A series of recent enforcement actions across three U.S. border states highlights growing scrutiny of commercial drivers.
Every year, roughly the same time, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance runs its International Roadcheck. Three days. Thousands of inspectors. Tens of thousands of trucks. The dates get announced months in advance, the focus areas get published, and somehow, fleets still get caught off guard.
Staying on top of routine vehicle maintenance is crucial for fleets aiming to improve their overall safety profile and reduce their financial risk exposure.
International Roadcheck is a high-visibility, high-volume commercial motor vehicle inspection and regulatory compliance enforcement initiative that takes place in Canada, Mexico and the United States.
BNSF is seeking a waiver from the Federal Railroad Administration to expand a brake health technology program, and the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen supports the effort.
Texas border checkpoint receives $165M to speed up inspections
Reliance Partners’ Brian Runnels offers tips ahead of the inspections on May 17-19.
Sites in Kansas, New Hampshire, Vermont and Utah now are using the Drivewyze system to reduce manual processes in truck inspections.
Reliance Partners’ Mark Barlar reacts to CVSA’s HM/DG Road Blitz and encourages the industry to clean up its act when hauling volatile materials.
Roadside Inspections, Driver Violations (2021 Fiscal Year)
The next CVSA championship is scheduled for Aug. 15-19, 2022, in Indianapolis.
The Transportation Security Administration’s top official for air cargo security is looking at a less-expensive alternative to intrusive inspection of all freighter shipments.
A recent inspection found that over half of containers had at least one deficiency.
Inspections of a sample of 500 ocean containers found large numbers with misdeclared cargo, improper stowage or placarding.
DHS concurred with the four recommendations made by the congressional watchdog agency.
The Schulte Group has acquired a majority stake in TecHullClean Ltd. (THC). Schulte said in a press release that the acquisition will expand the range of its underwater ship inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) solutions.
Because of the now record-breaking partial government shutdown, the U.S. aviation industry is beginning to feel the consequences of lapsed federal funding.
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance issued new guidance dissuading enforcement officials from waking up sleeping drivers in order to perform random inspections.
Beyond the Technology presented by LaunchIt Public Relations …Despite electronic logging devices’ ability to streamline operations and reduce the administrative burden associated with paper logs, the devices are not always the most helpful tools when it comes to roadside inspections.
Roadcheck 2018 is now in full swing. Here at FreightWaves, we thought we’d examine the freight market data in SONAR–our SaaS platform that launched in beta on May 22nd–and see how inspections week is affecting the industry.
