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Great story on how a trucking firm is using on board recorders to monitor fatigue and stay out of trouble with the hours of service rule. While I like the idea of an individual trucking firm doing this by their choice, I have trepidation with the government requiring it. Being watched every second is an unnerving feeling..

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Truck rules to hike costs - Business - Citizens Voice

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 by James Haggarty

 January 21, 2011

New federal regulations aimed at improving truck and bus safety might drive up shipping costs and consumer prices.

"It's going to ultimately have an impact on shipping rates," said Mark Laurusevage, a state safety representative for Great West Casualty Co., a Nebraska-based truck insurer. "There's a lot of carriers who are a little shaken by this."

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's new reporting system rates trucking and bus companies on expanded measures, including infractions from safety-related roadside inspections and more-extensive driver assessments. Trucking companies may discharge drivers whose safety records harm their ratings, cutting further into a tight supply of drivers.

Trucking company executives, though, say tighter regulations will root out competitors who compromise on safety to compete on price. The transportation, warehousing and utilities sector employs 16,700 people in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre/Hazleton metro area.

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Initial Jobless Claims Fall for Week

Article Summary (from Transport Topics Online)

• Claims by jobless people went down 10,000
• The statistics were compiled by the Labor Department

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FHWA Launches Congestion-Tracking Tool

Article Summary

• FHA is monitoring congestion points on roads
• Freight Performance Measurement Tool will help truckers and government

Key quote from article

"FPMweb, uses truck speeds from satellite data to measure congestion along significant freight routes."

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Intermodal market share sets record in first quarter

By Successful Dealer Staff

Intermodal transport’s share of U.S. long-haul truck traffic reached record highs in the first quarter of 2010 a recent analysis by FTR Associates shows. Both total intermodal movements and movements of domestic intermodal equipment reached new market share highs. Intermodal’s share of U.S. long-haul (550+ miles) movements of international and domestic containerized freight was estimated to be 13.5 percent in the first quarter of 2010. The analysis, which utilizes equipment type, size and ownership data from the Intermodal Association of North America, is contained in the May issue of the FTR Freight Focus Series: Intermodal Update.

“This marks the fourth consecutive share increase for intermodal,” says Lawrence Gross, senior consultant for FTR and principal author of the Intermodal Update. “The sector was hitting on all cylinders during the first quarter. Domestic sector market share resumed growing after a pause in the fourth quarter of last year, continuing a solid upward trend that began as early as the third quarter of 2007. Meanwhile, the international sector continued to recover from its pronounced downturn, with international intermodal shipments growing faster than overall long-haul truck. This is also an indication that the previous trend of such shipments being diverted to all-water routing via the Panama Canal has abated.”

Gross expects the future to hold additional good news for intermodal. “The stars are aligning for what could be an acceleration in intermodal share growth. Active truck capacity is coming into balance with demand, and even a modest increase in freight demand could lead to shortages of truck drivers and hence, truck capacity, resulting in more opportunity for intermodal. Increases in fuel prices and the continued rebound in international shipments will also aid share growth.”