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Sep 26, 2012

TRUCKING INDUSTRY * USA & Canada

* Kansas / USA - FMCSA orders Kansas-based carrier to shut down over HOS

(Photo: HP Distribution LLC (Kansas City, KS) Volvo Reefer stuck in construction traffic on US30) 
Kansas,KS,USA -Land Line, by Charlie Morasch -17 Sept 2012: -- The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ordered a Kansas-based motor carrier to “immediately cease all transportation services” for serious safety violations... Saying HP Distribution LLC “posed an imminent hazard to public safety,” FMCSA also stated in a news release that the company’s drivers had extensive hours-of-service violations... The out-of-service order said the company had repeatedly violated hours-of-service laws, and permitted its drivers to falsify logbooks to hide the violations. The agency’s compliance measurement program, CSA, did not report compliance rankings for HP Distribution showing the in “alert” status, which is the trigger for compliance intervention by the agency through CSA...


* New York / USA - Bronx to truckers: Stay out or face steep fines 

(Photo: A New York City police officer examines a commercial vehicle at a checkpoint on 59th Street and Park Avenue in Manhattan, New York) NY,USA -Land Line, by Clarissa Kell-Holland -17 Sept 2012: -- Stay out or be fined. That’s the message the Bronx Community Board 10 has for commercial vehicles that park along their city streets... Kenneth Kearns, district manager for Community Board 10, told Land Line recently the truck parking problem is becoming a “quality of life issue” for the approximately 115,000 residents in his district... At the nexus of three major highway systems, Interstate 95, Interstate 87 and Interstate 278, truck parking in the Bronx is scarce. In fact, there are no truck stops between New Jersey and Connecticut, which Kearns admits is a Catch-22 for truckers who need to take federally mandated breaks... The community board has increased the maximum fines to $515 in an effort to keep trucks from parking along its streets...


* Ontario / Canada - New border rule is eManifest destiny 

Ottawa,ONT,CAN -Land Line, by David Tanner -18 Sept 2012: -- U.S. truckers that haul low-risk cargo into Canada should get acquainted with a new rule that takes effect Nov. 1. Failure to register and submit the correct information electronically at least one hour in advance of arriving at the border could lead to being denied entry... The correct information, or eManifest, is electronic data that includes the shipper and consignee address, delivery name and address, cargo description and packaging type, gross weight and customs information... CBSA eManifest manager, James Spina said, the goal of the eManifest, which has been in development since the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on Sept. 11, 2001, is to strengthen border security while speeding up wait times for trucks hauling low-risk cargo...


* DC / USA - FMCSA to phase in changes to ‘vehicle registrant only’ designation

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Grain Valley,MO,USA -Land Line, by Jami Jones -19 Sept 2012: -- Owner-operators who previously had to register with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration as a “vehicle registrant only” will need to stay tuned for changes coming to that requirement... Typically, according to OOIDA Business Services Assistant Manager, Kip Hough, these “vehicle registrant only” designations were obtained by owner-operators who maintained their own plates on their equipment. The number was required for vehicle licensing. The designation was not full DOT authority registration that allowed owner-operators to run under their own authority... The agency will be sending letters to the “vehicle registrant only” designated operations in the coming weeks explaining their options. Also, before obtaining or renewing license plates, it would be advisable to check with the state DMV and see what, if anything new, is required to obtain your plates, Hough advised...


* DC / USA - Small businesses just as concerned about freight efficiency as the big boys 

Washington.,DC,USA -Land Line, by David Tanner -20 Sept 2012: -- OOIDA is encouraging small-business truckers to participate in a U.S. DOT-sponsored discussion about freight efficiency, to make sure the agency takes detention time, truck parking, truck size and weight and other issues into account once the new highway bill takes effect... The U.S. Department of Transportation is conducting the National Dialogue on MAP-21 Transportation Performance Measures online as part of the new highway law known as Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century...   The DOT is seeking input tied to three main areas, according to the website: the condition and performance of the freight system; state freight planning; and “elements of a national freight strategic plan” ... Bowley, who recently attended a stakeholder meeting on the DOT’s national freight policy, said small-business truckers are just as concerned about efficiency as large carriers and shippers... He says, the big boys will be at the table pushing for longer-heavier trucks, speed-limiters, electronic on-board recorders, so it’s important that small businesses reach out...


* Michigan / USA - One step closer to indemnity protection 

Lansing,MICH,USA -Land Line, by Keith Goble -20 Sept 2012: -- An attempt to improve fairness for truck drivers doing business in Michigan is one step closer to becoming law. If signed into law, the Great Lakes State would become the 36th state to adopt the protection from certain unfair clauses in motor carrier contracts... The clauses are set up to protect shippers or hold them harmless from anything that happens with a shipment... The protection would not apply to intermodal chassis, containers, or other intermodal equipment...

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