Published by Food Logistics magazine: “The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) announced Monday it will postpone putting drivers out-of-service (OOSC) for not complying with the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate until April 1, 2018, though the mandate takes effect on Dec. 18. CVSA added that it “supports moving forward with the compliance date as specified…
Many of our manufacturing and construction partners are feeling anxious about the impending Electronic Logging Device (ELD) regulations coming into effect this December. The information below puts the need-to-knows and widespread implications in laymen’s terms for those industries that use trucks to haul any of their goods….which is likely most of our readers. What are…
The pendulum began to swing in favor of carriers during the 2nd quarter of 2017. Spot truckload freight availability (more freight than trucks) reached its highest point since September 2015 (63% YOY), leading carrier experts to believe the great “freight” recession is behind them. Shippers, on the other hand, are facing higher prices due to…
Shipper alert: trucks are harder to find this summer, and that trend doesn’t seem to be slowing down through the busy holiday season. Reporting from our friends at DAT shows that prices are climbing as capacity shrinks. Contributing factors include the annual Road Check week, high demand in the spot market, and the highest load-to-truck…
Given the April 6, 2017 date for general implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), transportation professionals have been scrambling to shore up their processes to meet compliance standards. From farm to table, keeping human and animal foods safe from contamination during transportation is a responsibility affecting the entire U.S. domestic supply chain. In…
In late 2015, Sunset’s regular opinion column, Freight for Thought, focused on the impending FAST Act, and one of the key pieces of that Act detailed how the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) planned to investigate and potentially revamp the safety fitness determination (SFD) for motor carriers. This initiative required FMCSA to pull the Safety…
*This article was featured in the November Associated General Contractors of Missouri (AGCMO) Supplier Tips blog on November 23 but is most certainly applicable to any industry regularly shipping truckload or LTL freight. By Mick McGrory, Vice President, Strategic Accounts. Jobsite and construction transportation should brace for three overarching trends in the new…
By Greg Brown, LTL Pricing Manager By all accounts, 2016 has been a challenging year for LTL shipping; many of the largest LTL carriers have seen declines in tonnage, with many also seeing declines in shipment count and revenue.[1]
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