Penske Truck Leasing's Fantasy Fleet tool offers a comparison data set made up of the top-performing vehicles most similar to each vehicle in the user’s fleet. (Penske Truck Leasing) How to maximize the potential of a carrier’s rolling stock is one of the questions that keeps trucking executives up at night. Penske Truck Leasing believes ...more
The bill is intended to expand enforcement to vehicles 10,001-26,000 pounds and will help align state statute with federal law under the interstate compact. (Wirestock/Getty Images) Oregon Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek has signed legislation aimed at addressing the state’s increasing problems with truckers bypassing weight scales, unauthorized household goods movers, and crashes in the medium-duty ...more
The bill is intended to expand enforcement to vehicles 10,001-26,000 pounds and will help align state statute with federal law under the interstate compact. (Wirestock/Getty Images) Oregon Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek has signed legislation aimed at addressing the state’s increasing problems with truckers bypassing weight scales, unauthorized household goods movers, and crashes in the medium-duty ...more
Ashland City Mayor Gerald Greer at the news conference announcing the project. “The presence of Ingram will enhance our town’s reputation as a key player in the logistics and transportation industry," he said. (Town of Ashland City, Tenn., via Facebook) Tennessee has formed a venture with leading barge carrier Ingram Marine Group to create a ...more
The Port of Oakland posted a 1.7% decrease to 185,499 containers from 188,633. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg) U.S. ports continued to see year-over-year container volume increases in April even amid shifting trade policies in recent months. The Port of Los Angeles processed 842,806 20-foot-equivalent units during the month, a 9.4% increase from the 770,337 units reported ...more
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced sweeping deregulatory action at agencies including the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). On May 29, Secretary of Transportation Sean P. Duffy announced that 52 “burdensome” regulations have been targeted for cuts across the FMCSA, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).The rule ...more
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has received the go-ahead from federal officials to expand a “smart highway” project on I-94. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has provided a key approval for the advancement of MDOT’s I-94 Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV) Corridor project, which involves the repurposing of a general-purpose I-94 lane to a ...more
New legislation introduced in Congress seeks to reinforce recent action by the Trump Administration to ensure that commercial vehicle drivers can read and speak English. On May 29, lawmakers announced the introduction of Connor’s Law, a bill authored by Rep. Dave Taylor that would “codify President Trump’s Executive Order requiring CDL drivers to maintain a ...more
Four men caught stealing loads of energy drinks in a gold semi truck may also be responsible for other cargo thefts in the area, police say. The four men were caught red-handed on the afternoon of Monday, May 27th at the Rush Truck Park on Broadway Road near 32nd Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona. According to AZ ...more
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) recently shared video of “one of the heaviest loads ever escorted” by their troopers, a turbine weighing more than 1 million pounds. The video shared on May 28 shows OHP Troop S officers escorting a 1.1 million pound turbine from Perry to a new power plant west of Stillwater.“It’s one ...more
