A week ago on August 25, 2022, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted in favor of their regulation requiring the transition to zero emission vehicles (ZEV) in California. The regulation requires 35% of the new...
NOT ONE SIZE FITS ALL
California's regulators, including the California Air Resources Board (CARB), seem to think motor carriers and drivers are one-size-fits-all. That could not be further from the truth. Their upcoming Advanced Clean...
CARB SUED
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) continues to ratchet up the emission standards for heavy duty trucks, especially those in the drayage market, and the Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA) are suing...
CARB STRIKES AGAIN
Yet one more way California drives away trade and logistics from their shores...and jobs along with it...California Air Resources Board (CARB) is at it again with new, sweeping regulations. The new rules impact ships,...
FROM THE DRIVER’S SEAT
CARB IS STILL AT IT The California Air Resources Board (CARB) just approved the nation's first zero emission truck sales mandate. According to CARB regulator Dan Sperling, "...emission reductions is radical and...
WHAT IS CALIFORNIA UP TO?
ASSAULT ON INDEPENDENCE The California Supreme Court ruling referred to as the Dynamex Decision is being challenged by the California Trucking Association (CTA) and two independent owner operators on the grounds the...
THE LONG ARM OF CARB
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) creates truck engine and emission standards more strict than the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) then enforces these standards on every truck serving or entering the...
CA GOVENOR DECREES DRAMATIC EMISSION AND FUEL REDUCTIONS
California Governor Jerry Brown issued an executive order mandating the state reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and fuel usage by 50% by 2030. He has tasked the California Air Resources Board (CARB), California...
DEVINE DRIVERS DOING THEIR PART TO CLEAN THE AIR
Our drivers are great! We keep saying it because it's true. Two of our hardworking guys, Keith Sears and Amandip Rana, were recently featured in a California Air Resources Board (CARB) documentary. Interventions should...
FROM THE DRIVER’S SEAT
CARB Considering Zero Emission Standards With the largest threshold of requiring 2007 or newer trucks behind the drayage truck industry, we need to be looking ahead. The next deadline is January 2023 which currently...
THE STATE OF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA DRAYAGE MARKET
Yesterday, three drivers walked into our office, laid their keys on the desk and quit. They cite the lack of productivity at the marine terminals in Oakland as the reason. They can no longer make a living. A driver...
Ushering in 2014
We are excited to usher in a new year. It may sound crazy, but we’re looking forward to another year of changes and challenges as those are things that make logistics fun. One notable change for 2014: A significant...