Diesel Prices Decline for Third Straight Week

LONDON, ON and WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Average diesel prices in both Canada and the U.S. have turned lower for the third consecutive week as oil prices could possibly head even lower while one nation's crude exports have returned to its highest level in decades.

U.S. Rules Against Driver Coercion to Soon Take Effect

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has announced new regulations that will take effect on Jan. 29, 2016 that it believes will help further safeguard commercial truck and bus drivers from being compelled to violate federal safety regulations. The rules over so-called driver coercion, provides FMCSA with the authority to take enforcement action not only against motor carriers, but also against shippers, receivers, and transportation intermediaries. The regulations address three key areas concerning driver coercion: procedures for commercial truck and bus drivers to report incidents of coercion to the FMCSA, steps the agency could take when responding to such allegations, and penalties of up to US$16,000 that may be imposed on entities found to have coerced drivers.

Truckload Carriers Association Names New President

ALEXANDRIA, VA - The executive committee of the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has gone outside of the trucking industry in its hunt for new leadership, hiring John Lyboldt as the group's new president.

A CSA Fix is in the Wind

There's hope these days that one of the worst examples of safety legislation ever devised in the U.S. will get a makeover in the next year or so. That may be optimistic, but with a multi-year highway bill now almost through the Washington meat grinder, the Compliance, Safety and Accountability (CSA) program looks bound to change. One of the bill's many aims is one that would require the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to rework its mighty flawed reporting regime. Common sense, that oh-so-rare feature of regulatory reality, may yet prevail. And that would be a boon to the thousands of Canadian carriers, drivers, and owner-operators who use American highways. Like their south-of-the-border counterparts, they might just see an end to what can frequently be wildly unfair safety assessments based on flawed principles and weird math. If you don't want to wait, and I sure wouldn't, there's help at hand. It comes from Vigillo LLC, a data-mining company that offers fleet subscribers a rather sophisticated CSA analytics service. It's designed to aggregate, organize, and deliver complex carrier safety data in a scorecard format. More particularly, the help comes from a new and additional service called JUST, which will properly examine an accident submitted for review by subscriber carriers.

U.S. Traffic Delays, Increased Cargo Theft Chances This Week

ORLANDO, FL; AUSTIN, TX and, JERSEY CITY, NJ -- Trucking fleets and drivers that are going to be operating in the U.S. this week face more than their usual challenges with expectations of greatly increased traffic and a higher risk of cargo thefts.

Cross-Border Freight Drops, U.S. For-Hire Tonnage Jumps

WASHINGTON, D.C. and ARLINGTON, VA - The value of freight moved between the U.S. and Canada plummeted while for-hire truck tonnage moved in the U.S. is near a record high, according to two new reports.

Canada Diesel Prices Continue Drop, U.S. Lowest Since 2009

LONDON, ON and WASHINGTON D.C. - The national average cost of diesel in Canada has moved lower for the second straight week while in the U.S. it's at the lowest level in more than six years.

Highway 401 Section of the New Parkway Now Open

WINDSOR, ON -- The final stretch of the new Rt. Hon. Herb Gray Parkway opened to traffic on Saturday, eventually connecting with the Gordie Howe International Bridge, linking Windsor to Detroit.

Montana Commercial Entry Port Cutting Back Hours

RAYMOND, MT -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced the reduction of operational hours from 24 hours per day to 16 hours per day at the Raymond, MT port of entry (POE), effective Dec. 27.

Canadian Spot Market Freight Volume Declines

TORONTO, ON -- Spot market freight volume fell in October from the month before and year earlier, according to new figures released by Transcore Link Logistics, based on its Loadlink load boards.

The Worst Truck Highway Bottleneck is….

ARLINGTON, VA - A new listing shows what parts of the U.S. truck drivers and fleets may want to avoid the most because of big traffic delays.

Diesel Prices Reverse Course, Down from Last Week

LONDON, ON and WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Diesel prices in both Canada and the U.S. retreated this week after turning higher and hitting some of their highest levels in many weeks.

CTA, New Jersey Reach Agreement on Tax, Truck Seizures

TORONTO, ON - The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) says it has reached an agreement for its members with officials in one U.S. state so trucks will no longer be seized for failure to pay a certain tax under a temporary amnesty program.

Research: CSA Ratings Improve Under Alternative Analysis

ARLINGTON, VA -- New research indicates truck fleet safety scores under the U.S. CSA program improve when non-preventable crashes are excluded from the equation.

Heading South? Deadly Routes ID’d, More $$ for Truck Parking

NEW YORK, NY and WICHITA, KS -- If you are going to be doing a little or a lot of trucking south of the border, there is bad news when it comes to traffic and your safety, while there is better news when it comes to finding places to rest your weary head.