Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of June 15, 2020: UPDATE – FMCSA reissues the Waiver and Extends the Enforcement Policy Regarding Expiring Driver’s Licenses and Medical Examiner’s Certificates in response to COVID-19 National Emergency Scopelitis Transportation Consulting On Monday, June 15, 2020, FMCSA extended until September 30, 2020 […]
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Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of June 10, 2020: FMCSA extends emergency hours-of-service waiver until July 14 Land Line The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has extended its emergency declaration yet again. The declaration, which provides relief from hours-of-service regulations for commercial motor vehicle drivers responding to the COVID-19 outbreak,
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Operation Safe Driver Week 2020 is coming up July 12-18, and CVSA has announced that it will be focusing on speed violations during that period. “During this week-long traffic enforcement safety initiative, law enforcement personnel throughout North America will be looking for drivers who are engaging in unsafe driving behaviors on our roadways. Identified drivers
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FMCSA Hours of Service Final Rule Conference Call Notes By Scopelitis Transportation Consulting On June 1, 2020, the “final rule” making changes to the Hours of Service of Drivers (HOS) rules in Part 395 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations was published in the Federal Register. Prior to that, at 1:00 EDT on May
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Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of June 5, 2020: Truckload freight recovery picks up speed heading into June AJOT Spot truckload freight markets continued to gather momentum last week as load-to-truck ratios increased for dry van, refrigerated, and flatbed freight, said DAT Solutions, which operates the industry’s largest
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Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of June 3, 2020: FMCSA Issues Additional Waiver in Response to COVID-19 Scopelitis Transportation Consulting On June 1, FMCSA issued an additional waiver in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency to avoid a shortage of available intermodal chassis. This latest waiver allows
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Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of May 22, 2020: Carrier optimism soars as freight volume ticks upward and drivers come back to work CCJMore than 45% of fleets responding to a CCJ survey that measures the coronavirus’ impact on motor carriers said they expect to see an increase freight levels over the
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Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of May 21, 2020: How States Are Relaxing Truck Weight Rules During COVID-19 Law360 States across the country that have emergency declarations in response to COVID-19 are temporarily changing weight requirements for commercial motor vehicles. Carriers and drivers interested in providing services should
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Selected COVID-19 and trucking industry news that may impact your business. As of May 20, 2020: FMCSA Issues COVID-19 Related Notice on Off-site Compliance Reviews & Safety Ratings Scopelitis Transportation Consulting On May 19, 2020, FMCSA issued a notice to the public explaining that, during the COVID-19 emergency, it will issue safety ratings to motor
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On May 14, 2020, FMCSA released a “final rule” making four significant changes to its Hours of Service (HOS) rules in Part 395 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. The coming reforms expand split-sleeper berth options given drivers to allow them to split their 10-hour off-duty period into windows of seven hours and three
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