Heavy truck sales sink in U.S., Canada

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17 Jan by Vitaliy Dadalyan

FMCSA initiates drug and alcohol survey

The U.S. Dept. of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has begun notifying selected truck and bus companies that they will be required to submit their 2016 USDOT drug and alcohol testing program results within 60 days.

The Annual Drug and Alcohol Information Survey results are used to determine the random testing rates for the following year.

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Online truck trainers CarriersEdge: “hablamos espanol!”

MARKHAM, ON--CarriersEdge, providers of online safety and compliance training tools for the North American transportation industry,has announced the first of a series of training courses that have been translated to help meet the needs of Spanish speaking drivers. An increasing number of trucking companies are employing drivers whose first language is Spanish,” said Jane Jazrawy, CEO of CarriersEdge. “Providing Spanish language online driver training courses to the transportation industry will enable those drivers to be trained more effectively to operate safely, and can allow fleets to attract drivers that are more comfortable learning the material in Spanish.” ...Read the rest of this story
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FTR's Starks: “Imagine what the next 12 months will bring.”

BLOOMINGTON, IN -- American transportation consultants FTR reports that its Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) for November, at 4.58, changed little from the previous month's adjusted reading of 4.38. The current TCI level is consistent with FTR's forecasts of steadily-improving trucking conditions heading into 2017. An expectation for stronger demand, along with the mandate for Electronic Logging Devices (ELD), should tighten capacity through 2017, with the Trucking Conditions Index possibly hitting positive double digits by the end of the year. ...Read the rest of this story