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News · Nov 15, 2019

U.S. lawmakers introduced "women in trucking" bill, and we think it will be a game-changer

Story by: Mario Pawlowski CEO @ iTrucker Two U.S. senators have introduced legislation that would require the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to take a formal role in supporting women drivers. The Promoting Women in Trucking Workforce Act, introduced Nov. 14 by Sens. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., and Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., directs the FMCSA administrator to create a Women of Trucking Advisory Board. The board would be tasked with identifying ways trucking companies, trucking associati

Trucking News · Nov 8, 2019

Trucking company owner sentenced to two years in prison for $2.3 million tax evasion scam

TRENTON, N.J. – A Monmouth County, New Jersey, a man was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for evading more than $2.3 million in personal and corporate income taxes between 2002 and 2011, and in 2015, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Tito Viteri, 41, of Cream Ridge, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Freda L. Wolfson to an information charging him with one count of tax evasion. Judge Wolfson imposed the sentence today in Trenton federal court. Acc

News · Oct 25, 2019

Estimated Food Waste will hit 1.5 billion tons by 2030

Story and infographics by Layla Rapp @FreightWaves The Boston Consulting Group(BCG) estimates that by 2030 annual food loss and waste will hit 2.1Billion tons worth $1.5 Trillion. Source and credits: freightwaves.com / Layla Rapp / iTrucker / Mario Pawlowski

News · Oct 24, 2019

Weekly Fuel Report 10-23-19

Weekly Fuel Report 10-23-19 and the actual price of Diesel at the truck stop in the US, by Emily Ricks @FreightWaves/AmericanShipper Source and credits: freightwaves.com / / iTrucker / Mario Pawlowski

News · Oct 22, 2019

DOT to audit FMCSA oversight of truck driver bans

Story by: John Gallagher, Washington Correspondent @ FreightWaves.com A fatal crash involving a commercial driver has led to a U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) audit of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) oversight of state driver licensing agencies. According to the DOT’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) on October 22, the crash, which occurred earlier this year, led to an internal investigation by the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) that found the a

News · Oct 17, 2019

Volvo Trucks will lay off 3,000 workers because of UAW strike at Mack Trucks

Story by: Alan Adler @ FreightWaves I The impact of a United Auto Workers’ strike at Mack Trucks will nearly double next week when Volvo Trucks North America lays off about 3,000 employees because of a lack of engines and transmissions that come from a Maryland plant the companies share. A Volvo Group spokesman on Thursday confirmed the ripple effect of the 4-day-old strike on its New River Plant in Dublin, Virginia. “We communicated to our employees this morning that NRV will stop production Mo

Trucking news, bankrupt Canadian trucking company

News · Oct 16, 2019

Now bankrupt Canadian trucking company owed millions to U.S. lender (with video)

Story by: Nate Tabak, Canada Correspondent @ FreightWaves Canadian trucking company FTI owed more than C$18 million to creditors when it filed for bankruptcy in September, according to court filings that offer a glimpse into one of the few known Canadian trucking failures in 2019. FTI Holdings, which closed in August alongside its U.S. sibling HVH, owed C$16 million of the C$18.2 million (a Canadian dollar equals US$0.76) to U.S. Bank in bankruptcy documents filed in Ontario on October 9. FTI’s

News · Oct 8, 2019

Family files $10 million lawsuit in fatal crash despite truck driver being cleared of any wrongdoing

Story by: Clarissa Hawes @ FreightWaves The parents of two children killed in a fatal crash during a snowstorm in March 2018 on Interstate 29 in eastern North Dakota have filed a $10 million lawsuit, alleging negligence against the trucking company and its driver, despite a five-month investigation that cleared the truck driver of any wrongdoing. Bryan Dean and Trista Curry recently filed their lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Fargo, North Dakota, against Pan-O-Gold Baking Company, headquartere

News · Oct 7, 2019

Driver shortage is a #1 trucking industry challenge, followed by Hours of Service and driver pay

Story by: Alan Adler @ Freightwaves Motor carriers and commercial drivers agree on just four of the Top 10 challenges facing the trucking industry, according to the American Transportation Research Institute’s (ATRI) annual study. Driver shortage tops trucking industry’s challenges for the third consecutive year The shortage of for-hire, long-haul drivers was the top issue in ATRI’s annual survey that has taken the industry’s pulse for the last 15 years. ATRI released the 2019 critical issues re

News · Oct 2, 2019

Man pleads guilty after scamming $1 million from truckers and brokers

A Maryland man recently pled guilty to federal fraud charges after he allegedly bilked more than $1 million from truck drivers, fleets and brokers in a double brokering scheme. The Department of Justice says William Francis Hickey, III, of Elkton, Maryland, was the managing member of Hickey Consulting LLC and president of Latino Consulting LLC, both headquartered in Baltimore. DOJ says that between May 2016 and January 2019, Hickey deposited more than 1,000 fraudulently obtained checks worth $1,

News · Oct 2, 2019

UPS is the first company certified for unlimited drone operations

Story by: John Gallagher, Washington Correspondent @FreightWaves UPS [NYSE: UPS] plans to take full advantage of a sweeping new certification issued by federal regulators making it the first company with the ability to run drone services with no limit on size or scope of operations. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today (Oct. 1) announced that it had issued UPS Flight Forward, the company’s drone service subsidiary, a standard operator “Part 135” operating certificate. While the FAA ha

News · Sep 30, 2019

Rich Logistics announces closures of five terminals and layoffs of approximately 450 drivers and other employees

Story by: Clarissa Hawes @ FreightWaves This story has been updated to include a statement by Shannon Everett, president of Rich Logistics, as well as a press release issued by Roadrunner, Rich’s parent company, late Monday, Sept. 30. Approximately 450 truck drivers and employee positions will be eliminated after Rich Logistics notified workers by letter on September 30 that the company is closing five terminals and significantly reducing its workforce at five locations. According to the article