FMCSA hosting Q&A for new hours of service rules The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is hosting a question and answer session next week to answer public questions about the hours of service changes that took effect Sept. 30. The session will be held Thursday, Dec. 17, from 2-3 p.m. Eastern. Space is limited for […]
Despite being battered at the early onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, used truck pricing rebounded mid-year and has recovered to healthy levels as 2020 nears a close. J.D. Power Valuation Services reported that the Class 8 pricing was generally stable in October while volume pulled back. The auction channel saw fewer auctions in the calendar […]
Large fleets announce driver pay hikes Two of the nation’s largest fleets announced recently they will increase driver pay going into the new year. Covenant (CCJ Top 250, No. 38) announced recently the largest driver pay increase in the company’s history, which will take effect Jan. 4. The company will raise the base linehaul team driver […]
Despite recent court ruling, Calif.’s A.B. 5 still on hold for carriers California’s A.B. 5 law, enacted Jan. 1, 2020, and largely interpreted as essentially outlawing traditional leasing arrangements between fleets and owner-operators based in the state, had a small victory in court recently. While trucking has been operating under an exemption from the rule […]
For-hire trucking’s employment rally continues, still down 50k jobs from February The for-hire trucking industry added a seasonally adjusted 12,700 jobs in November, as the industry continues to try to make up for ground lost in March and April, when total employment among for-hire fleets fell off a cliff. According to the Department of Labor’s […]
Two COVID-19 vaccines are expected to receive federal approval in the U.S. within a matter of weeks. With 60% of Americans claiming they will get the immunization, according to Pew Research, demand will be high for the 70 million doses expected to be available by year’s end. Transport of the vaccine comes at a less than ideal […]
The American Trucking Associations called on elected and healthcare officials to give truck drivers and others in the supply chain priority once a COVID-19 vaccine is approved and ready for distribution. The group sent letters to the White House, the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, President-elect Biden and the National Governors Association asking that the trucking industry’s workforce […]
The freight demand and rates dynamics that have been at work since the economic recovery began in June have held through the usual holiday freight season of September, October and November. Additionally, with shippers already prepping for the spring freight season, a seasonal January and February freight lull might be more muted in 2021 as the fall […]
The federal hours of service waiver available to carriers and truck drivers providing direct emergency assistance for the COVID-19 pandemic has been extended through the end of February 2021 and expanded to also include the transportation of vaccines and medical supplies and equipment related to the prevention of COVID-19, as the Federal Motor Carrier Safety […]
