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Jun 6, 2013

* USA - Is your trucking company underinsured?

* DC - 42 percent paid by trucking cos are above the minimum insurance requirement

Washington,DC,USA -CCJ Blog, by Jeff Crissey -June 5, 2013: -- A recent study by the Alliance for Driver Safety and Security showed that 42 percent of dollar settlements paid by trucking companies to injured motorists are above the minimum insurance requirement of $750,000. The study, which tracked 8,692 settlements from 2005 to 2011, also showed carriers insured to $1 million faced liability exposure of 37.5 percent, while carriers with $4 million of insurance coverage only had exposures of 17.7 percent... Under Congressional mandate, the Department of Transportation is reviewing the federal government’s $750,000 minimum insurance requirement, a figure that hasn’t been changed in more than 30 years. While the carriers that are part of the ADSS coalition certainly maintain higher insurance levels than the minimum requirement, many smaller trucking companies surely are operating at or near the minimum...


* Michigan - Con-way Truckload purchases 525 new tractors

(Photo: A Navistar's Pro Star truck)
Ann Arbor,MICH,USA -Fleet Owner -5 Jun 2013: -- Con-way Truckload will purchase 525 new tractors after surveying 200 drivers for their feedback. Based on the driver input, the carrier will purchase 325 Kenworth T680s and 200 Navistar ProStars... Con-way Truckload has 2,700 tractors in its fleet. All of the new vehicles will be on the road by the end of the year, the company said... According to Con-way, manufacturers were invited to stage trucks at the company’s five terminals for evaluation by drivers. The design, interior, comfort, headroom and increased width of the T680 all resonated with the majority of drivers, Con-way said... The ProStar also received positive feedback from drivers on the cab comfort and interior of the fleet’s existing 2013 models...


 * Maryland - Roadcheck used to highlight HOS reform, cargo securement rules

(Photo: Roadcheck 2013 at FedEx Field, Landover MD) 
Landover,MD,USA -Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr -Jun. 5, 2013: -- The annual 72-hour “Roadcheck” inspection blitz in action this week – involving over 10,000 federal, state, provincial and local inspectors working at 1,500 locations across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico – is also being used to remind truck drivers of impending changes to hours of service [HOS] regulations occurring July 1 as well as to heighten awareness concerning cargo securement rules... Anne Ferro, administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) noted that, The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) is helping issue some 75,000 three-by-five information cards detailing the upcoming changes to HOS rules to as many commercial vehicle operators as possible during the June 4-6 Roadcheck event...


* Virginia - New trucking rules could boost intermodal segment

Norfolk,VA,USA -The Motley Fool -June 5, 2013: -- New regulations that cap work hours and mandate rest breaks for commercial truck drivers go into effect July 1. called hours-of-service or HOS rules, they’re expected to aggravate problems stemming from a driver shortage that has already hampered the trucking industry. One potential outcome is increased movement by shippers from truck to intermodal transport. A handful of companies stand to reap significant benefits if that takes place... Among other provisions, the new rules require drivers to take 30-minute rest breaks every eight hours and work no more than 70 hours every seven days (the previous limit was 82). Implemented by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, they’re designed to cut accidents associated with fatigue. Opponents call them onerous and predict they will instead cut industry productivity by 2%-5%... They also feel that in combination with the 200,000 openings for long-haul drivers now unfilled nationwide, so-called truckload or TL carriers will become less attractive to shippers. Beneficiaries will be increasingly aggressive competitors in the intermodal segment, which hauls freight largely by rail and uses short-haul trucks to deliver it to and pick it up from local terminals...


* Newfoundland and Labrador / Canada - More wheels, more money for truckers. Changes mean fewer runs, lower costs 


St. John's,Newfoundland/Labrador,CAN -CBC News -Jun 5, 2013: -- The provincial government recently approved new trucking regulations, and people in the lumber industry are excited about the changes... The quad axle — a fourth set of tires on a trailer — has been allowed on roads in other parts of Canada, and is now permitted in Newfoundland and Labrador... Kevin Sexton, with Sexton Lumber in Bloomfield, says the new rule means their trucks will be able to handle five to six extra tonnes per load, trimming the company's costs by approximately $1 million a year... Service NL said the changes are so new they haven't approved any permits yet, so it will be some time before the new trailers will be on the road...

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