Trucking information and briefs for Friday, Feb. 14, 2025:
FMCSA reopens remark interval for brokered freight transparency proposal
Proprietor-operators and truck drivers who didn’t take the alternative to file a touch upon the Federal Motor Service Security Administration’s brokered freight transparency rulemaking proposal through the preliminary 60-day remark interval are getting one other likelihood.
The company introduced in a Federal Register discover printed Tuesday, Feb. 18, that it’s granting a request from the Small Enterprise in Transportation Coalition (SBTC) to reopen the remark interval 30 days. The preliminary remark interval was open from Nov. 20 by Jan. 21.
SBTC’s request for an extension of the remark interval was filed Jan. 19 and requested for a 14- to 30-day extension, citing the extent of public curiosity within the matter of dealer transparency. FMCSA famous that different potential commenters to the discover of proposed rulemaking may gain advantage from an extension, as properly.
The remark interval opened again up when the discover was printed within the Federal Register. FMCSA famous that it’ll additionally think about all feedback acquired between the remark interval shut date of Jan. 21 and the reopening of the remark interval. As of the shut of the primary remark interval, the docket acquired 4,841 feedback. Feedback can now be filed right here by March 20.
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As reported, FMCSA’s proposal would:
- Require brokers to maintain data in an digital format
- Revise the required contents of brokers’ data
- Require brokers to offer data upon request
- Require that data be offered inside 48 hours of request
Eight in 10 Overdrive readers, surveyed after the FMCSA’s rulemaking proposal was introduced, felt impacts could possibly be a web optimistic for freight charges if the proposal had been applied.
[Related: How trucking groups responded to FMCSA’s broker transparency proposal]
Regional emergency declaration prolonged for 15 states
The Federal Motor Service Security Administration on Friday introduced the extension of an emergency declaration issued final month in response to extreme winter storms and excessive gasoline demand.
The declaration was first issued on Jan. 10 for the whole Decrease 48 and Washington, D.C., waiving most driving time hours-of-service laws for motor carriers and drivers offering direct help supporting emergency reduction efforts transporting heating gasoline, together with propane, pure gasoline, and heating oil.
That waiver was prolonged and modified on Jan. 27 to incorporate 39 states and so as to add the transportation of gasoline and diesel gasoline to the listing of commodities coated by the waiver. That extension was set to run out Feb. 15.
On Friday, Feb. 14, FMCSA issued one other extension, noting that within the days prior, it acquired requests to subject a further two-week extension of the declaration for states the place extreme climate, low temperatures and excessive demand proceed to considerably influence supply of important heating fuels, gasoline and diesel fuels.
The company granted the requests, extending the waiver by Feb. 28, or till the top of the emergency, whichever is sooner.
The waiver now applies to motor carriers and drivers offering direct help supporting emergency reduction efforts transporting heating gasoline, together with propane, pure gasoline, and heating oil, and gasoline and diesel gasoline into 15 states: Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin.
[Related: Truck driver charged ‚careless‘ after flipping DOT snowplow in North Dakota]
Wabash acquires AI cargo safety agency
Wabash introduced final week it has acquired TrailerHawk.ai, a supplier of superior cargo safety and good entry administration applied sciences.
The transfer strengthens Wabash’s Trailers-as-a-Service (TaaS) providing, empowering logistics suppliers to realize larger freight safety, visibility and operational effectivity, the corporate stated.
TaaS allows logistics suppliers to develop income streams by a nationwide, versatile trailer subscription together with on-demand trailer swimming pools, nationwide upkeep help and actionable knowledge insights powered by the Wabash Market platform.
“By integrating TrailerHawk.ai’s expertise into our TaaS program, we’re providing logistics suppliers a novel benefit – superior cargo safety, real-time visibility and data-driven insights that assist shield belongings and streamline operations,” stated Mike Pettit, chief progress officer at Wabash. “This acquisition underscores our dedication to delivering customer-focused options that tackle at this time’s most urgent logistics challenges.”
TrailerHawk.ai’s instruments tackle the rising demand for safe, clear and environment friendly freight motion.
The acquisition reinforces Wabash’s dedication to merging bodily and digital applied sciences, creating related ecosystems that drive effectivity and reliability throughout the provision chain, Wabash stated. The integration of TrailerHawk.ai accelerates Wabash’s capacity to reshape how freight strikes throughout North America.
