24 Aug FMCSA Medical Review Board Issues Sleep Apnea Guidelines The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's top medical advisers have recommended a slate of sleep apnea guidelines that would require truck drivers to take costly diagnostic sleep studies if they have a body mass index of 40 or higher, have experienced excessive fatigue or sleepiness while driving, or have been in a sleep-related crash. Read more...
23 Aug Southern California Terminal Operators Drop Chassis Fee Plan Southern California marine terminals have dropped a plan to charge chassis lessors $5 per unit traveling through cargo facilities in the face of opposition from the businesses that provide the majority of chassis equipment to move truck freight in the region. Read more...
23 Aug Truck Tonnage Posts 0.3% Year-Over-Year Gain, Smallest in 2016 Truck tonnage in July continued to reflect a struggling freight environment, posting a 0.3% year-over-year gain that was the smallest this year, and declining 2.1% from June, American Trucking Associations reported. Read more...
23 Aug FR8 Revolution Launches Fleet Optimization Platform Trucking technology startup FR8 Revolution Inc. has launched FR8.guru, a load tracking and fleet optimization platform and marketplace. Read more...
23 Aug Delphi, Mobileye to Develop Turnkey, Fully Automated System for Diverse Vehicles Commercial vehicle suppliers Mobileye and Delphi Automotive have agreed to develop a complete turnkey system capable of fully automated driving that will be ready for production in 2019 and is designed for "diverse vehicle platforms for a range of customers worldwide." Read more...
23 Aug Gorilla Safety Adds Equipment Tracking, Expands Mobile App Features Gorilla Safety has introduced an enhanced equipment tracking system and announced new features for its mobile application. Read more...
23 Aug Road Travel Rises by 3.2% in June U.S. drivers logged 3.2% more miles in June than a year earlier, the U.S. Department of Transportation said in a monthly report on Aug. 22. Read more...
23 Aug New-Home Sales Unexpectedly Surge to Almost Nine-Year High Purchases of new U.S. homes unexpectedly jumped in July to the highest level in almost nine years, led by soaring demand in the nation's South and adding to signs of persistent housing-market strength. Read more...
23 Aug Trucker Path Marks 100,000 Downloads of Its Truckloads Freight Market App Trucker Path said its new Truckloads mobile application, which provides a freight marketplace for trucking, has reached 100,000 downloads. Read more...
22 Aug National Diesel Average Jumps 6¢ to $2.37 The U.S. diesel average price rose 6 cents to $2.37 per gallon last week, according to the Department of Energy, even as the price of crude oil fell back amid talk of increased production. Read more...