If both the House and Senate DOT appropriations bills pass, a conference committee will likely convene to iron out differences ..read more

A group of Senators introduced a bill to keep the so-called 'Chevron doctrine' in place, court precedent that gave regulatory ..read more

The company broke ground on what it says will be one of the nation’s first public truck charging stations at its Ontario, California ..read more

Stephen Halsted, owner of a 2016 Freightliner straight truck custom-built for the expediting business, is no stranger to emissions-systems maintenance. Most work he's had to do he calls “standard” maintenance, yet a cracked diesel particulate filter was another story.  He'd hoped to be able to keep the original filter "and just basically do the cleanings,” he said, yet replacement was the result. Since then, "all I've had to do is clean them," not an inexpensive proposition, he added. He's replaced NOx sensors in the selective catalytic reduction system -- three times in 800,000 miles for ..read more

Trucking news and briefs for Wednesday, July 24, 2024: 10 mph was average speed for Kodiak company's first driverless run in the oilfield Kodiak Robotics recently completed a driverless truck run with Atlas Energy on Atlas' private lease roads in Texas' Permian Basin. Autonomous truck developer Kodiak Robotics earlier this year delivered its first commercial driverless freight in the oilfields of Texas, the company announced Tuesday. Kodiak and Atlas Energy Solutions on May 2 completed their first driverless delivery of frac sand in West Texas’s Permian Basin. As reported by Overdriv ..read more

How do owner-operators and small fleets survive and thrive in tough economic times? Find out in this webinar. Join us for a live webinar Aug. 22 at 1 p.m. CT and hear from owner-operators and small fleets as we discuss how they prepared during the good times to weather the storms. Register Today A recent snap poll delivered to Overdrive readers asked a simple but no doubt pressing question.  What wakes you up at 2 a.m.?  Answers struck at the core struggles of many a small trucking business owner. Asked to choose up to three of their "most challenging" trucking business concerns ..read more

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued a report to Congress this week on "Unlawful Brokerage Activities," and essentially admitted it can't crack down on bad actors without some serious help. The report comes amid widespread hacks hobbling major load boards and brokers reporting "hemorrhaging" cash to freight fraudsters as the problem seems to grow nearly unchecked, but it's written in response to an appropriations bill passed in 2022 that required FMCSA to ensure compliance with 49 U.S.C. 14916, Unlawful Brokerage Activities. The report seeks to f ..read more

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Tuesday announced the removal of four electronic logging devices from its Registered Devices list -- CTE-LOG ELD, ELD VOLT, PowerTrucks ELD, and TFM ELD. The PowerTrucks ELD was previously placed on the revoked devices list in December 2023, before being reinstated later in the month. FMCSA placed these ELDs on the Revoked Devices list “due to the companies’ failure to meet the minimum requirements established in 49 CFR part 395, subpart B, appendix A,” the agency said. The removals are effective July 23. A member of the TF ..read more

Trucking news and briefs for Tuesday, July 23, 2024: Federal marijuana moves examined by safety board The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday responded to a proposed rule by the Drug Enforcement Administration to move marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act, warning the rule could imperil federally required drug testing for truck drivers, airline pilots and others in safety-sensitive positions. The NTSB said it’s “particularly concerned that the proposed rule would prevent testing for marijuana use by safety-sensitive employees” who are subject to ..read more

Trucking news and briefs for Monday, July 22, 2024: C.H. Robinson debuts enhanced load-matching platform C.H. Robinson last week announced Digital Dispatch, its enhanced load matching platform. Utilizing a new algorithm powered by data science and artificial intelligence, Digital Dispatch analyzes a broad range of data to offer more timely and precise load recommendations based on a carrier's unique search history and preferences within CHR’s Navisphere Carrier.  The technology aims to provide carriers with hyper-customized recommendations, sent immediately via text or email as soon as a ..read more