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Cusson, Minn. Authorities are investigating the shooting of a truck driver by squirrel hunters. via Wcco.com

OAKLAND The Port of Oakland should require trucking companies to use cleaner vehicles to cut down on air pollution affecting port neighbors and drivers, according to a new report. via Cbs5.com

Leaders of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association expressed skepticism in response to the FMCSA’s announcement to establish a satellite tracking system as part of the cross-border trucking pilot program with Mexico. “In writing it sounds impressive, but closer scrutiny verifies it’s a cosmetic cover up for a poorly conceived program,” said OOIDA Executive Vice President Todd Spencer. In a press release, officials from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration claimed that the system will monitor whether drivers are complying with driving time limits. However, Spencer commented that the agency cannot even currently do this with U.S. drivers, not without checking paperwork or other records.

SSRS Is Gone. There will be no Single State Registration System (SSRS) program in 2007 or in future years. Instead, all interstate motor carriers – regulated, exempt, and private – as well as interstate brokers, freight forwarders, and leasing companies, are subject to fees under a new system, the Unified Carrier Registration Agreement, or UCRA, enacted by Congress and administered by states. States will shortly begin to require interstate carriers and others to register for the UCRA program and to pay the new fees imposed under this program. Who Is Subject to UCRA? Any motor carrier that operates in interstate or international commerce is subject to the UCRA fees. That includes many businesses that were not subject to SSRS, including private carriers, exempt carriers, regulated carriers that did not travel into SSRS states, brokers, freight forwarders, and leasing companies. Carriers based in Canada and Mexico and operating in the U.S. are also subject to UCRA.

Truckers can get their licence without ever sitting in tractor-trailer, says a veteran teacher who fears the roads may get more dangerous before Ontario moves to regulate the truck-driving instruction industry.

The cost of running a professional truck driver training program at Frederick Community College is prompting officials to shut it down.

This little item just came across my news feed followed by a notice from Melissa at FMCSA, and boys and girls, they done slipped one past us! FMCSA to Initiate Real-Time Tracking for Mexican and U.S. Trucks ...

RIOT police launched a crackdown last night on migrants in Cherbourg - which has become the front line in Britain's war on illegal immigration.

“Twenty-five drivers are sitting here in the office”

The entire Port of Oakland shipping operation shut down Tuesday as longshoremen walked out to mark the death of one of their comrades in an apparent container loading accident aboard a German freighter. via Inside Bay Area

Gas prices are high enough, and we all know the turnpike's going to cost you. But soon, I-80 will have tolls and that's not sitting well with some Pennsylvanians.

Cleaning up a port is a big task. That's why the Port of Oakland, in listening to appeals of community leaders and environmentalists, is preparing to put forward a package of measures to reduce emissions from ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has finally issued a response to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that threw out two key provisions in the American hours-of-service rules: Keep them -- at least ...

Transport Canada and its B.C. counterpart have identified improvements to Hwy. 97 in the Okanagan Valley as a major priority under the country's new long-term infrastructure plan.

The roads leading into and coming out of the Port of Oakland have turned into a parking lot.

“They'd be going across only one lane of traffic instead of two”

The state's decision to not make substantial changes to the area of M-40 where one of his sons and two of his grandchildren died from injuries suffered in a crash last January came as no surprise to Irv Boeve. via Grand Rapids Press

A truck driver in his late 20s was killed yesterday morning in a fiery collision near Cleardale, 644 km northwest of Edmonton. via Edmonton Sun

As transportation accidents continue to be the No. 1 cause of on-the-job deaths, last week's American Society of Safety Engineers' "Improving Fleet Safety" symposium identified ways to prevent injuries and ... via Heavy Duty Trucking

Larry Trexler, a professional truck driver for Contract Freighters Inc., has achieved the distinguished milestone of traveling 3 million miles.

Truckers who are required by law to take rest breaks say they often have a hard time finding public places to pull over.

Independent truck drivers plan to rally on the Capitol steps in Harrisburg Monday to try and prevent Interstate 80 from becoming a toll road.

The line-haul driver turnover rate among large for-hire truckload carriers - " fleets with at least $30 million in annual revenue - " experienced its first quarterly decrease in a year during the 2007 second ...

