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News · Oct 9, 2020

FMCSA to hold freight broker transparency listening session Oct. 28

Story by: John Gallagher, Washington Correspondent at FreightWaves The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will hold a listening session on three pending petitions on freight broker transparency on Oct. 28. “FMCSA would like to hear from members of the public on their views on the regulation of property carrier brokers in general and on three pending petitions concerning specific property carrier broker regulation issues,” the agency announced in a document released Friday. Two o

News · Oct 6, 2020

CDL school owner gets 4 years for defrauding VA on training funds

Story by: John Kingston at FreightWaves Four years was the sentence handed down against the owner of a California trucking (CDL)school following his guilty plea for defrauding the Department of Veterans Affairs. In an announcement of the sentencing Monday, the office of the U.S. Attorney for Central California described the actions of Emmit Marshall as a “sophisticated scheme.” It went on for roughly four years. Marshall pleaded guilty last year to five counts of wire fraud. Sentencing was delay

News · Oct 6, 2020

A $411 million nuclear verdict against single truck company in Florida said to be biggest ever

Story by: John Kingston at FreightWaves A Florida jury has handed down what is believed to be the biggest nuclear verdict ever against a single trucking company defendant: a $411 million verdict handed down in Florida to a motorcycle driver. According to local press reports and a prepared statement issued by the attorney for the plaintiff in the case, a jury in a virtual Zoom trial handed down a $411,726,608 verdict in favor of Duane Washington for injuries he received in a 45-vehicle pileup in

News · Oct 6, 2020

KeepTruckin introduces Smart Load Board partnering with six largest brokers in the US

Story by: Vishnu Rajamanickam at FreightWaves In a major integration, fleet management company KeepTruckin has announced its partnership with six of the largest brokers in the U.S., consisting of both premier digital brokers like Uber Freight and Convoy, along with incumbent legacy brokers like Echo Global Logistics and EPES Logistics. KeepTruckin has also introduced its Smart Load Board — an intelligent freight-matching solution designed to help carriers have more visibility into loads on the p

News · Oct 5, 2020

HOS pilot program is to allow truckers to pause their 14-Hour driving window

By: iTrucker / Mario Pawlowski / itrucker.com Notice of proposed pilot program; request for comments. FMCSA proposes a pilot program to allow temporary regulatory relief from the Agency's hours-of-service (HOS) requirement that all driving by drivers of property-carrying commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) be completed within 14 hours after coming on duty. During the pilot program, known as the Split Duty Period Pilot Program, participating CMV drivers would have the option to pause their 14-hour o

News · Sep 29, 2020

CBP finds $3M worth of meth in tractor-trailer hauling cookies

Story by: Noi Mahoney More than $14 million worth of narcotics seized in South Texas since Sept. 21 A tractor-trailer hauling cookies from Mexico turned out to contain $3.3 million in methamphetamine, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). It was the latest in a string of busts at border crossings in South Texas last week totaling $14.36 million in narcotics. The meth seizure occurred on Friday when CBP officers at the World Trade Bridge cargo facility in Laredo found the alleged

News · Sep 28, 2020

Suicide-by-truck survivor found guilty of attempted murder

Story by: Clarissa Hawes, Senior Editor at FreightWaves No one injured in fiery 2019 crash with a fuel tanker in Florida A Florida woman has been found guilty of three counts of attempted murder, more than a year after police state she tried to kill herself and her two sons by intentionally steering her van into oncoming traffic and ramming the vehicle into a fuel tanker. Eighth Circuit Judge Mark Moseley found Melissa Gail Mack, 49, of Gainesville, guilty on Friday of two counts of attempted fi

News · Sep 25, 2020

Great American Trucking Show (GATS) 2021 canceled

Story by: Clarissa Hawes, Senior Editor at FreightWaves Organizers of the Great American Trucking Show (GATS) announced Friday that they are canceling in-person activities for the annual event in 2021 because of uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s the second major trade show to cancel in-person gatherings for 2021 because of COVID-19. “After weighing the many considerations that go into an event of the size and scope of the Great American Trucking Show, Randall-Reilly has made th

News · Sep 21, 2020

Trevor Milton stepped down as an Executive Chairman of Nikola Motor amid fraud allegations

Story by: FreightWaves Staff Sources close to the embattled fuel cell truck manufacturer are reporting that founder Trevor Milton has resigned as executive chairman of Nikola Motor (NASDAQ: NKLA) and has departed the company effective immediately. Nikola Corporation (NASDAQ: NKLA) today announced that Trevor Milton approached the Board of Directors and proposed to voluntarily step aside as Executive Chairman and from the Board. The Board accepted his proposal, and Stephen Girsky, former Vice Cha

News · Jul 20, 2020

25th annual Richard Crane truck show in St. Ignace, Mi, is canceled

By: iTrucker / Mario Pawlowski / itrucker.com The 25th annual Richard Crane memorial truck show St. Ignace, Michigan, is officially canceled, according to the official event Facebook page, 'We just found out today that we, unfortunately, will have to postpone our Annual Richard Crane Memorial Truck Show until next year. We look forward to it being even bigger and better and will still be our 25th Annual Richard Crane Memorial Truck School. The dates for next year will be September 16th-19th in b

693 kg Meth Pharr IL, 07092020, courtesy CBP Hidalgo,

News · Jul 14, 2020

CBP seized more than $30,000,000 worth of meth hidden in a truck hauling onions

By: iTrucker / Mario Pawlowski / itrucker.com PHARR, Texas—"U.S. Customs and Border Protection ( U.S. CBP ), Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility intercepted a huge amount of alleged methamphetamine valued at $30,556,000 that was being smuggled in a commercial tractor/trailer hauling fresh onions from Mexico. “This is certainly a substantial amount of methamphetamine that won’t make its final destination in the U.S. and seizing these harmful narcotics

News · Jul 13, 2020

FMCSA to request safety data on last-mile delivery vans

Story by: John Gallagher, Washington Correspondent @ FreightWaves.com The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will be taking a long look at last-mile delivery trucks’ involvement in crashes, given trends revealing a jump in the use of such vehicles in interstate commerce. Commenting on those plans following a presentation on small-truck crashes during the FMCSA’s Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC) meeting on Monday, FMCSA Associate Administrator for Policy Larry Mino