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Channel 19
‘Takes a village’ on detention
Driver hits the nail on the head at supply chain management conference, speaking in “driver shortage” context: “If we can figure out how to keep that driver moving, the [shortage] numbers aren’t that big of a deal.”

October 12, 2015
Catch last month’s multifaceted featured reporting on the problem of uncompensated, lengthy waits at docks via this link to the anchor part of the reporting here at OverdriveOnline.com.
Overdrive Radio
Audio mailbag: More voices in favor of swift action on the problem of uncompensated detention
Calls continue to come in from drivers around the nation in response to the Detention dĂ©tente series of reports — in this podcast, drivers weigh in on the regulatory apparatus’ potential role.
September 28, 2015
Parking at truckstop waiting to load
Channel 19
‘Demand detention’ pay: Strong voices on compensation for waits
“Waiting over 6 hours to get loaded and then only getting 5 hours drive time 
 Then you lose another day to get your next load, and $50 is not going to cover the lost time" -- a variety of other voices offered ways to get to better compensation.
September 22, 2015
Unloading dry bulk
Business
Why you deserve $64/hour for (every hour of) detention
Calculating a fair detention rate: A majority of operators indicate either total revenue per mile (38 percent) or profit/net income per mile + fixed cost per mile (45 percent) as appropriate benchmarks for detention rates.
September 17, 2015
Other approaches to detention offered by readers in recent times included the notion of offering customers discounts on the line-haul rate for expedited loading/unloading.
Business
Detention dĂ©tente: Tables turn in carriers’, drivers’ favor in pay/rate negotiations
The tables finally are turning, as examined in this multipart feature. Fleets and owner-operators, for years in a losing battle with brokers and shippers over compensation for wasted dock time, are exercising improved leverage in negotiations.
September 14, 2015
Nine-truck, mostly flatbed fleet owner-operator Ben Cadle, an agent for Bennett Motor Express, guarantees detention pay for his drivers after two hours, a fact his shippers know well, helping mitigate detention problems. It can still be a problem, however, he notes, with detention pay coming into play on about half of all his loads. If the entire trucking industry demanded a change, he says, “things would get better.” Read more about how he establishes base hourly rates for wait time at this link.
Voices
POLL: Best way to tackle detention?
Should government mandate, as the Obama administration’s DOT has attempted, that carriers pay detention to drivers, or is continued industry standardization of detention pay the best tack? Something else?
August 14, 2015
Unloading
Voices
POLL: Best method of calculating fair detention-pay rates?
How do you determine what to ask for detention rates per hour? Assuming allowing for reasonable load/unload times to be “free,” which of the options here best describes how you do, or would, make the calculation?
August 4, 2015
detention lead
Business
J.B. Hunt to shippers and receivers: Don’t waste drivers’ time
J.B. Hunt recently released a report on what shippers and receivers can do to increase driver uptime and, ultimately, income.
July 6, 2015
J.B. Hunt outlined several “best practices” for shippers that could significantly increase driver efficiency.
Overdrive Radio
Jeff Clark for FMCSA Administrator? And: Lookback Tony Justice podcast
Operator Jeff Clark fires up the campaign machine, and a lookback podcast performance from Tony Justice — Dave Dudley’s “Six Days on the Road” and Justice’s own “Who Needs Heaven.”
March 7, 2015
Tony Justice drives for Greenville, Tenn.-based Everhart Transportation. Find more about his most recent record, “Apple Pie Moonshine,” in the story and podcast at this link.
Business
How much is your time worth?
“I can’t rightfully condone Burger King bag enemas, but I can tell you to ask for detention pay
. Your time is valuable, too.”
March 4, 2015
Catch a brief vid of the hand-unload of, um, dock parts via a post on the George & Wendy Show Facebook page.
Business
2014’s top stories, Part 1: Truckers’ right to carry, engine lawsuits, detention pay and more
Overdrive delved through a web of analytics and a year’s worth of news and features posted on OverdriveOnline.com to put together a list of the top 20 stories from 2014. Here are numbers 11-20.
December 29, 2014
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Custom Rigs
Former drivers, raise hands high!
Former owner-operator Bryan Lundberg’s latest step on the path through the trucking world is as a broker. His last Kenworth, though, is no less special to him. Photos from back when here.
November 20, 2014
Bryan Lundberg’s past 2005 KW
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