New FMCSA Regulations
New FMCSA Regulation to Prevent Coercing Drivers to Break HOS Regulations
Careful what you say to your carriers and drivers regarding delivery times. You could get yourself in trouble! New FMCSA Rule Prohibiting Coercion Ever said to your driver, “that needs to get there by 8am tomorrow, or we’ll never hire you again!”. According to the FMCSA, that could constitute coercion. …
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Special Hours of Service Exemption Granted to Hazmat Drivers
FMCSA granted hazmat driver’s special request to exempt them from rest break rules while attending hazmat shipments. At issue was the duty of hazmat drivers to attend the shipments during rest breaks for security reasons. Because attending the shipment was technically an on-duty activity, hazmat drivers could properly register rest…
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Excepted Quantities Exemption Update in TDG Regulations
On December 31, 2014 Transport Canada amended the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations to include an exemption for “Excepted Quantities”. This article is a summary of the recent update and explains everything you need to know about Excepted Quantities. What You Need to Know About Excepted Quantities: Where to find…
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How Globally Harmonized System (GHS) Affects Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG)
On February 11, 2015 the Government of Canada published in the Canada Gazette, Part II the Hazardous Products Regulations (HPR), which, in addition to the amendments made to the Hazardous Products Act under the Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No.1, modified the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) 1988 to incorporate the Globally Harmonized System of…
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FMCSA Suspends Enforcement of the 34-hour Restart Provisions that went into Effect July 2013
After 18 months of lost productivity and groaning from the trucking industry about any potential safety benefits of the rule, the FMCSA has suspended enforcement of 49 CFR 395.3 (c) and (d) effective 12:01am December 16, 2014. What Changed? As of July 2013 there were many changes to the Hours…
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New Definition of Tank Vehicle in the US Starting to Enter Enforcement Phase
On May 9, 2011 the FMCA expanded the definition of a Tank Vehicle
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What You Need to do Because FMCSA Ended BMC-32 Cargo Insurance Requirements for Carriers
On March 21, the FMCSA eliminated the mandatory BMC-32 cargo insurance covering for-hire motor carriers and freight forwarders that do not transport household goods. The BMC-32, written during the tenure of the defunct Interstate Commerce Commission, was a hedge against the financial troubles many trucking companies got into as a…
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Bulletin: CSA 2010 Now Live On-Line
As of December 13, 2010 the CSA 2010 data is on line at: http://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/sms/ What the CSA 2010 carrier record looks like If you’re a chemical shipper, or any shipper for that matter, hazardous or not, you should be looking at the new data to evaluate your hazmat and chemical…
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New Labelling Requirements for Marine Pollutants and IBC’s (Tote Tanks)
There are new labelling requirements coming out this year for marine pollutants to comply with international standards. There are also requirements for IBC’s to be labelled for stackability.
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Are You Ready for CSA 2010?
The fine art of statistical analysis has finally caught up to the trucking industry. The Federal Motor Carrier’s Safety Administration (FMCSA) is completely changing the way in which they monitor carriers for compliance. Under the current system SAFESTAT, a carrier’s data from roadside inspections is collected. If the roadside inspections…
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