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Business: Page 167
Channel 19
The âBrexit muppetâ playing role in warning EU truckers; Redux: âThe drones are coming!ââŚ
The Port of Rotterdamâs blue-monster âBrexit muppetâ and its PR mission among truckers there. Also: How long before DOT actually puts drone bears in the air? Package-deliver pilot program, at least, is under way.
October 21, 2019
Business
Volvo halts U.S. truck production amid Mack workers strike
John Mies, senior vice president of corporate communications for Volvo Trucks, says the company advised employees at the Dublin, Virginia, plant that it would stop production until the strike is resolved. As a result, approximately 3,000 employees are temporarily laid off, effective Monday, Oct. 21.
October 21, 2019
Hours of Service
Comment period for proposed hours changes closes Monday
Changes in the notice of proposed rulemaking include allowing drivers to pause their 14-hour on-duty clock for up to three hours and extending split sleeper berth options for drivers.
October 18, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Tony Justice: No âcrystal ballâ for hours proposalâs post-Martinez future; Jason Lee Wilson live in a cave
Past Overdrive talent search winner Jason Lee Wilson live from a cave, Tony Justice from a speedway, and: Justice says, well, unlike so many out there, he doesnât seem to be able to get his crystal ball powered up when it comes to predicting the future of the proposed hours changes post-Martinez.
October 18, 2019
Business
News roundup, Oct. 18: I-20 near Jackson, Miss., closing over next two weeks, new TA Express in Texas
Mississippi Department of Transportation crews will close I-20 for much of the next two weeks for a bridge rehabilitation project over Lynch Creek in Jackson, between exits 42 and 43. More overnight lane closures in North Las Vegas next week. The former Oasis Mart in Baytown, Texas, is now a TA Express.
October 18, 2019
Business
Werner found negligent in fatal 2017 crash, ordered to pay $40.5 million in damages
Attorneys for Kathryn Armijoâs family alleged that Wernerâs driver training practices led to the crash, stating that âthrough its own inadequate operations and training programs for its student drivers via Roadmaster Drivers School, [Werner] had a systematic disregard for basic safety policies and training of new drivers.â
October 17, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
ELDsâ final shift: How poor customer service can cause noncompliance
60 days out from the Dec. 17. AOBRD-to-ELD transition deadline, the latest in this series explores issues of customer service, in part driving some owner-operatorsâ and fleetsâ provider decisions as the adoption of ELD technology proceeds.
October 17, 2019
Business
Trucker who helped resuscitate colleague named Highway Angel
Clyde Nelson was at his fleetâs terminal walking across the parking lot when he noticed a woman lying on the grass across the way. As he approached, he was shocked to find her unconscious and her eyes rolled back in her head. Nelson began performing CPR while another person called 911.
October 17, 2019
Pride & Polish
Ruben Carrionâs recently custom-restored 2000 Peterbilt 379
No, itâs not an e-log exempt unit. âI checked with three different dealers,â owner-operator Ruben Carrion says, determining nonetheless to do a custom-restore of the unit he took about three months off for early in 2018. Catch a video walk-around and more of Carrionâs long trucking history since immigrating from Panama as a youngster.
October 17, 2019
Business
News roundup, Oct. 17: Peterbilt delivers first electric medium-duty truck, raises $20k for United Way
Peterbilt raised more than $20,000 in donations for the United Way Denton County campaign in its fourth annual Pride and Class Parade in downtown Denton, Texas, on Oct. 11. Also, the company delivered its first medium-duty electric truck Wednesday to Frito-Lay.
October 17, 2019
Business
News roundup, Oct. 16: Digital freight brokerâs âback-up planâ, LTL haulerâs last-mile expansion, new Pilot opens in Texas
Archerhub, a digital freight broker based in Denver, has a built-in âback-up planâ with its own small fleet of trucks. FedEx Freight is expanding its LTL final mile services. Pilot Flying J opened a new travel center in Odessa, Texas.
October 16, 2019
Channel 19
AOBRD-to-ELD â absent new reg/legislative action, âsoft enforcementâ not happening
With the final ELD mandate deadline coming up Dec. 17, no âsoft enforcementâ period is in the offing â ânobodyâs really talking about it,â says Collin Mooney, executive director of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance.
October 16, 2019
Business
Trucking rap sheet: Driver arrested for falsifying med cert, trucking company owners sentenced for falsifying DVIRs, more
Action in five trucking-related crimes â including a CDL testing scheme, medical certification fraud, falsifying daily vehicle inspection reports and a former FMCSA employee charged with theft â has recently been reported by the Department of Transportationâs Office of Inspector General.
October 16, 2019
Business
A cost-effective APU alternative for A/C
New York-based owner-operator Doug Hasner's alternative method for an APU is using a 400lb generator that saves thousands of dollars. Details here on Overdrive.
October 15, 2019
Business
News roundup, Oct. 15: Kenworth Sales opens new Utah facility, Loveâs donates $3.75 million to childrenâs hospitals
Kenworth Sales Company has opened a new full-service facility in St. George, Utah, with 12 service bays, new and used truck sales and more. Loveâs Travel Stops raised $3.75 million for sick and injured children during the companyâs five-week campaign to raise money for Childrenâs Miracle Network Hospitals.
October 15, 2019
Hours of Service
AA&E hauler petitions FMCSA for split sleeper flexibility for team drivers
PTS Worldwide, which transports sensitive Department of Defense property including ammunition and explosives, in interstate commerce is petitioning the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to allow its team drivers to split sleeper berth time into 6/4, 5/5 or 4/6 hours.
October 15, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Faces of the Road: 45 years a team, with two independents
âMoss doesnât grow on a rolling stone.â Longtime specialized independent team owner-ops Kay and Ken Wagner donât exactly divulge the secrets to remaining married while running as a team for forty five years, yet their history speaks for itself in this latest âFaces of the Roadâ installment.
October 15, 2019
Voices
POLL: Whatâs your view of the trucking impact of the escalating import-tariff tit-for-tat with China?
What do you feel has been the domestic freight/trucking impact of the escalating back-and-forth of levies on import tariffs imposed by the U.S. and China on each otherâs goods? Positive? Negative? Not so simple? Weigh in here.
October 14, 2019
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