The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has removed eight electronic logging devices, or ELDs, from the agency’s list of approved devices. On May 12, the FMCSA announced that the following eight Gorilla Fleet Safety, LLC, ELDs have been moved to the revoked devices list for failure to meet minimum federal requirements:AllwaysTrackCommand Alkon TrackitELDXGorilla Safety ...more
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) shared a video of a trooper performing a Level I inspection as part of this week’s Roadcheck inspection campaign. The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) International Roadcheck inspection effort is taking place from May 13 — 15 in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.To help truck drivers get a better idea ...more
Three people are dead after a cross over crash involving six vehicles on Interstate 75 in Georgia on Tuesday morning. The series of accidents happened on the morning of May 13th on I-75 in Gordon County, Georgia near mile marker 308. According to News Channel 9, a tractor trailer on the northbound side of I-75 collided ...more
A truck driver allegedly consumed an “unknown amount of tequila” before causing eight crashes along 28 miles of an Alabama Interstate. The series of crashes happened on May 6th along Interstate 65 in Limestone County, Alabama, starting at about 6:45 p.m. Only four of the eight crash reports have been completed as of May 13th.According ...more
Law enforcement agencies in California arrested four people following a months-long investigation into a major cargo theft operation that involved the theft of multiple semi trucks. Victor Alvarez, Brenda Alvarez, Mauricio Heriberto Gachicoa, and Otto Javier Rivas have been arrested on charges of auto theft, cargo theft, and conspiracy, according to a May 12 statement ...more
Last-Mile Carriers Push Tech Providers Toward Innovation
Package being delivered with help from CXT Software. (CXT Software) Last-mile delivery companies have always aimed for easy access to real-time visibility and advanced route optimization. And an increasingly pressing issue for both shippers and recipients is the need to better use their vehicles and make deliveries with lightning speed. But along the way, logistics ...more
Senate GOP Seeks to Revoke California Emissions Powers
“Often these regulations were part of the Biden administration’s radical climate agenda," Thune said. (Pete Kiehart/Bloomberg) WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are developing a strategy to formally push back on certain Biden-era emissions waivers granted to the state of California. Claiming California is advancing its own electric vehicle mandate, senior senators are eyeing procedural paths to ...more
NYC Expands Weigh-in-Motion Program for Trucks
Weigh-in-motion has been extended to the Williamsburg Bridge. (J2R/Getty Images) The New York City Department of Transportation will expand a program to fine overweight trucks on major infrastructure. After the New York state budget authorized the program growth, the transportation agency will bring its automated weigh-in-motion enforcement program to several bridges and overpasses in the ...more
Bain to Buy Nissin Shares to Go Private in $756 Million Deal
Nissin's Yokohama Heavyweight Packaging Center and conventional ship cargo handling. (Nissin via YouTube) Japanese logistics company Nissin Corp. said Bain Capital will buy its shares from shareholders for it to go private through a management buyout, in a deal worth about 112 billion yen ($756 million). U.S. investment firm Bain is planning to buy 13.85 ...more
US, China Pause Tariffs for 90 Days
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer (left) and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent take part in a press conference after two days of closed-door discussions on trade between the United States and China, in Geneva on May 12. (Jean-Christophe GENEVA — U.S. and Chinese officials said May 12 they had reached a deal to ...more