Fleet Management News & Business Info | Commercial Carrier Journal
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12 commercial carrier journal | january 2018 JOURNAL NEWS • The Unified Carrier Registration planning board met Nov. 30 to discuss carrier registra- tion fees. The board came under fire aftera court ruled it had violated federal open meeting laws by holding a meeting Sept. 14 without notifying the public. During that meeting, the board voted to reduce carrier registration fees for 2018 and 2019. Because of the court case, the carrier registration period, which usually begins Oct. 1, was delayed pending a Federal Register notice setting the 2018 registration period. • Daseke (CCJ Top 250, No. 37) announced the addition of three carriers to its conglom- erate of flatbed and specialized transporta- tion fleets: Tennessee Steel Haulers & Co. (No. 144) of Nashville; The Roadmaster Group, a Peoria, Ariz.-based high-security hauler; and glass-hauling specialist Moore Freight Service of Mascot, Tenn. • UPS (CCJ Top 250, No. 1) announced that new technology is being developed to con- vert up to 1,500 of its New York City-based package delivery vehicles from diesel to electric by 2022. UPS also announced an agreement with Big Ox Energy to purchase 10 million gallon equivalents of renewable natural gas per year through 2024. • Ryder System selected Clean Energy Fuels Corp. to open a liquefied natural gas station in Georgetown, Ky., to support the com- pany's fleet of trucks that provide service for Toyota's largest North American manu- facturing facility. The trucks are expected to consume about 380,000 gasoline gallon equivalents each year. • Toyota Motor North America will build a megawatt-scale carbonate fuel cell power generation plant with a hydrogen fueling station to support its operations at the Port of Long Beach. When it comes online in 2020, the Tri-Gen power generation facility will be fully renewable, supplying Toyota Logistics Services' operations at the port and making it the first Toyota facility in North America to use 100 percent renewable power. • The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration renewed its Medical Review Board's charter for two more years. MRB is composed of five members from medical institutions and private practice who are tasked with givin g advice and recommen- dations to FMCSA on medical standards and guidelines for the physical qualifications of truckers and other commercial drivers. • A bipartisan group of 20 U.S. senators last month expressed support for a congres- sional measure to give livestock and insect haulers an extra 10 months to comply with the electronic logging device mandate. The senators said the move would give FMCSA "time to make necessary adjustments to hours of service rules to address animal wel- fare concerns" that livestock haulers say are presented by the current HOS regulations. • A bipartisan and bicameral group of U.S. lawmakers last month announced their intentions to introduce a bill in Congress that would require tractor-trailers to be equipped with side underride guards to help protect car occupants in crashes in which the car slides under the trailer. The bill also would require the U.S. Department of Transportation to bolster its standards for rear-impact underride guards. INBRIEF 1/18