go smoothly. See the details in CCJ.
August 28, 2020
Business
CCJ Daily Dispatch, Aug. 28: Startup Bollinger unveils all-electric delivery van
Bollinger Motors Thursday continued its march into the nascent electric commercial vehicle space by unveiling its DELIVER-E all-electric delivery van concept. Landstar will give away a new Cascadia to one of its owner-operators. Digital brokerage Zuum expands following seed funding.
August 28, 2020
Business
CCJ Daily Dispatch, Aug. 27: Kenworth adds roll-back flatbed option to certain medium-duty trucks
Kenworth is now offering a rollback flatbed option with the Kenworth AG210L single-axle rear suspension on the medium-duty T270 and T370 trucks. Schneider will participate in Freightliner’s electric truck testing program.
August 27, 2020
Business
Nominations open for annual Driver of the Year contests that award two drivers $25k
Driver of the Year Contest accepting applications through Aug. 31, 2020. Find out how fleets can nominate their truck drivers and owner-operators today.
August 26, 2020
Business
CCJ Daily Dispatch, Aug. 26: FirstFleet driver earns Pilot Road Warrior honors
Pilot announced Tuesday that FirstFleet truck driver Eric Britton, of Clarksville, Tennessee, has been named the company’s 2020 Road Warrior, earning a $10,000 grand prize. Love’s Travel Stops is offering deals on inspections ahead of and during CVSA’s Roadcheck.
August 26, 2020
Business
With expanded authority, FMCSA ramps up offsite compliance reviews of motor carriers
As part of the COVID-19 emergency declaration, the FMCSA in increasing the number of offsite compliance reviews of motor carriers’ records and safety practices.
August 25, 2020
Business
Stay Metrics adds new driver survey insights, workflows to Client Portal
A new Client Portal from Stay Metrics gives driver survey results in visualizations that identify opportunities for improvement. Read CCJ for the full details.
August 25, 2020
Business
Trimble paves the way to a connected supply chain
Trimble executives set vision of freight matching opportunities and connected supply chain by integrating products. Read CCJ to see how the vision is unfolding.
August 25, 2020
Business
CCJ Daily Dispatch, Aug. 25: FMCSA suspends hours regs for Gulf Coast hurricane relief
FMCSA is suspending hours of service regs for emergency relief haulers providing direct assistance to potential hurricane-affected areas in Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Alabama. Waymo this week will begin operating self-driving trucks out of its Dallas, Texas, facility.
August 25, 2020
Business
Test drive: 2020 Ford Transit 250 cargo van
The 2020 Ford Transit offers new driver safety features and a CDL is not required to operate the vehicle. Discover more about Ford's new cargo van on CCJ.
August 24, 2020
Business
Critics charge CARB’s latest emissions regs as ‘cost-prohibitive, infeasible, unenforceable and illegal’
Many industry critics believe CARB's proposed Low NOx Heavy-Duty Omnibus Regulations are too costly, illegal, and lack scientific backing. Learn more on CCJ.
August 24, 2020
Business
Fleets stress preparedness as two storms bear down on Gulf states
With two hurricanes taking aim at Gulf Coast states this week and an active hurricane season projected to continue this year, three fleets who’ve rode out hurricanes and other natural disasters offer their advice to motor carriers on how to prepare for and deal with storms when they strike.
August 24, 2020
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