Lori Rand and her husband Mike Merriwether , both with college degrees plan, to start their new career soon as truck drivers Las Cruces,NM,USA - -21 Sept 2007: -- ... "We're going to be a team," she said.

There is already a two-year waiting list for a truck driving course offered by Sampson Community College and that list looks only to get longer, said school officials and students of the class, who tout the ...

“Once it went off the road, it burst into flames”

A truck driver survived a fiery accident early Wednesday morning on U.S. 64 in Nash County, and authorities said it could have been avoided. via Rocky Mount Telegram

“He thought women were beneath him”

The sign outside Jordan's Country Restaurant reads "Truckers Welcome," and Adam Leroy Lane treated the eatery in the shadow of Interstate 77 like home base. via The Baltimore Sun

“We implore the public to be alert and remember that the emergency lighting indicates an obstruction ahead. He cautioned against "rubber necking”

A tow truck driver was killed by another tow truck driver while standing next to his vehicle at an accident scene south of Johannesburg on Thursday, Netcare 911 said. via News24

Apilot program that allows over-the-road freight trucks from Mexico to travel deep into the United States may end after only a month if some in Congress have their way. via GreenvilleOnline.com

“What a recipe for disaster: A 50,000-pound truck hauling tombstones, he has methamphetamines in his system and he won't slow down for a turning car”

A truck driver was under the influence of drugs when he was involved in a fatal crash in May, a central Pennsylvania prosecutor said. via PhillyBurbs.com

RANDOLPH, Mass.- An Arizona woman is in custody after a tractor-trailer driver was stabbed repeatedly while driving his rig on a Massachusetts highway. via Telegram & Gazette

Dozens of parked purple, blue and orange semi trucks simmered in the desert heat at the Flying J Travel Plaza.

Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, which represents state and federal law enforcement officials, noted that a sudden change to the hours rules would lead to a patchwork of state requirements that would ...

IdleAire Technologies Corp., which provides Advanced Truck Stop Electrification services to the long-haul trucking industry, has filed for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Denis Prud'homme, President of the Saskatchewan Trucking Association , announced the appointment of Al Rosseker as executive director.

Found as 100% Screening and Other Cargo Insecurities : Those who operate ships recognize the dangers of shipping un-inspected cargo, though not as intensely as some prefer.

Bonded warehousing, inventory control and supply chain flow management; Receiving, storage, pick and pack, shipping and customer service; Product staging, fulfillment and transportation management; and ...

A 28-year-old dump-truck driver has been charged with criminal negligence causing the death of two Brampton sisters in a collision last week. via The Toronto Star

“We're reserving any argument on that for now”

Pennsylvania authorities have filed charges against a Clarendon truck driver who was allegedly under the influence of drugs when he drove over another vehicle in that state, killing a 57-year-old woman. via Rutland Herald

“We have some indication that's an area frequented by truck drivers and that people that wanted to visit the truck drivers would come and visit them”

Reported by Kontji Anthony Memphis Police nab suspect in truck driver murder Memphis Police made an arrest in Monday morning's suspicious death of a truck driver. via WMC TV

LOWELL, Mass. _ A North Carolina truck driver accused of breaking into a Chelmsford home and attempting to rape a teenage girl has been ordered held without bail. via Newsday.com

"It's a travel center," Dave Wheeler explained, referring to the near-complete American Auto Stop at the intersection of Route 184 and Clarks Falls Road That's the site of the former truck stop known as Tinaco ...

Reported by: Shannon Kettler New signs are being installed in Northern Kentucky that post your speed on I-75 to try and get you to slow down.

Truckers, drivers, and owners of commercial vehicles will need to complete certain safety inspections of their vehicles every 24 hours if the vehicle is on the road Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada - -September 14, ...

Massachusetts plans to revive an old-fashioned solution to the problem of truckers who ignore low clearance signs -- chains of cowbells. via The Post Chronicle

Today local truckers rolled through Boise for a special cause. Over 80 trucks came together to help the athletes of Special Olympics.

“The letter 'P' following the guide number in the yellow-bordered and blue-bordered pages identifies those materials which present a polymerization hazard under certain conditions.”

