Trucks and Trailers
Heavy produce shipments combined with unloading delays at retail distribution centers were factors in higher truck rates in mid-March.
While truck availability was considered adequate for most areas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s truck rate report showed moderately higher rates on June 18 for most produce shipping districts.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will take comments until Sept. 27 on a new effort to create a clearer definition of “agricultural commodities” in its hours-of-service regulations.
The Missouri Department of Transportation says private and for-hire motor carriers will be able to haul corn, soybeans and other grains at heavier than normal weights.
A shortage of trucks was reported in Midwest shipping regions in on July 24, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s truck rate report noted mostly stable rates for other regions.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has extended the comment period for a possible pilot program that would allow drivers under age 21 to operate trucks over interstate highways.
The latest truck rate report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows generally adequate supplies to meet demand.
Adequate to surplus truck availability for fresh produce shipping districts was reported in early November.
With the advent of the electronic logging device mandate, time is replacing mileage as an indicator of truck rate values, according to a new report.
The COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on freight volumes in April, according to transportation analysis firm DAT.
USDA data reports rising truck rates to New York from various produce shipping districts.
To say there is pushback against the idea of creating another pilot program to allow drivers under 21 to operate commercial trucks is putting it mildly.
A broad coalition of fruit and vegetable industry groups have petitioned the FMCSA to modify the Hours of Service and Electronic Logging Device rules for perishable fruit and vegetable commodities.
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The Big Idaho Potato Truck has finished another season on the road, traveling more than 40,000 miles and participating in almost 70 events in 2018.
A slight surplus of trucks was noted in late March in central and south Florida and the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas.
I was talking with a Wisconsin potato shipper the other day and he mentioned that he (and others, of course) can’t wait for the day of self-driving, autonomous trucks.
Electronic logging devices that have been certified by their makers to meet minimum requirements are now listed on the website of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
Truck rates increased for Florida produce growing districts for the week ending April 16, though most U.S. shipping districts reported an adequate supply of trucks.
Truck rates are running well below a year ago and most U.S. fresh produce shipping districts had adequate to surplus truck availability in late May.
Truck rates have sagged a bit as truckload capacity continues to build in the first weeks of 2019, according to a report from DAT Solutions.
Truck rates moved strongly higher in south Texas and Arizona in early June, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports.
With the Trump administration shifting some federal employees away from the border to deal with increased illegal immigration, commercial shipments of produce from Mexico are taking longer to cross into the U.S.
A slight surplus of trucks was reported in several U.S. shipping districts, but truck rates increased in California in early April.
The final compliance deadline for mandated electronic logging devices in U.S. trucks will arrive Dec. 17.
WESTCHESTER, NY — FreshDirect trucks, seemingly ubiquitous in New York City, are popping up more and more in surrounding suburbs.