Matt Cole (CCJ)Matt Cole is the News Editor for CCJ and Overdrive. Reach him at mattcole@randallreilly.com.BusinessWhen fleets are hit with huge post-crash settlements, who pays?Who pays when trucking companies are confronted and ordered to pay multi-million-dollar settlements with post-crash litigation? Details here on CCJ.March 13, 2020BusinessMega settlements in truck crash lawsuits ‘strangling the industry’ as calls for reforms mountWith a growing trend of large court-ordered settlements, or "nuclear verdicts" in truck crash lawsuits, the industry is in dire need of reform. Details here.March 12, 2020BusinessDaily dispatch, March 6: Hours of service regs suspended in Tennessee following severe stormsFMCSA is suspending hours of service regulations for carriers providing direct assistance to areas affected by severe storms in Tennessee. Motion Picture Compliance Solutions requests that its member companies be allowed to conduct a limited query of the clearinghouse instead of a full query when hiring drivers.March 6, 2020BusinessCoronavirus impact looms over freight demand, but optimism remains for a reboundAs the coronavirus continues to impact shipping, trucking industry experts remain optimistic any lost freight volume can be made up from April to December.February 25, 2020BusinessCoronavirus lockdown likely to crimp truck freight as global supply chain faces ‘severe disruptions’Due to the Coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China, experts say the US will experience softer freight volumes than normal during the first quarter. Details on CCJ.February 5, 2020BusinessXPO holding onto LTL business while looking to sell, spin-off four other business unitsAn XPO spokesperson says the company could end up selling or spinning off one, two, three, four or none of its European Supply Chain, European Transportation, North American Transportation, and Supply Chain–North America and Asia Pacific business units.January 28, 2020BusinessTenn. Supreme Court to hear fleet’s case against Navistar over MaxxForce enginesIn August 2019, an appellate court tossed a decision that required Navistar to pay Milan $30.8 million in damages to the fleet. Milan appealed the appellate court’s decision to the state’s highest court, which announced Jan. 16 it would hear the case.January 22, 2020BusinessDiesel prices remain tame despite rising Mid East tensionThe recent spat between the United States and Iran is not expected to impact retail diesel fuel prices in the U.S.January 22, 2020BusinessFMCSA looking to update 20-year-old crash causation studyWith changes in technology, vehicle safety, driver behavior and roadway design since the original study was conducted in 2001-2003, FMCSA is looking to revise its methods for gathering data on crash causation.January 16, 2020BusinessFTC accuses FleetCor, parent company of Comdata, of fleecing customers out of hundreds of millionsThe FTC has accused FleetCor of cheating its fuel card customers out of their money through hidden fees and false promises. Learn more about it on CCJ.January 13, 2020Previous PagePage 2 of 100Next PageTop StoriesRecruiting & retentionFemale trucker surveys divide proponents on pay and cab designIndustry leaders agree on safety and respect as top issues among surveyed female truck drivers but disagree on pay and cab design.Mergers & AcquisitionsPilot Company names new executives as part of Berkshire Hathaway ownershipTechnologyHow technology is working to prevent your yard from becoming a trucking graveyardSafetyYou don't know what you don't knowSponsor ContentMake an impact today
