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CALENDAR OF EVENTS resulting in 1,151 commercial motor
vehicles being placed out of service.
“Inspectors conducted their usual
inspections and reported brake-related
data to CVSA for Brake Safety Day,”
SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER 23 said CVSA President Sgt. John Samis
AFC THIRD QUARTER MEETING
SEPTEMBER 8-10 Little Rock, Ark. with the Delaware State Police. “We are
AMERICAN TRUCKING sharing the results to call attention to
ASSOCIATION’S SAFETY, SECURITY SEPTEMBER 25-28 the importance of commercial motor
& HR CONFERENCE TRUCKLOAD CARRIERS
Indianapolis, Ind. ASSOCIATION ANNUAL vehicle brake safety.”
CONVENTION During the one-day enforcement
SEPTEMBER 12-18 Wynn Casino, Las Vegas, Nev.
NATIONAL TRUCK DRIVER effort, the brake-related out-of-service
APPRECIATION WEEK SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 1 rate for all of North America was
NATMI CDS/CSS CERTIFICATION 12.6%. The rate in the U.S. was 13.3%
SEPTEMBER 13 COURSE
ARKANSAS TRUCK DRIVER (1,151 trucks placed OOS), while it was
APPRECIATION DAY ON TOUR SEPTEMBER 30 11.4% (108 trucks) in Canada and 2.9%
Pilot Flying J, Texarkana, Ark. SMC THIRD QUARTER MEETING (14 trucks) in Mexico.
Rogers, Ark.
SEPTEMBER 15 In addition, inspectors compiled
ARKANSAS TRUCK DRIVER and reported data specifically on brake
APPRECIATION DAY ON TOUR OCTOBER hoses/tubing, the focus area for this
Love’s, Alma, Ark. OCTOBER 6-7 year’s Brake Safety Day. There were a
SEPTEMBER 17 NATMI SAFETY & DOT total of 1,725 brake hoses/tubing viola-
ARKANSAS TRUCK DRIVER COMPLIANCE tions across North America, according
APPRECIATION DAY ON TOUR OCTOBER 14
TA Petro, North Little Rock, Ark. PLAY FOR THE PAC BOWLING to CVSA.
SEPTEMBER 12-16 TOURNAMENT Brake Safety Day is the alliance’s
TMC FALL MEETING & SUPERTECH Little Rock, Ark. unannounced brake safety initiative.
COMPETITION OCTOBER 20-22 However, CVSA also holds Brake Safety
Cleveland, Ohio NATMI CSME & CDME Week each year and announces those
SEPTEMBER 15-17 CERTIFICATION COURSE dates publicly in advance. This year’s
AMERICAN TRUCKING OCTOBER 23-27 Brake Safety Week is scheduled for Aug.
ASSOCIATIONS SAFETY AMERICAN TRUCKING 22–28.
MANAGEMENT COUNCIL & TSC ASSOCIATIONS MC&E
ANNUAL POLICY CONFERENCE Nashville, Tenn. WALMART AMONG FASTEST
Alexandria, Va. GROWING U.S ONLINE
SEPTEMBER 23 For calendar information, RETAILERS
MTC THIRD QUARTER MEETING
Little Rock, Ark. visit arkansastrucking.com As the COVID-19 pandemic pushed
more consumers to shop online, some
retailers were able to speed up their
NEWS IN BRIEF, truckload carriers have seen their trac- online market share growth as much as

Continued from page 13 tor counts fall because they are having three years ahead of schedule.
difficulty finding qualified drivers. It A new report from eMarketer
Bob Costello. “The good news is that it is difficult to move more tonnage with anticipated that the top 15 retail-
remains slightly above 2020 levels.” less equipment, which is why we are ers — including Walmart, Etsy, Chewy
Compared with June 2020, the seeing strong volumes in the spot mar- and Amazon — will account for 72.3%
seasonally adjusted index rose 0.5%, ket as shippers scramble to get loads of total e-commerce sales in the U.S.
following a 3.3% year-over-year increase moved.” this year.
in May. Year-to-date, compared with Walmart.com is expected to grow
the same six months in 2020, tonnage BRAKE SAFETY DAY NETS MORE its sales by 26.4% this year, which is
is up 0.3%. THAN 1,100 OUT-OF-SERVICE slightly higher than the 24.9% growth
“It is also likely that tonnage isn’t VIOLATIONS rate expected by Amazon. Walmart con-
growing as much as it could because of The Commercial Vehicle Safety tinues to add more items to its online
industry-specific supply constraints,” Alliance inspected 8,658 vehicles in marketplace and recently joined forces
Costello said. “This index is dominated the U.S. during an unannounced one- with Gap for a new line of home acces-
by contract freight, and the for-hire day brake inspection event on May 26, sories and linens under a “Gap Home”

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