This edition of Hazardous Materials Survival Tips provides suggested responses to questions that appeared in the previous Survival Tip dealing with a scenario involving liquid leaking from the back doors of a ... via Fire Engineering

“It was amazing -- he missed the guardrail by a foot or two”

Posted by The Times of Trenton September 14, 2007 6:12PM Categories: Accident HAMILTON -- The truck driver killed in an accident on Interstate 195 Friday morning has been identified by state police as a Perth ... via Jersey Journal

TRAC Inc., a trucking company located on Indianhead Drive in Menomonie, appears to have abruptly closed up shop last week, leaving some drivers without their paychecks and others stranded around the Midwest ...

The Canadian supply chain has taken a huge step closer to the Asian market thanks in a big part to the opening of the new huge Port of Prince Rupert container terminal.

Both the House and Senate have passed by overwhelming margins legislation that would kill a Transportation Department trial granting access to up to 100 Mexican trucking companies.

U.S. truckers aren't the only ones upset with a cross-border pilot program allowing long-haul Mexican tractor-trailers into the United States.

By Dec. 15, 2007, workers who access Canadian seaports will be required to undergo new security clearances and background checks, Transport Canada announced.

Operation Corridor province-wide initiative a success ORILLIA, ON, Sept. 14 /CNW/ - The Ontario Provincial Police stopped 1,200 vehicles and laid 385 charges in the 24-hour province-wide initiative targetting ...

“A lot of times when I pull over an aggressive driver, they are often cheating on their work hours”

They're responsible for fewer than half the fatal accidents on Ontario highways, but when they do crash, the results are frequently deadly. via The Toronto Star

“On average, an APU runs about 2,500 hours per year to save fuel and reduce idling time on a truck's propulsion engine”

Cummins Inc. has doubled the oil change interval from 500 hours to 1,000 hours for its ComfortGuard Auxiliary Power Unit , which will improve uptime for truck and fleet owners while cutting maintenance costs in ... via Heavy Duty Trucking

“They're tired of the administration's efforts to force the pilot program on the American people. Our nation's safety and security should never be put at risk.”

Just a few days after officially getting underway, the on-again, off-again Mexican truck program could be off yet again. via Today's Trucking

A U.S. Senate decision to block funding for a test program to let Mexico's long-haul trucks operate in the United States uses outdated safety fears to mask protectionism, Mexican truckers and the U.S. ... via Reuters

“As the driver of this 80,000-pound semitruck, he had a duty to make sure his brakes were in good working order”

A Missouri truck driver has been found not guilty of misdemeanor motor vehicle homicide charges. via Columbus Telegram

Today the US Senate voted to cut off funding for the Mexican Truck Pilot Program. Sign On San Diego reports the Dorgan-Specter Amendment passed with a vote of 75 - 23 to bar the Department of Transportation from using tax dollars to fund the program. However, although the measure has made it into the final spending bill, President Bush has already stated he will veto the bill. Therefore, the possibility the program will survive is still up in the air.

The Sapulpa Police Department recently began ticketing semi trucks and trailers that were parked on Hobson Street, and there have been mixed feelings on the issue.

By COULTER JONES Staff Writer Scattered across Crestwood High School's auditorium Tuesday night, 30 people shot their arms into the air, casting support for state and federal legislators to find a way any way ...

Canada's Over the Road Magazine is holding a silent auction this month to support Trucker Buddy International, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping educate and mentor the nation's schoolchildren made ...

Last week the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the Bush administration in their attempt to begin a pilot program allowing Mexican trucks to operate in the United States. via Madison.com

A Tennessee truck driver is facing careless driving charges after a crash on the Northside. via WOKV-AM Jacksonville

“It could have been a real ugly crash”

State police Trooper David Mata probably never saw the truck barreling down on him from behind as he made a routine traffic stop. via Grand Rapids Press

“Clearly more needs to be done. Companies that fail to observe safe-operating conditions need to know that we will be out in force to get them off the road.”

After Friday's crash of an 18-wheeler at the base of Avon Mountain - the exact site of a deadly 20-vehicle accident two years ago - state and local inspectors spent the day pulling trucks over looking for ... via CT Central

“Truckers were blind-sided by the changes”

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has formally weighed in on the Hours of Service ruling, filing a petition requesting the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to reconsider its ... via Trucker

“It's really hard to take that time away from the family to spend in doctor's offices, so they put it off.”

