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Think tank: A closer look at liquid bulk hauling
Owner-operators who consider pulling a tanker after other trucking niches often donât look back after enjoying higher earnings, shorter waits and less physical demand.
May 3, 2019
Business
New credit card from Find Truck Service
The Synchrony company and Find Truck Service platform for locating road service have introduced an owner-operator financing solution in the form of a credit card that will be available through Find Truck Service as part of the Synchrony Car Care consumer financing program.
March 27, 2019
Channel 19
Autonomous revolution may be nigh, but itâs coming for brokers faster than operators
We've all heard about autonomous trucks, but Noel Perry believes automation will come to brokerage businesses before automated trucks hit the road.
May 23, 2018
Business
The automatic circle of life
Wendy on the slow burn of the âautonomousâ buzzword: âIâd much rather pay a little more for Richard the Bakery Clerk than suffer the horror of losing my French braid while self-slicing cheap French bread, wouldnât you? Welcome to automatic hell, yâall.â
January 29, 2018
Business
Trucking labor disputes: Teamsters win another FedEx victory, court orders benefits payback in misclass case
The Teamsters have scored another victory at FedEx â the labor unionâs second overall win at the parcel giant and second within the last month. Also, a California port trucker has been awarded $9,000 for unreceived benefits in a âmisclassificationâ case.
November 4, 2014
Business
âCheersâ star Ratzenberger salutes truckers
In the interview with Overdrive Editor Randy Grider, John Ratzenberger talks about the importance of truck drivers to Americaâs economy.
November 8, 2012
Channel 19
Interviewing NFI âroadside midwifeâ Mike Hawthorne
How many roadside midwives do you know? Such is the unlikely description that can now be appropriately applied to NFI driver Mike Hawthorne, of Somerdale, N.J. Since I wrote about him several weeks back, the driver, who delivered the third newborn baby of his hauling career in late March, has been back at work delivering [âŚ]
May 1, 2012
Channel 19
NFI driver delivers third roadside baby
I was all set this morning to write about the debate over the appropriate strategy toward dealing with fraud in the trucking industry from crooked poseur brokers and the like (tune in tomorrow for more on that), but sometimes a story hits that is just too good and/or unbelievable to pass on. Today, that story [âŚ]
April 11, 2012
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