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A South Carolina father and son and their trucking operations were shut down by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration as “imminent hazards to public safety,” the agency said Dec. 31.

Three states — Michigan, New Jersey and Vermont — have suspended parts of the federal driver hours-of-service rule due to an ongoing propane shortage.

Trucking companies no longer will be required to file quarterly financial reports to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the agency recently announced in the Federal Register.

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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will gather public opinion on setting up knowledge testing for new applicants seeking authority to operate as motor carriers, brokers and freight forwarders.

The Association of Independent Property Brokers and Agents has asked the federal government to exempt all brokers from the new requirement that they each obtain surety bonds of at least $75,000.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has issued guidelines to help states develop programs to require first-time drunken driving offenders use ignition interlocks that prevent them from operating vehicles after drinking.

Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) has introduced a bill that would suspend the latest changes to the 34-hour restart provision of the hours-of-service rule for truck drivers.

President Obama projected that 2014 would be a “breakthrough year” for the U.S. economy.

The proposed rule on electronic logging devices for trucks will not be published until 2014, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said Dec. 20.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said last week it would move forward with a field study on the effect of split rest times for truckers who use sleeper berths.