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From Transport Topics. Truck tonnage in August surged 7.4% to 119 when measured against the same month a year ago, and on a sequential basis it rose 2.8% from July, according to American Trucking Associations. The federation’s For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index is dominated by contract freight as opposed to spot market freight. In August, the…

Notice from FMCSA. The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has regulations governing drug and alcohol testing for certain transportation industry employees. These regulations help ensure that the traveling American public can feel safe in their day to day journeys. Part of the effective execution of these regulations relies upon drug testing collection sites. For Federal…

From Transport Topics. The upcoming retail holiday season is likely to see slower sales below the surging pace of 2021 as the U.S. economy’s pace of growth slows to a much lower level, which will have an impact on the amount of freight shipped by trucking. Also impacting the transportation field is the shift to…

From Transport Topics. Public comment on a proposed federal regulatory and funding road map for setting up a national electric charging station infrastructure received mixed comments from a wide variety of interested parties. The Federal Highway Administration’s proposed rule to establish regulations setting minimum standards and requirements for projects funded under the National Electric Vehicle…

From FreightWaves. The transportation market continued to loosen in August, according to supply chain data published Tuesday. The Logistics Managers’ Index (LMI) showed capacity was up again with prices in decline for a second straight month. While the growth rate for transportation capacity slowed 4.8 percentage points in the month, at a reading of 64.3,…

From Transport Topics. The national average price of diesel dropped 3.1 cents to $5.084 a gallon, according to Energy Information Administration data on Sept. 5. Highlights The price drop comes one week after a 20.6-cent surge pushed diesel to $5.115 a gallon. A gallon of diesel costs $1.711 more on average than it did at…

From ATRI. The American Transportation Research Institute, the trucking industry’s not-for-profit research organization, today launched the 2022 Top Industry Issues Survey. The annual survey asks trucking industry stakeholders to rank the top issues of concern for the industry along with potential strategies for addressing each issue. Now in its 18th year, ATRI’s annual analysis not…

The Motor Transport Association of Connecticut (MTAC) has announced that they have hired John Blair to serve as their next president. Mr. Blair will join MTAC beginning on October 1, where he will work concurrently with the outgoing president, Joe Sculley, for a two-month period, before Sculley’s departure. “I am excited for the opportunity to…

From Freight Waves. A coalition of safety groups want federal regulators to postpone a recent rule on truck-trailer performance standards until the new regulation can be significantly improved. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration regulation, scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 11, 2023, is “fatally flawed,” the safety groups assert, because it failed to…

From Transport Topics. Diesel’s nine-week run of declines abruptly ended as trucking’s main fuel rose 20.6 cents a gallon to put the national average cost back over $5, according to Energy Information Administration data released Aug. 29. Highlights Diesel settled at $5.115 after dropping 90.1 cents from its all-time high of $5.810 on June 27.…