According to preliminary data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, traffic fatalities in 2019 declined in all categories, with 36,120 people dying on the roadways, down 1.2% from 2018. However, the agency reported that crashes involving at least one large truck increased 1%. However, the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), which collects this data, includes large pickups in this category, so it’s unclear at this point whether tractor-trailer related fatalities...
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Drayage truckers ramp up chassis-rate dispute with ocean carriers
U.S. trucking companies claiming that foreign ocean carriers have been manipulating the intermodal chassis-leasing market at the truck carriers’ expense are ready to take their dispute to federal regulators.
In a May 4 letter to the Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association (OCEMA), whose members represent 80% of the U.S. container market, the Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference (IMCC) warned that they will be filing a formal complaint with the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) unless...
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