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An Electronic Logging Device (ELD) manufacturer that enticed truckers to buy with the promise of no monthly fees is closing down its operation. ZED Connect announced on their companys website that they are phasing out their Cummins-backed ZED ELD product. ZED Connect touted their product as the Zero Monthly Fee ELD.

The law, which entered the state legislature in February 2018, will automatically allow farmers and truck drivers to apply for a free permit from the Department of Transportation to carry up to 10 percent more than the gross vehicle weight on a state route.

(Bloomberg) -- More grain volatility is on the way as a lack of U.S. federal data sends the market hunting for crop information to trade on. Thats according to Steve Georgy, the president of agriculture broker and advisor Allendale Inc. A partial government shutdown means most key reports -- including figures on export sales -- released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture have been halted. Given the thin holiday trading, last week the dearth of information sent investors to the sideline

The labor market has continued getting tighter for many industries across the U.S. in the last few years. At the end of 2017, there was a shortage of 51,000 truck drivers. That number is expected to increase by the end of 2018.

When Zipline Logistics asked employees from 150 trucking companies around the country this fall what companies they refuse to work with, one type of retailer kept getting mentioned above the others: grocery stores.

In response to Mason Cooper’s letter suggesting increased rail usage to decrease truck traffic on I-81, I suggest that he read the 2010 Feasibility Plan for Maximum Truck to Rail Diversion in Virginia. He can find it on the Internet.

A group calling itself Black Smoke Matters is trying to organize a shutdown of truckers on April 12, 2019, to protest a variety of conditions affecting drivers, including hours of service and training levels.

A veteran trucker who had to retire because of illness received an amazing Christmas surprise from his son and his former trucking company. In a moving Facebook post shared on December 23, Jim Shrock shared the story of how a group of truckers came together to honor his father John Shrock, who is near to the end of his fight with cancer.

Foremost Transport-leased owner-operator Rudy Yakym Jr., toting RVs west from his Northern Indiana home base and hauling a variety of vehicles back on a dovetail step deck, ran into a problem last year following the turn to electronic logging devices.

U.S. companies are so inundated with inventory that some are renting truck trailers to use for storage space, parking them on warehouse lots or behind storefronts to hold goods until a surge in imports is cleared from crowded distribution hubs.

CEDAR RAPIDS Federal prosecutors say thousands of businesses and individuals across the country potentially fell victim to a large-scale scheme in which soybeans and corn were falsely sold nationwide as organic. According to documents filed over the past week by the U.S. Attorneys Office in Cedar Rapids, Missouri businessman Randy Constant and three associates defrauded potentially tens of thousands of victims when the victims purchased a product

Backups and congestion on land and along the nations waterfronts due to a lack of customs clearance personnel could be where carriers and shippers see the most immediate effect of a long-term federal government shutdown.

Throughout the past year, Bulk Logistics Trends and Bulk Transporter ran regular updates on increasingly tight capacity in the tank truck industry and trucking as a whole. Some of the latest reports indicated that capacity was maxed out. Carriers reported that they were turning down some loads.

The Seattle-based company said today that more than 1 billion items were shipped for free over the holidays by U.S. customers using its Prime service. That was part of what the company called a record-breaking holiday season across its worldwide system. The secretive Amazon did not disclose global volume figures, and did not define the term items in the context of its statement.

Queens, New York-based trucker Aziz Akhrorov was sentenced to time served, a $1,000 fine and a $100 special court assessment after pleading guilty to conspiring to unlawfully produce CDLs.

Facing competition from hi-tech startups, two of the world's biggest trading houses are seeking U.S. approval to create a joint digital network designed to let farmers manage their data online.

Bryan Jones is a third-generation St. Johns County farmer who says his mission is to use agriculture as a tool to give back to his community. I feel called to give back in thanks for the blessings I have had, the 35-year-old husband and father explained recently, discussing his life against a background of farm equipment on the family-owned Riverdale Potato Farm Inc.

