FMCSA proposes to expand scope of crash preventability review program FMCSA proposed to broaden the scope of existing crash types within the Crash Preventability Determination Program (CPDP) and to add four new types of crashes to the program. The agency said that the changes would improve the information in the Safety Measurement System (SMS) and […]
FMCSA extends deadlines in broker proceedings, sets March 31 session FMCSA has extended or reopened the comment period in two proceedings related to brokers to accommodate a March 31 public listening session on broker-related matters to be held at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky. In November, FMCSA had published interim guidance on the […]
When Nikola first burst onto the scene in 2016, it wasn’t with the cabover battery-electric truck that the now-Phoenix-area-based company manufacturers. Nikola founder Trevor Milton had his sights set on a 2,000 horsepower/3,700 ft. lbs. of torque spaceship-modeled battery-electric semi with a 1,200 mile range (thanks to a CNG range extender), dubbed the Nikola One. The company soon […]
Penske Transportation Solutions last month published the results of its 2022 Telematics Use and Trends study, which examined who is using telematics devices and how fleet decision makers choose technology and use the information it generates. Joining Jason and Matt this week on the 10-44 are Samantha Thompson, Penske Transportation Solutions vice president of customer success and fleet telematics, […]
Companies did better at recognizing their drivers in 2022 than in previous years. That’s according to WorkHound’s Annual Trends Report that showed – for the first time ever – that praise was the leading category featuring significant positive feedback. The report, designed to help companies understand the industry from the drivers’ perspective and identify and address real-time […]
Carrier Logistics Inc. (CLI), a provider of freight management software for less-than-truckload (LTL) fleets, has partnered with SMC³ to provide its customers with a new managed EDI infrastructure. SMC³’s EDI managed services provide instant connections for users of CLI’s FACTS freight management software. FACTS includes online customer shipping tools, dispatch and driver management, a superior […]
FreightWorks Transport, a nearly 200-truck hazmat, high-security and temperature-controlled freight hauler based in Rutherfordton, North Carolina, is officially closing its doors. Jordan Kidd, FreightWorks’ director of business intelligence, marketing & IT, told CCJ on Wednesday that company owner Josh Farmer closed the company “in the most honorable way I’ve seen this happen in this industry,” with freight being […]
The MD model now holds two distinctions in the Mack Trucks product suite: it was Mack’s first all-new truck model since the 2017 debut of Anthem. Twice. When the MD6 and MD7 debuted in 2020, the Cummins B6.7-powered trucks represented Mack’s re-entry into the medium duty segment that the company exited 20 years ago with the retirement of the Freedom. […]
