North American Transborder Truck Freight Boosts in January 

For the month of January, U.S. transborder truck freight jumped close to 13 percent from the same month last year, per recently released data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

Trucking captured $77 billion of overall freight value, which is the majority of the $125.8 billion of total transborder freight via all modes of transportation.  

Truck trade throughout the U.S. – Mexico border accounted for $44.7 billion, while trucks trading between the U.S. and Canada moved $33 billion worth of cargo, per Transport Topics.

A Third ELD Has Been Removed From the List of Registered ELD’s

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has placed a third ELD (the All-Ways Track ELD) onto the Revoked Devices list. 

Carriers have 60 days – until May 26th – to replace that ELD with a compliant device. 

If motor carriers continue to use that revoked ELD, they would be considered to be operating without an ELD, and safety officials would be able to place drivers out-of-service if they continue to use the device on or after May 26th – per FleetOwner.

Until it’s replaced, trucking companies will have to resort to paper logs or logging software to record required hours of service data.  

The FMCSA has not detailed the exact reason why this ELD was removed.  

House Bill Would Temporarily Allow Heavier Trucks in Georgia 

The Georgia state Senate recently approved a measure regarding House Bill 189, which would temporarily allow heavier trucks throughout the roads in Georgia.  

Current state law limits trucks to 80,000 pounds – though some vehicles that carry certain products are allowed to weigh up to 84,000 pounds.  

But this new Bill would allow that weight to be up to 88,000 pounds, for vehicles carrying forestry and agricultural products. 

Additionally, the Bill would only apply to state and country roads, not interstate highways as those fall under control of the federal government.