Herald Democrat The tractor trailers traveling the country's highways are hard to miss. via The Herald Democrat

Bond has been set at $15,000 for a Rifle, Colo., man accused of running down a truck driver on Interstate 70 with his pickup. via KMGH-TV Denver

“Beginning of the year, when the tax increase took place on the cigarettes we have 11 to 12 trucks stolen or broken into in many markets”

San Antonio Police are on the hunt for two men who stole an 18-wheeler from a South Side grocery supply business at gunpoint this morning. via San Antonio Express-News

“It costs time and money to fight 'em”

MILWAUKEE, Sept. 4 A Milwaukee truck driver has been fighting a long and expensive battle with the city over parking tickets. via Earth Times

“I don't haul a lot out of Mexico to the U.S., or the U.S. back to Mexico. I don't know how it's going to hurt or help me”

For the past 25 years, truck drivers crossing the border from Mexico have only been able to travel no more than 25 miles into the United States. via KGET-TV Bakersfield

“The final determination is the (pickup's) driver was at fault”

Story updated at 10:59 PM on Thursday, September 6, 2007 Collision investigators have cleared a logging truck driver of causing a wreck on Lexington Road in July that killed an elderly Oglethorpe County man, an ... via Athens Banner-Herald

“It would have been difficult if not impossible to not realize you'd hit something”

A judge set bond at $15,000 for a Rifle man accused in the hit-and-run death of a semi-truck driver. via Glenwood Post Independent

Citing the potential for "serious disruption to trucking operations," the American Trucking Associations submitted a motion yesterday asking the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ...

There were no protesters waving American flags or holding up signs at border crossings in Brownsville on the first full day of the heated cross border-trucking initiative.

The final roadblock for a controversial program to allow Mexican trucks to operate beyond a 25-mile strip north of the U.S.-Mexico border was a set of concerns raised by the Department of Transportation's own ...

A truck driver from Mississippi is dead after crashing his rig on U.S. Highway 259 in southeastern Oklahoma. via KTUL

Truckers, Reps urge Senate to stop pilot program Thursday, Sept. 6, 2007 The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association will stand alongside members of the U.S. House of Representatives today to ask the ... via Land Line Magazine

The Los Angeles Times reports defense contractor KBR ordered its truck drivers to speed through an Iraq combat zone in 2004 to deliver jet fuel. via KWTX

Inspector Jerry Ramirez inspected a truck from Mexico on Friday in a special demonstration of how trucks from Mexico will be inspected before being allowed into the interior of the United States.

For nearly six years after he got out of prison in 2000, 40-year-old Ernie Johnson kept coming up empty whenever he applied for a job.

The U.S. Department of Transportation plans to open the U.S. border with Mexico, allowing Mexican truck drivers to freely come and go into the country, including hundreds of miles of interstate across North ...

Truckers Protest Trial Plan to Permit Mexican Trucks on Roads Across U.S. Robin Hvidston, right, and Raymond Herrera, center, protest as a truck entering the U.S. from Mexico leaves the California Highway Patrol Otay Mesa Inspection Station Thursday, Sept. 6, 2007, in San Diego. Dozens of protestors waved signs and U.S. flags at the border crossing Thursday to protest a program that will allow up to 100 Mexican trucking companies to freely haul their cargo anywhere in the United States. (Denis Poroy/ AP Photo )

The court said the petition failed to meet legal hurdles. The Dept of Transportation pilot program will begin today, enabling Mexican long-haul trucking companies that have met the DOT's safety, licensing and ...

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A group of western grain shippers are accusing Canadian National Rail of delaying shipments and refusing to comply with Canadian Transportation Agency rules.

The Laurentian Pilotage Authority has approved changes to winter night pilotage regulations for Oceanex on the St.

The finishing touches are being made on the new U.S. Unified Carrier Registration , which will replace the old Single State Registration System for carriers and brokers.

Dozens of truckers waved signs and American flags at a border crossing Thursday to protest a pilot program that will allow up to 100 Mexican trucking companies to freely haul their cargo anywhere in the United ...

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Published: August 30. 2007 12:30AM - Last updated: August 30. 2007 12:44PM The semi truck driver who struck and injured a trooper along Interstate Highway 94 in June has been charged for the incident. via St. Cloud Times