Labelmaster will be at the Mid-America Trucking Show beginning Thursday, March 27th. This year’s event is being held at the Kentucky Exposition Center and is the largest heavy-duty trucking event in the world. The Mid-America Trucking Show is the annual forum for the heavy-duty trucking industry, providing face-to-face interaction between industry representatives and trucking professionals.…
FMCSA Releases News on Proposed Driver’s Log Rules Change
The United States Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced the release of a supplemental proposed rulemaking which will require the use of electronic logs for commercial drivers of trucks and busses engaged in interstate commerce.
Come visit us at booth #319 at the TMC Annual Meeting & Transportation Technology Exhibition!
This show features the latest technology to help fleets improve safety and efficiency. The show will include the latest models of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, specialty and alternative-fueled vehicles, components, safety and information technology and services. Stop by and see how Labelmaster can help you with all your transportation safety and compliance needs!
USDOT Issues Further Emergency Order Related to Crude Oil Transport and Classification
At approximately 1:15 AM EST on July 6th, 2013, a unit freight train of the cross-border operating Montreal, Maine, & Atlantic Railroad (MM&A) loaded with crude oil from the Bakken Shale Formations in North Dakota in the western United States suffered an as-yet unexplained failure of its automatic and manual braking systems while left unattended…
New NPRM Focuses on Creation of CDL Driver Test Database for FMCSA Required Drug and Alcohol Testing
The US Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has issued a proposed rulemaking (NPRM) which would establish a new nationwide database for reporting and tracking drug and alcohol related citations and test results for operators of commercial vehicles (CMV) holding Commercial Driver’s Licenses (CDL). The proposal was published in the Federal…
Crude Shippers face fallout from “Operation Classification”
Shippers of crude oil have now faced the initial fallout from the United States Department of Transportation’s (USDOT)/Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Agency’s (PHMSA)/Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) new “Operation Classification,” a spot inspection regimen designed to verify the accuracy of petroleum product classification and to try to increase the safety of crude shipments, particularly (but…
US FMCSA Extends Paper Medical Certificate Retention/Carriage Date for CDL/CLP Holders
In the January 14th, 2014 edition of the US Federal Register, the United States Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) extended by one year the requirement that holders of Commercial Driver’s Licenses (CDL) or Commercial Learner’s Permits (CLP) carry a paper copy of their Medical Examiner’s Certificate when operating a commercial…
2013 Year-end Compliance Highlights (Part 2 of 3)
On Friday, December 6th, Labelmaster published the first in our three part series on 2013 Year-end Compliance Highlights that will continue to have an impact on workplace and transportation practices well into 2014. In the second installment, we highlight PHMSA DOT Final Rule. This final rule was published in Federal Register on October 31st and…
USDOT Revises Drug & Alcohol Testing Rates for 2014
On Thursday, December 5th, 2013, the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) released its revised Random Drug & Alcohol Testing Rate directives for its component agencies.
FRA/PHMSA Expand on Emergency Order 28 in Response to Quebec Derailment
FRA/PHMSA conduct “Operation Classification” enforcement action. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) continue to respond to the disastrous railroad derailment in La Megantic, Quebec on July 6th, 2013. In that incident, an unmanned and unattended Montreal, Maine, & Atlantic (MM&A) freight train carrying crude oil derailed after…