AMTA assisting province with modernization of TRAVIS system

Why an unbiased approach matters

In the trucking industry, like most other industries, bias and conflicts of interest sometimes contribute to a disparity between performance claims and real world experiences.

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HDT Announces Top 50 Green Fleets of 2016

Heavy Duty Trucking magazine has announced its Top 50 Green Fleets for 2016, all of which aretrucking companies that are leading the industry in the adoption of green, sustainable practices, policies, and technologies.

The Top 50 Green Fleets are chosen by HDT's editors. Candidates for the award are nominated online or found through gathering publicly available information, such as websites, case studies, and news reports.

The Top 50 Green Fleets consist of companies of all types and sizes. Among the awardees are government fleets, private fleets, for-hire fleets, and truckload, less-than-truckload, vocational and delivery fleets. Some fleets have fewer than 50 trucks, others have more than 5,000, but all fleets have made a commitment to green, sustainable operations.

Here are the Top 50 Green Fleets for 2016, presented in alphabetical order:

A. Duie Pyle West Chester, Penn.

Altom Transport Hammond, Ind.

AmeriPride Services Minnetonka, Minn.

B&B Trucking Kalamazoo, Mich.

Carbon Express Wharton, N.J.

Cargo Transporters Claremont, N.C.

City of Columbus Columbus, Ohio

City of Long Beach Long Beach, Calif.

Cooper Freight Memphis, Tenn.

Dillon Transport Burr Ridge, Ill.

FCA Transport Detroit, Mich.

FedEx Memphis, Tenn.

Frito-Lay Plano, Texas

Garner Trucking Findlay, Ohio

Groupe Robert Rougemont, Quebec

Hawaii Electric Light Hilo, Hawaii

Halvor Lines Superior, Wis.

Hazmat Environmental Group Lackawanna, N.Y.

H.O. Wolding Amherst, Wis.

Interstate Distributor Co. Tacoma, Wash.

JNJ Express Memphis, Tenn.

Knight Transportation Phoenix, Ariz.

Kuperus Trucking Jenison, Mich.

Kwik Trip La Crosse, Wis.

M&M Cartage Louisville, Ky.

Matheson Trucking Sacramento, Calif.

Meijer Logistics Lansing, Mich.

Melton Truck Lines Tulsa, Okla.

Navajo Express Denver, Colo.

Nussbaum Transportation Hudson, Ill.

NFI Cherry Hill, N.J.

City of New York Manhattan, N.Y.

Ozinga Chicago, Ill.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. San Ramon, Calif.

Ploger Transportation Norwalk, Ohio

Quest Global Kennesaw, Ga.

RRR Transportation Calhoun, Ga.

Republic Services Phoenix, Ariz.

REV Hoopes Trucking Ulysses, Penn.

Saddle Creek Logistics Services Lakeland, Fla.

Schneider Green Bay, Wis.

Sharp Transport Ethridge, Tenn.

Sheehy Mail Contractors Waterloo, Wis.

Swift Transportation Phoenix, Ariz.

System Freight Inc. Jamesburg, N.J.

UPS Atlanta, Ga.

Ursa Logistics Pewaukee, Wis.

U.S. Xpress Enterprises Chattanooga, Tenn.

Waste Management Houston, Texas

Western Flyer Express Oklahoma City, Okla.

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Brake Safety Week Inspections Put 13.2% of Vehicles Out of Service

The results from the 2016 Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's Brake Safety Week have revealed a slight increase in out-of-service violations compared to last year's inspection period.

For 2016, enforcement members of CVSA conducted 18,385 commercial vehicle and brake-system inspections during the week resulting in brake-related out-of-service violations in 13.2% of vehicles. Local, state, provincial, territorial, and federal inspectors throughout the U.S. and Canada conducted inspections to identify out-of-adjustment brakes and brake-system violations.

Roadside inspections included examining brake-system components to identify loose or missing parts, air or hydraulic fluid leaks, cracked, damaged or worn linings, pads, drums or rotors, and other faulty brake-system components.

This year, inspectors also checked anti-lock braking system indicator lamps for compliance with jurisdictional regulations. Partcipatng jurisdicitons collected data for an ABS survey looking at the prevalence of ABS systems and related violations on trucks and trailers.

As many as 93.2% of air-braked trucks and 90.4% of hydraulic-braked trucks required ABS based on their date of manufacture while 89.4% of air-braked trailers required ABS based on manufacturing date. Of those inspected, 8.8% of all ABS-required trucks were found with ABS violations while 15.8% of all trailers requiring ABS were found with ABS violations.

Around 7.6% of trailers were not subject to ABS requirements because they had neither air brakes or hydraulic brakes. Inspections also included 328 buses and motor coaches during the event, 80.8% of which required ABS systems. Only two buses violated ABS requirement regulations.

“Brakes must be routinely checked and properly maintained to ensure the safety of the commercial motor vehicle, the CMV driver and everyone else on the road,” said Julius Debuschewitz of Yukon Highways and Public Works, CVSA president. “Although brake inspections are a part of the Level I inspections conducted by our hard-working CMV inspectors every day, Brake Safety Week is an opportunity to remind motor carriers and ...Read the rest of this story

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Professional Truck Driver Institute goes global

At its recent certification commission meeting, the Professional Truck Driver Institute (PTDI) granted initial recognition of standards compliance to its first overseas program: the Tractor Trailer Training Program (3T), 435th Construction and Training Squadron, located at the Ramstein Air Force Base in Ramstein, Germany.

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