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News · Aug 6, 2019

Watchdog agency clears EPA’s glider truck testing practices

Testing by federal regulators in 2017 that found air pollution from glider kits to be “many times” the level generated by new heavy-duty truck engines complied with approved standards, a government watchdog agency has found. - According to the article in freightwaves.com and its author John Gallagher A July 31 audit conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Inspector General (EPA OIG) also confirmed that EPA staff have not been directed to work on a 2017 proposed rule tha

News · Aug 6, 2019

Truck driver didn't stop after losing two wheels which struck Massachusetts State Police cruiser

Massachusetts State Police is looking for a truck and its driver July 31 on Eastbound on i-84 in Sturbridge, MA between the hours of 5:20-5:30 a.m. a tractor-trailer lost two wheels, with two tires attached, which struck a stationary cruiser, that was parked in a construction zone. The wheels came off of the tractor, not the trailer. The tractor-trailer did not stop after losing the wheels but continued Eastbound. Thankfully, the trooper was not injured.- According to Massachusetts State Police

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News · Aug 5, 2019

Major accident and spike in the insurance rates lead to shutdown of Carney Trucking (with video)

One crash is all it took. Carney Trucking Company, a Gilbertown, Alabama-based flatbed carrier, has shut down, citing a spike in its insurance rates.- According to the article in freightwaves.com and its author Brian Straight “We had a major accident last year,” David Carney, one of the family-owned business’ owners, told FreightWaves. “Once we got the insurance quote, we tried to make it work, but we just couldn’t.” July 31, 2019, was the last day of operation for the fleet. - Straight also wro

News · Aug 4, 2019

July new heavy-duty truck orders lowest since 2010, more evidence for trucking recession

"New truck orders in July fell to their lowest level since 2010, more evidence that a trucking sector recession is taking hold." - According to the article in freightwaves.com and its author Alan Adler FTR Transportation Intelligence reported preliminary orders of 9,800 units. That was down 82 percent from the same month last year when fleets rushed to secure build slots for new equipment in a robust economy. ACT Research reported the preliminary July order number at 10,200, the lowest since Feb

News · Aug 2, 2019

Sudden shutdown of Schneider final-mile unit leaves furniture shippers scrambling for options

"When truckload and logistics giant Schneider National Inc. (NASDAQ:SNDR) acquired less-than-truckload (LTL) and truckload carrier Watkins & Shepard Trucking Inc. and final-mile and IT provider Lodeso Inc. in June 2016, it envisioned penetrating the business-to-consumer e-commerce category with a holistic, “first-to-final-mile” shipping service for furniture and carpeting orders." - According to the article in freightwaves.com and its author Mark Solomon The vision died August 1 when Schneider s

News · Aug 2, 2019

Trucks carrying massive drill ship through Houston will cause major traffic delays August 2-6

"A pair of enormous crates carrying parts of a South Korea-bound drilling ship will be transported along highways through the Houston area over the next four days." - according to the article in freightwaves.com and its author Noi Mahoney According to Ronnie Smith, owner of Smith Specialized Logistics, it is one of the biggest moves by tractor-trailers ever in the Houston area, requiring a caravan of more than 30 Texas state troopers and 20 cherry-picker trucks to block traffic. Two flatbed truc

News · Aug 2, 2019

Swift ordered to pay rival CRST more than $15 million in driver poaching lawsuit

"A federal jury ordered Swift Transportation, a unit of Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. (NYSE: KNX), to pay its trucking rival more than $15 million for allegedly poaching drivers who were under contract to CRST Expedited, which is based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa." - According to the article in freightwaves.com and Clarissa Hawes In the suit, CRST identified more than 250 drivers who had signed 10-month employment contracts with the CRST that were later recruited by Swift.- Hawes also wrot

News · Aug 2, 2019

Driver in a fatal motorcycle crash that kills seven bikers was on drugs, reaching for a drink

A new federal report says that Volodymyr Zhukovskyy a driver who was involved in a fatal motorcycle crash that kills seven bikers was on drugs and was reaching for a drink at the moment of the accident. Also according to report from Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration obtained by the Boston Globe Volodymyr Zhukovsky was high on "unspecified" drugs that made him incapable of driving.Zhukovskyy was a driver for now-closed company Westfield Transport at the time of the accident. Zhukovskyy

News · Aug 2, 2019

Slightly positive implications of Fed rate cut for carriers and shippers

"Yesterday, Federal Reserve officials decided to add some additional stimulus into the economy, settling on a 25 basis point reduction in the federal funds rate at the conclusion of the July 30-31 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting." - According to the article in freightwaves.com and its author Ibrahiim Bayaan Freight markets are affected by a rate cut in a few different ways. First, freight activity is derived demand; the amount of transportation services that shippers demand is direc

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News · Aug 2, 2019

Mega-carrier Schneider is shutting down part of its operations

While fellow truckload carrier J.B. Hunt (NASDAQ: JBHT) has been expanding its last-mile delivery business, Schneider National (NYSE: SNDR) is going in the opposite direction. The company announced on August 1, 2019, that it is shutting down its First to Final Mile (FTFM) operation within its truckload division due to “operating performance of the FTFM business and the assessment that the long-term prospects of that business and its markets were not favorable.” - According to the article in frei

PROSPECT HEIGHTS MAN AWAITS PRISON SENTENCE FOR STEALING A TRUCKLOAD OF RAT TRAPS

News · Aug 1, 2019

J.B. Hunt driver from Chicago suburbs found guilty of stealing a truckload of rat traps

A man from Chicago suburbs is facing a prison sentence for stealing a truckload of rat traps from a trucking company. Kane County IL Judge found 31-year-old Andrew A. Schwartz from Prospect Heights IL guilty of Class 2 Theft felony and Class 3 forgery felony. According Kane County State's Attorney's Office. Kane County Assistant State’s Attorneys presented evidence that on Sept. 29, 2017, Schwartz, a contract truck driver for J.B. Hunt Transport Services, picked up a truckload of rat traps value

News · Aug 1, 2019

Trucking school owner pleads guilty to defraud Dep. of Veterans Affairs of $4.2 million

LOS ANGELES – The owner and president of a San Fernando Valley trucking school pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for bilking the United States Department of Veterans Affairs out of more than $4 million in tuition and other payments after falsely certifying that veterans had attended classes that they never took. Emmit Marshall, 52, of Woodland Hills, pleaded guilty to five felony counts of wire fraud. United States District Judge Stephen V. Wilson scheduled a November 18 sentencin