The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ordered two affiliated Alabama trucking companies to stop operating, declaring the carriers “imminent hazards to public safety.”
BM&L Trucking LLC and IDM Transportation Inc. had multiple federal safety violations in the areas of hours-of-service compliance, driver qualifications and vehicle maintenance, FMCSA said May 16.
BM&L declined comment, and a message left with IDM was not returned.
YRC Freight, the national less-than-truckload unit of YRC Worldwide, said it plans to immediately add 200 over-the-road drivers in 13 locations.
The announcement by Overland Park, Kan.-YRC said drivers are being hired because “the Freight unit is growing and volumes are building.”
The locations include three in Ohio and two in New York State, as well as Chicago; St. Paul, Minn.; Salt Lake City; Indianapolis; Charlotte, N.C.; Jackson, Miss.; Albuquerque, N.M.; and Kansas City, Mo.
YRC Worldwide is ranked No. 4 on the Transport Topics 100 listing of U.S. and Canadian for-hire carriers.
An index of manufacturing activity in the Philadelphia region in May showed contraction for the first time in eight months, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said Thursday.
The region’s factory index fell to a reading of minus 5.8, from a reading of 8.5 in March. Readings greater than zero indicate expansion.
The May reading was the lowest since September and was below economists’ forecasts of a 10 reading, Bloomberg reported.
The Philadelphia Fed surveys about 100 manufacturers for the index in eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware and southern New Jersey.