Though trucking was in his blood, Dance pursued another passion. He wore a badge for about seven years as an officer for several local law enforcement agencies.

Spurred on by the disruption of first movers like Tesla, the electric vehicle revolution is spreading at an extremely rapid pace. With the arrival of vehicles like the Tesla Semi, the EV movement is set to spread to even larger markets. Amidst the Semis impending disruption, industry veterans are beginning to get excited about the all-electric long-haulers arrival.

Low prices and a surplus of wheat have moved farmers away from the Kansas staple for the past two years.

On Saturday December 22, in Bonnyville, Alberta, about two hundred trucks met at the Co-op Cardlock and drove through town to the Bonnyville and District Centennial Centre to send a message to Justin Trudeau they want Bill C-69 and other pipeline killing regulations repealed so they can get back to work.

So, one option for drivers has been to use an Automated On-Board Recording Device (AOBRD) like the one from GeoSpace Labs, which provides modern technological features without the restrictions and reporting requirements of the full blown ELD.

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The Tesla Semi, the automaker's heavy-duty electric truck that was unveiled a year ago, is expected to go into production in 2019 and has secured orders from a number of major companies, such as Pepsi, Walmart, and Albertsons.

After years of arguing over California's right to regulate meal and rest breaks (MRB) for truck drivers, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ruled the state can't dictate the work rules for truck drivers.

Thousands of presents could be stuck at depots this Christmas after truck drivers from a major freight company were told their employer had gone into liquidation. Drivers from Redstar Transport have been told to return their hauls to the nearest facility, and interstate workers have been told to return home. The Transport Workers Union is pushing the federal government to offer some compensation for the workers who will not receive their pay this Christmas.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinas agriculture ministry said on Friday that the government of Baojing County in the southern province of Hunan has lifted swine fever restrictions. Baojing, in the western part of the province, reported Chinas 50th case of the deadly disease in November. The outbreak killed four pigs, prompting a ban on the transportation of live hogs and pork products to and from the affected area. After the completion of a culling program in the affected area and six w

Livestock and insect haulers are currently exempt from the Electronic Logging Device (ELD) mandate. Livestock haulers have been given one exemption after another, but now the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has announced that they are exempt from ELD requirements until further notice.

The 2019 outlook is generally rosy for motor carriers that haul machinery. That was what The Machinery Haulers Association, a small but growing group of specialized open-deck carriers, heard when they met in early December in Rock Island, Illinois, for the associations winter meeting.

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A Missouri farmer and businessman ripped off consumers nationwide by falsely marketing more than $140 million worth of corn, soybeans and wheat as certified organic grains, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

SUPERIOR, Wis. Originally anticipated to burn for days, a historic grain elevator that caught fire Monday was cleared by firefighters by 9 a.m. Tuesday. I think because it had been deconstructed to the stage it was at, it actually went down a little more quickly than we anticipated, Superior Fire Chief Steve Panger said. The remains of the Globe Elevators at 2 Banks Ave. burn after catching fire Monday afternoon in Superior. The structure was built of old-growth timber which contains no added ch

Last week the U.S. Department of Justice filed suit against one of the nations largest trucking companies for allegedly duping the Department of Defense out of millions of dollars for years. On Friday, December 14, the U.S. government filed suit in the U.S. District Court in Buffalo, New York, against YRC Freight Inc., Roadway Express Inc., and Yellow Transportation Inc., all owned by YRC Worldwide, after officials say that they were systematically overcharged. The lawsuit alleges that YRC knowi

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ST. LOUIS Add grain elevator operators to those in the world of agriculture facing uncertainty. Storage issues are among many factors affecting the industry.

In November, according to transportation data provider FTR, orders for new Class-8 trucks the heavy trucks that haul the products of the goods-based economy across the US plunged nearly 50% from July and August, 35% from October, and 15% from November 2017, to 27,500 orders, the lowest all year.

The Department of Justice said on Dec. 14 that it is suing subsidaries of YRC Worldwide for allegedly overcharging the Department of Defense.