January 14, 2022
The Supreme Court voted 6-3 Thursday that it will not allow the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s COVID-19 vaccine-or-test Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) to be enforced. Supreme Court Justices Stephen … Read more of this article
January 13, 2022
The Truckload Carriers Association earlier this month, alongside competition sponsor Great West Casualty Company, announced the 18 division winners in the 46th Annual TCA Fleet Safety Awards competition. … Read more of this article
January 7, 2022
There’s a shift taking place at carriers’ human resources offices that recalls Rosie the Riveter — the iconic, flexing factory worker popularized through a U.S. government media blitz during World … Read more of this article
January 5, 2022
The U.S.’ national average for a gallon of on-highway diesel fell by 12.1 cents since hitting the 2021 high mark in mid-November, according to the Department of Energy, to close … Read more of this article
January 5, 2022
AT&T and Verizon agreed late Monday to again delay deployment of their 5G wireless services.At the urging of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and pressure from Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure … Read more of this article
January 4, 2022
The transportation industry has been rapidly changing for decades.With all the disruption it’s easy to forget that it wasn’t always this way. The transportation industry experienced gradual evolution for most … Read more of this article
December 29, 2021
In late 2020, somebody promised me that 2021 was going to be better.While it was (to a degree), I still feel like we were short-changed on the number of brighter … Read more of this article
December 28, 2021
I’ve previously written about the Motor Carrier Exemption to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and why its elimination was necessary, but a recent event on Dec. 23 exemplifies why … Read more of this article
December 21, 2021
President Joe Biden’s plan to shore up the trucking industry’s spotty record with recruitment and retention drew mixed reviews from industry trade groups American Trucking Associations (ATA) and Owner-Operator Independent … Read more of this article
December 17, 2021
This year, for perhaps the first time, the ‘supply chain’ has entered the national news. Many average citizens are puzzled, not to mention concerned and sometimes angry, about problems blamed … Read more of this article