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FMCSA Removes Much of Property Carrier Compliance and Safety Performance Data from Public Display

As of December 4, 2015, pursuant to the FAST Act of 2015, much of the information previously available on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) website related to property carrier’s compliance and safety performance will no longer be displayed publicly.

While the agency is not prohibited from displaying all of the data, no information will be available for property carriers while appropriate changes are made.  This also applies to information provided to the public through the QCMobile app.

FMCSA is working to return the website and app to operation as quickly as possible. All information on passenger carriers remains available, and enforcement users and motor carriers can view safety data by using their login information.

If you are a motor carrier and do not have login credentials, please click here for more information on how to obtain your PIN.

Contact: FMCSA Office of Public Affairs  FMCSA.PublicAffairs@dot.gov  (202) 366-9999.

Werner’s Derek Leathers Appointed to ATRI Board

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Rebecca Brewster
(404) 247-8787
October 21, 2015

Derek Leathers Appointed to ATRI Board of Directors
Arlington, VA – Werner Enterprises President and Chief Operating Officer Derek J. Leathers has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI).

Leathers has worked in the transportation and logistics industry for more than 20 years. Throughout his tenure at Werner, he has held integral roles in many facets of the organization, including the establishment of Werner’s Mexico operations, oversight for all of the asset operating groups and leading the launch of Werner Global Logistics. Leathers holds a degree in economics from Princeton University. Werner Enterprises is among the five largest truckload carriers in the U.S.

Leathers was appointed by ATRI Chairwoman Judy McReynolds, president and CEO of ArcBest Corporation.

“We are very pleased to have Derek join the ATRI Board,” said McReynolds. “His vast industry experience and expertise will be of great value to our Board as we lead the Institute’s work to advance the trucking industry’s safety and productivity.”

A complete listing of the ATRI Board of Directors is available at www.atri-online.org.
ATRI is the trucking industry’s 501(c)(3) not-for-profit research organization. It is engaged in critical research relating to freight transportation’s essential role in maintaining a safe, secure and efficient transportation system.

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Trucking Operational Costs on the Rise Despite Lower Fuel
ATRI Research Finds Industry’s Operational Costs on the Rise Again

 

 Arlington, VA – The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) today released the findings of its 2015 update to An Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking. Using financial data provided directly by motor carriers throughout the country, this research documents and analyzes trucking costs from 2008 through 2014 providing motor carriers with a high level benchmarking tool, and government agencies with a baseline for future transportation infrastructure improvement analyses.

The average marginal cost per mile in 2014 was $1.70, an increase from the $1.68 found in 2013. Despite falling fuel prices, the rise in average operating costs in 2014 is attributed to an increase in equipment purchases, as well as driver wage increases driven by the ongoing driver shortage and the need to retain the industry’s most experienced professional drivers.

“ATRI’s release of its annual Operational Costs of Trucking research is among our association members most eagerly anticipated. They understand and appreciate the value of ATRI’s operational cost analysis to their own fleet benchmarking and as such, are always willing participants when ATRI issues its call for cost data,” said Brenda Neville, President and CEO of the Iowa Motor Truck Association and a member of ATRI’s Research Advisory Committee.

Since its original publication in 2008, ATRI has received nearly 10,000 requests for its Operational Costs of Trucking report, which continues to be among the most popular of ATRI’s research studies. In addition to average costs per mile, ATRI’s report documents average costs per hour, cost breakouts by industry sector, and operating cost comparisons by region of operations.

 

A copy of this report is available from ATRI at www.atri-online.org.

 

ATRI is the trucking industry’s 501(c)(3) not-for-profit research organization.  It is engaged in critical research relating to freight transportation’s essential role in maintaining a safe, secure and efficient transportation system.

 

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