Federal load securement changes took effect on July 24, but the Oregon Department of Transportation’s Motor Carrier Transportation Division (MCTD) has not yet adopted the rules. Adoption occurs in ...

Note: This is the seventh in a multi-part series that have published in advance of this year’s Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) International Roadcheck blitz from June 4-6. Previous coverage ...

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For many years prior to the final exemption approval, the California Highway Patrol was granting one-year exemptions to California ag haulers to allow the newer tie-down methods. The alternative cargo ...

According to U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) statistics, commercial motor vehicles transport an estimated 11 billion tons of cargo annually, which is approximately 71 percent of the nation’s ...

The new standards for cargo securement have been in place since December 2002, and the clock is running out on a Jan. 1 deadline for compliance. The effort to impose stricter rules goes back to 1993, ...

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