Monthly Archive: May 2022

CEVA Logistics Kodiak Robotics Autonomous Truck

Self-driving trucks serving OK & TX

Third-party logistics firm CEVA Logistics partnered with self-driving trucking company Kodiak Robotics on what the companies said was the first autonomous freight delivery in Oklahoma. With routes originating in Dallas-Fort Worth, running to Oklahoma City, OK and Austin,TX.

PennDOT Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

Pennsylvania Eliminates Weight Stickers

Pennsylvania eliminates weight stickers. In a March 18 press release, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) said weight class stickers requirements were removed, effective on Jan. 29, 2022, “in a continuing focus on modernization and streamlining processes as well as an added convenience to customers.”

Bankruptcy Papers Photo by Melinda Gimpel on Unsplash

JCB Trucking Files Bankruptcy

An Indiana-based trucking company recently filed Chapter 11, more than a month after the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) ordered the carrier to suspend interstate operations after receiving an unsatisfactory rating. JCB Trucking Enterprises LLC

Fuel Pump

Northeast Diesel Shortage

The sharp increase of diesel prices has been a major stressor in America’s $800 billion trucking industry since the beginning of 2022. According to Department of Energy (DOE) figures, the price per gallon of diesel…

NGVAmerica

New CNG Guidance

NGVAmerica, the national trade association for natural gas use in transportation, has reissued its recommended Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Fuel System Inspection Guidance document to reflect new federal standards. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National…

Tremcar Headquarters

Tremcar Celebrates 60th Anniversary

Tank-truck and trailer manufacturer Tremcar celebrates 60th anniversary. A&L Tougas, Tremcar’s predecessor, built its first tank truck dedicated to milk transportation in 1962. The Tougas brothers, Alde and Leo Tougas, started out welding…

Tank Transport