Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

New federal guidelines acknowledge that social distancing measures are affecting how state police interact with trucks on the road — and that will likely result in a decline in enforcement, according to experts. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued an FAQ on Wednesday...

A three-month waiver lifting certain restrictions for drivers with learner's permits will help keep them on a path toward receiving their commercial driver's license (CDL) despite barriers raised by COVID-19, according to federal regulators. The waiver issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety...

Companies operating private fleets sidelined by the coronavirus epidemic have an opportunity to put those assets on the road by applying for temporary operating authority from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). The FMCSA on Friday issued a Notice of Enforcement Discretion...

A delay in rolling out state regulations allowing police to enforce electronic logging devices (ELDs) in New York could continue through the first quarter due to a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of independent owner-operators. The lawsuit, filed by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers...

Not following California's meal and rest break laws could leave motor carriers that opt to judiciously observe the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) recent decision open to added liability risk in pending or future civil lawsuits, according to legal experts. Those new...

The Silvers are at it again, founding Chicago-based freight brokerages with unique approaches to the market. This morning CEO Matt Silver and President Jordan Salins announced the launch of Forager Logistics, a brand-new, tech-focused shop focusing on cross-border freight into Mexico and Canada....

Enforcement of Universal Carrier Registration (UCR) is going to be delayed until April 1, 2019, and the 2019 fees most carriers will be paying will be more than what they paid in 2018…but less than 2017. The enforcement bulletin that recently went out to law enforcement authorities said that...

Black Smoke Matters, a group formed by truckers, is planning a nationwide shutdown on April 12 to protest several issues facing truckers.  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...

Good day, This was supposed to be the last day before the U.S. kicked up tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports from 10 percent to 25 percent. But a late November reprieve delayed that move until March, giving U.S. and Chinese negotiators more time to work out a new trade deal. So how far...

In no particular order, FreightWaves editors are recapping here what they see as the biggest stories impacting the trucking and transport sector this year. We didn't choose a number one story, and we didn't even make it a top 10; we've got 11 here. As we go into 2019 from 2018, here...

Backups and congestion on land and along the nation's 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. The prospects of avoiding such a scenario did not improve at the close of...

FMCSA has ruled that California can't dictate meal and rest break requirements that conflict with federal hours-of-service regulations. Agency says state can't enforce regulations that conflict with federal hours-of-service regulations After years of arguing over California's right to...

The FMCSA has made it easier for those looking to obtain a commercial driver's license in an action that could help get more drivers into the pipeline faster. The new rule, announced on Dec. 21, and which goes into effect on Feb. 19 next year, gives state driver's licensing agencies the...

Internal auditors at the U.S. Department of Transportation could soon be conducting a review of the FMCSA's drug testing program as part of a transportation industry-wide mandate, FreightWaves has been told. "There's no formal plan at this point," an official with DOT's Office...

Pennsylvania has eliminated its requirement that any accident that occurs with a commercial vehicle in the state requires a drug and alcohol test be administered to the driver. The state legislature approved the changes a few months ago, according to Douglas Marcello of Marcello & Kivisto, a...