Posts by MTAC Staff

From Fleet Owner. Each U.S. presidential election year comes with its own air of uncertainty, but this year, that uncertainty has been compounded by a global health crisis, a nation divided, and adapting to a new way to conduct business. Included in the ranks of the nation’s essential, front-line workers, the trucking industry has been…

Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT) recently created a podcast of concise and content-rich episodes, that serve as an additional training tool for the largest mobile army of eyes and ears dedicated to discovering and disrupting human trafficking networks. Support TAT and check out the TAT Driving Freedom podcast. The most recent episode – How TAT got…

From CT Mirror. Connecticut got a shot of good fiscal news Tuesday as surging tax receipts helped to lop nearly 40% off the state’s projected $2 billion deficit, increasing the likelihood Gov. Ned Lamont can avert major tax hikes next spring. The surging revenues also give lawmakers more money to assist public universities and others…

From Transport Topics. Truck tonnage in September declined a seasonally adjusted 2.7% when compared with year-ago levels, marking the sixth consecutive month of year-over-year declines, American Trucking Associations said Oct. 20. However, when measured month-to-month, the index increased 6.7% after declining 5.3% in August. In September, the index equaled 115.1 compared with 118.2 the same…

From CT DEEP. EPA is providing funding to Connecticut for clean diesel projects. The 2020 program is very similar to the 2019 program with regard to eligibility and the maximum incentives available for Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) projects. A complete list of eligible projects is provided in the 2020 Guidance for State DERA Project…

From Transport Topics. Trucking is providing one of the few bright spots to the flagging U.S. economy as tight capacity and a driver shortage push contract and spot rates higher across vans, flatbeds and refrigerated trucks. DAT Solutions said van spot load rates in September were up 28.8% compared with a year ago. They have…

From Transport Topics. America’s oil production will never again reach the record 13 million barrels a day set earlier this year, just before the pandemic devastated global demand, according to Occidental Petroleum Corp. “It’s just going to be too difficult to replace the 2 million barrels a day of production that we’ve lost, and then…

From New York State Bridge Authority (NYSBA). The New York State Bridge Authority (NYSBA) today announced the start of the full deck replacement project on the north (westbound) span of the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge, as well as new traffic patterns that will take effect by mid-December. Once the multi-year project is complete, drivers will experience a…

From Fleet Owner. Fatalities in crashes involving at least one heavy commercial truck showed relatively no change, decreasing from 5,006 in 2018 to 5,005 in 2019, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). On Oct. 1 NHTSA released a preview of 2019 data from the Fatality…

From Transport Topics. As capacity tightens in the trucking industry, some carriers are beginning to announce pay hikes. While the frequency of these increases are not yet nearing the rapid pace of hikes the industry saw during the busy year of 2018, some industry watchers said they would not be surprised to see more jumps.…