David Osiecki, president of Scopelitis Transporation Consulting, reports he learned from FMCSA management that the Advocates for Highway & Auto Safety (AHAS) and the Teamsters filed a legal challenge to the HOS rules today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. In a statement on its website, AHAS said: “In June, the […]
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After the excellent response to our “Ask the Regulatory Expert” webinar last month, Spireon is creating a new feature, “Ask the Expert in Trucking.” We have asked leading experts to answer your questions on a variety of subjects in a monthly blog post. The experts answering your questions include: Dean Croke, DAT Chris Henry, CarriersEdge
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Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of August 12, 2020: FMCSA Extends Emergency Declaration Scopelitis Transportation Consulting Late yesterday, FMCSA again extended its emergency declaration that was set to expire August 14, 2020. The notice extends the emergency declaration to September 14, 2020 and returns food, paper products and
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If you missed our Ask the Regulatory Expert webinar last week, you missed some excellent information for managing your fleet through the FMCSA’s new regulations. Expert Dave Osiecki, formerly of the American Trucking Associations, answered a variety of key questions on subjects including: HOS Final Rule Changes Short Haul & 30-Minute Rest Break Split Sleeper
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Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of August 4, 2020: Trucking After the Pandemic: Lessons from Homebuilders Trucks.com After an unprecedented boom, a crisis struck suddenly sparking a cascade of bankruptcies that wiped out the long-tail of small businesses that were the backbone of the industry — the same
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Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of July 30, 2020: Second-quarter GDP plunged by worst-ever 32.9% amid virus-induced shutdown CNBC The U.S. economy saw the biggest quarterly plunge in activity ever, though the plummet in the second quarter wasn’t as bad as feared. Gross domestic product from April to
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Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of July 28, 2020: Pandemic Forces Some Fleets to Furlough Drivers, but Others Have Been Quick to Hire Them Transport Topics As the coronavirus pandemic took hold, it disrupted freight demand in many segments of the economy, forcing some carriers to furlough drivers
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Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of July 21, 2020: FMCSA extends HOS emergency declaration until Aug. 14 Fleet Equipment The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is continuing the extension of Emergency Declaration No. 2020-002, which gives commercial motor vehicle drivers responding to COVID-19 relief from hours of service regulations. This extension
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Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of July 15, 2020: FMCSA Extends COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Scopelitis Transportation Consulting FMCSA extended its COVID-19 Emergency Declaration exempting from 49 CFR Parts 300-399 motor carriers providing direct assistance in support of relief efforts. It is a clean extension of the Declaration currently
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