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From Commercial Carrier Journal. FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) for March, as reported in FTR’s May Trucking Update, surged to a record high of 16.27, up about five points from February. The prior record was 16.17, set in October 2020. According to FTR, contributions from freight volume, rates and capacity utilization all strengthened in March.…

Legal Alert from MG+M The Law Firm Autonomous driving technology has been a topic of interest in the tech industry for years. In 2015, there were predictions that by 2020, everyone would be a backseat driver with the emergence of autonomous driving technology.¹ Those predictions have proven premature, but the industry continues to move in…

MTAC invites members to join us via Zoom on Thursday June 17, at 10 a.m. to hear from MG+M The Law Firm on how to avoid nuclear verdicts in the transportation industry. As stated by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), large legal verdicts, sometimes called “nuclear verdicts,” have been a part of the legal…

MTAC is pleased to announce we will now be selling merchandise including t-shirts and hats through our online store. Our hats and t-shirts are a great way to support MTAC and look good doing it! The store is now live, and we offer shipping or pick up at our location. Please feel free to reach…

From Transport Topics. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is providing emergency relief from hours-of-service regulations to motor carriers and drivers assisting operations linked to refined petroleum supply chains in the East Coast in the wake of a cyberattack against Colonial Pipeline, which has extensive operations across multiple states. The agency issued an emergency relief…

Legal Alert From MG+M The Law Firm. The Food Safety Modernization Act (“FSMA”) is a 2011 law passed by Congress empowering the Food and Drug Administration to govern the safety standards and requirements of each party in the food transportation chain. One of the most significant results of the act was the FDA issuing a…

From WFSB. MTAC President Joe Sculley was a guest on CT ’21 on Sunday, May 9. An archived version of the broadcast is available online at the WFSB website.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has amended their emergency declaration issued in response to the Colonial Pipeline shutdown to now include Connecticut. While fuel supply was not an issue in Connecticut as it is in the Southeast, fuel distribution capacity became an issue because of significantly increased consumer demand. The amended emergency declaration…

From Freight Waves. “Growth is increasing at an increasing rate” across most components of the supply chain, according to a Tuesday report. The Logistics Managers’ Index stepped 2.3 percentage points higher from March to 74.5% in April. This was the second-highest reading the dataset has logged in its nearly five-year existence. The LMI is a…

Legal Alert From MG+M The Law Firm. By: Christos Koutrobis. The Texas legislature has proposed legislation to address large-scale verdicts that continue to impact the trucking industry and consumers alike. On May 3, 2021, the Texas House passed HB19 and sent the bill to the Senate for consideration. In its current form, HB19 has a…