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Channel 19
Cabotage across the pond: How deregulatory moves in the EU sparked backlash
And: More intel following last weekâs report on cabotage-related violations and what some watchers see as U.S. employers gaming the international-hauls and visa system for profit from less expensive drivers, particularly in big intrastate markets along the Southern border.
November 7, 2018
Overdrive Radio
The âAmazon effectâ and opportunities for small fleets, owner-ops who can cash in
Part 1 of this edition of Overdrive Radio podcast delves into the opportunities and dilemmas small carriers, owner-operators, and brokers currently face.
May 25, 2018
Voices
Driver to Speaker of the House: âBe a politician for the peopleâ
Driver Steven Brown makes an economic argument against speed limiters in his letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, calling the DOTâs proposed mandate âjust another way to tax the working class.â
September 23, 2016
Business
Confusion on the sidelines
âSo the sky is falling and weâre in imminent danger of not having enough truck drivers. Weâre all going to starve and perish, unless they can get speed limiters on the trucks and everyone on electronic logs. ⌠â
October 30, 2015
Channel 19
âTrucking boomâ in driver pay, says the WSJ
Questions after report on trucker pay: Will the pay gains truly hold in 2015? Are such gains also reflected among employee drivers for smaller fleets?
October 15, 2015
Business
Riding the spot market boom
Higher than typical volumes on the spot market coupled with tight trucking capacity are improving the rate landscape. Independents: Identify high-demand freight situations and negotiate for top dollar.
October 1, 2014
Voices
Reader: Government deserves some thanks
âThe public needs trucks and truckers, and truckers need what the public pays for. The public will is expressed through government, not talk radio.â âJim Mesthene of Waltham, Mass.
September 4, 2012
Business
TCA offers econ webcasts
The TCA is collaborating with Internet Truckstop and Big Truck TV to offer TCA members a twice monthly webcast highlighting truckload-specific economic and industry data
August 29, 2012
Channel 19
TyroneMalone.net adds a Facebook page; more on driver pay
Since I wrote about TyroneMalone.net site proprietor and owner-operator Ken Harris in the October edition of Truckers News and in Overdrive in smaller form around the same time, Harris has continued to make strides keeping the memory of onetime diesel showman Tyrone Malone and his apocryphal Bandal Diesel Racing Team alive. Most recently, heâs launched a [âŚ]
January 28, 2011
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