Video telematics provider Lytx has launched a new tracking service to provide fleets visibility into their powered equipment. The Lytx Asset Tracking Service provides data that includes asset serial number, current estimated location, last connected time and the last movement date in addition to real-time alerts that offer insights on how long the equipment has […]
Since its 2020 pivot to become Daimler Truck North America’s vocational brand, Western Star has launched its models 49X and 47X. Last week the Freightliner sibling shifted its focus from the jobsite to the road, trotting out its third new model in two years – the on-highway 57X. The 57X will replace the 5700XE – Western Star’s aero model that debuted in […]
Leased owner-operator model outlawed in California as Supreme Court denies cert The legal battle over whether trucking companies can use leased owner-operators ended June 30 when the U.S. Supreme Court chose not to disturb a federal appeals court decision overruling an injunction against enforcement of AB 5 against motor carriers. U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez, […]
A new company has entered the transportation insurance market with a goal to help move cargo through the supply chain faster. Spot cargo insurtech company MiKargo247.com provides freight brokers, 3PLs and motor carriers instant access to all-risk cargo insurance up to $1 million per load on land and rail in the U.S. and Canada. “We […]
Starting Tuesday, July 26, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will allow carriers to register to participate in the Safe Driver Apprenticeship Pilot Program, a combined effort with the Department of Labor that acts on the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s mandate to explore allowing younger drivers to operate interstate.
This year has been a hot one for mergers and acquisitions among trucking fleets, particularly among CCJ‘s Top 250 for-hire carriers. Deals among carriers of all sizes have popped up throughout the year, but there has been a substantial uptick early and mid-year among the country’s largest. Fleets and investment groups entered January with checkbooks in hand, and […]
Overall positivity rates in urine drug tests in the transportation/warehousing industry increased 4.4% in 2020 versus 5.5% in 2021 – a relative 25% increase year over year – according to data compiled by medical lab Quest Diagnostics. Almost 130,000 truck drivers have found themselves in the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse as of June 1. Nearly 97,000 are still in prohibited […]
Shelley SimpsonShelley Simpson has been appointed as president of J.B. Hunt Transport Services (CCJ Top 250, No. 3). The company’s Board of Directors elected Simpson, 50, as company president, effective Aug. 1. Over Simpson’s 28-year career at J.B. Hunt, she has served 15 years in executive leadership roles, most recently as chief commercial officer and executive […]
That probably sounds strange coming from a person who is a fuel economy testing evangelist. To be clear, I believe in testing devices to ascertain what type of fuel economy gains they can achieve. However, not all testing methods are equal, nor are all test results directly translatable to real-world fuel savings. And real-world fuel […]
