Bipartisan legislation would provide new funding for truck drivers and truck parking while exempting ag haulers from hours-of-service rules.
Federal regulators say livestock drivers have not shown they can maintain safety if given an hours-of-service exemption.
Federal regulators have not renewed a work rule exemption for truck drivers responding to the pandemic, a move supported by ATA and truck safety advocates.
Federal regulators release new data and ask for public comment to help determine whether to end the nationwide trucking hours-of-service waiver.
CEO blames ‘driver shortage, rising costs, extremely tight margins and freight rates’
Congress approves provisions allowing under-21 truck drivers – as well as guidance on truck brokers and freight dispatchers – in a five-year highway bill that is part of a larger $1.2 trillion infrastructure package.
Regulators will poll the trucking industry on the value of the hours-of-service waiver as FMCSA readies another extension.
Owner-operators see a downside to keeping FMCSA’s emergency hours-of-service order in place.
The United States Cattlemen’s Association warns JBS hack could disrupt the meat supply chain without emergency work-hour changes.
Truck drivers and carriers that transport livestock are feeling the sting as the cyberattack on JBS disrupts operations at multiple meat processing facilities.
