James Jaillet

James Jaillet was Randall-Reilly's executive editor of trucking, focusing on coverage of business and regulatory updates and trucking industry trends for the Commercial Carrier Journal and Overdrive, until the Spring of 2021.

Ohio the latest state to take up a diesel tax increase

Owner-operators Scott Reed and Todd Campbell took to the Ohio Senate on Tuesday morning to testify against a planned fuel tax hike in the state, and though the state’s Senate is advancing a bill to increase per-gallon diesel taxes, they may have been successful in warding off a larger increase.

March 21, 2019

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Owner-operator income could dip this year as trucking cycle changes

“The market is changing,” says Todd Amen, president of ATBS. “This year is not going to be as robust as last year. The important thing is that as the market changes, you need to realize it’s changing and figure out how to make money in that market.”

March 21, 2019

Federal report casts serious doubt on ‘driver shortage’

The report, published by BLS, contends that though fleets struggle with driver retention, there’s little evidence of a shortage of those willing to drive a truck, pushing back against what it calls the “industry’s own account” that there’s a labor shortage in the long-haul trucking segment.

March 19, 2019

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Trucking’s take on infrastructure blame: Toll’d you so

After decades of federal negligence, states are floating plans to add truck tolls to help pay for highway improvements, sounding alarms from the trucking industry.

March 18, 2019

Owner-operator-heavy household goods segment could be upended by DOD transition

A recent announcement by the DOD that it’s transitioning its 400,000 household goods loads a year to a single-source provider has rattled the household goods segment — a segment in which many small carriers and owner-operators feed.

March 15, 2019

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Bill to roll back ELD mandate for small carriers filed in U.S. House

A bill to allow small carriers, including single-truck owner-operators, to forgo use of electronic logging devices and return to using paper logs has been filed in the U.S. House

March 13, 2019

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Drivers take up ‘slow roll’ protests in Ohio, Carolinas and Georgia

As part of continued protest efforts by truck drivers affiliated with various groups — Truckers Stand As One and the Facebook-based Black Smoke Matters — a few dozen truck drivers participated in on-highway, convoy-style protests in Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia this weekend.

March 11, 2019

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Trucking’s billionaires: Forbes’ annual list includes those who made their fortune in trucking

Trucking’s billionaires include a few who started businesses as single-truck operators, as well as those who founded or inherited large truck stop chains.

March 6, 2019

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Spot market rates sink again before spring’s usual rebound

In addition to the month-to-month decline, rates in all three segments also posted year-over-year declines, though they’re now competing with the record-hot rates seen in the first half of 2018.

March 4, 2019

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Truckers circle Indy’s I-465 in ‘peaceful protest,’ preview for April event

A large number of truck drivers drove their heavy rigs and took two laps around Indiana's Interstate 465 loop on Thursday in an organized peaceful protest.

February 21, 2019

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The Small Fleet Championship's title belts are on the line for this year's competition, both to be delivered to a final winner in two categories after the final round October 23 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Meet Overdrive's 2025 Small Fleet Champ semi-finalists

Spanning seven states and hauling niches from milk and other food grade tankers to dry vans, step decks and flatbeds, RGNs and reefers, these fine fleets are semi-finalists in Overdrive's Small Fleet Championship, with title belts on the line among other perks from award sponsor NASTC.

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Trump regs agenda updates timelines for broker transparency, emergency braking, other rules

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Tennessee-based small fleet car-hauler's 'Patriot' 2020 Peterbilt 389

Pilot will be giving away this Kenworth W900 -- albeit with a different look -- and $50,000 as part of its 2025 Road Warrior contest. Pilot partnered on the contest with the Diesel Brothers, who will refurbish this truck to be awarded to the winner.

Custom Kenworth W900, $50K sweeten the pot in annual Pilot Road Warrior contest

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