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POLL: How often, if at all, do you pay for the ability to reserve a parking space?
Is paying for a parking-space reservation a normal part of your routine trucking business or more of a last resort? You can weigh in via this poll or via our podcast voicemail message line at 530-408-6423. Be sure to state your name and home location with any message.
August 6, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Country, gospel star to perform at GATS
Leon Everette plans to include gospel tunes with some of his old country hits when he plays at GATS.
August 5, 2019
Parking
Oregon’s Jubitz Travel Center adds reserved parking spots
Jubitz Travel Center, which is located on Vancouver Way just off Interstate 5 in Portland, Oregon, now has 18 truck parking spots in its main lot that can be reserved for $15 each.
August 5, 2019
Channel 19
Access denied! Double-check military facility ID requirements for entry
Or: How to avoid the cost of a tow driver to get your rig inside a military base. This owner-op team was surprised when they showed up at Naval Base Kitsap in Washington State.
August 5, 2019
Business
Fleet survey probes tech-advancement challenges
A new survey conducted by TD Bank’s equipment-finance group at the April-held annual expo of the NAFA association showed more than half of the respondents naming new technology as posing the biggest challenge for the coming year.
August 5, 2019
Business
ATA names finalists for driver of the year award
The award annually recognizes one trucker for noteworthy and career-long professional achievements, holding a stellar safety record and maintaining dedication to keeping the roads safe. The winner is selected from a pool of state Drivers of the Year submitted by state trucking associations.
August 5, 2019
Parking
TruckPark info service added to ELD
The TruckPark app’s service, which launched as a search-and-reserve system for parking spots at 13 truck stops earlier this year, announced a partnership with software developer UTech to make its system available via UTech’s GPStab electronic logging device system.
August 2, 2019
Business
EPA watchdog backs study used to justify limiting glider kits
The Environmental Protection Agency’s internal watchdog has concluded that a 2017 EPA study used to promote limiting production of glider kit trucks was “consistent” with the agency’s research standards and, therefore, the study’s conclusions shouldn’t be dismissed.
August 2, 2019
Business
Trucking Law: Adapting to sleep apnea’s most common treatment
No one wants to adopt the CPAP regimen. It looks uncomfortable, and it can be at first. However, with many types of machines and masks to choose from, you should be able to find one that works for you.
August 2, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Trying to measure the owner-operator earnings premium
There’s more than one way to calculate the difference between company driver and owner-operator income.
August 2, 2019
Business
CargoNet: Cargo thefts down in second quarter, values remain high
Cargo theft recording firm CargoNet received 150 cargo theft reports during the second quarter of 2019, a 14% decrease from the same period a year ago. The average loss value per cargo theft was $152,844 for an estimated total of $22.9 million during the quarter.
August 2, 2019
Business
Jury says Swift owes CRST $15 million for trying to nab drivers
A jury has ruled that Swift Transportation owes CRST Expedited more than $15 million for recruiting freshly licensed truck drivers who were locked into 10-month employment contracts with CRST.
August 2, 2019
Business
GATS contest offers chance to meet Jayne Denham, Lisa Kelly, more
Five winners of the “Black Coffee, White Lines on Ice” contest and their guests will have the opportunity to attend an exclusive meet-and-greet with Australian country rock singer Jayne Denham and Ice Road Truckers stars Lisa Kelly, Reno Ward and Carey Hall.
August 2, 2019
Business
I-24 closed in downtown Nashville Friday night through early Monday
TDOT has a closure set for the I-24 section of the downtown Nashville, Tenn., interstate loop from the I-40 at the Silliman Evans bridge to I-65 on the Northeast side of the downtown area. The closure begins at 9 p.m. tonight, Friday, August 2, and runs through Monday, August 5, at 5 a.m.
August 2, 2019
Business
New York police cracking down on speeding through Aug. 7
Police throughout New York are conducting a crackdown on speeding through Wednesday, Aug. 7, as part of the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee’s (GTSC) Speed Awareness Week.
August 2, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Roundup: Hours of service revamp MIA, highway bill framework arrives
A proposal to alter federal hours of service regulations for truck operators remains snared in the bureaucratic rulemaking process. And: the Senate has floated the skeleton of a post-FAST Act highway bill.
August 1, 2019
Business
S.C. Special Olympics benefit convoy upcoming early October
Following a banner year in which 148 trucks participated and $40K was raised to benefit the Special Olympics, organizers behind the South Carolina Truck Convoy for Special Olympics are gearing up for this year’s event, to be held Oct. 5.
August 1, 2019
Business
Spot rates saunter through early summer
Per-mile rates on the spot market were mostly flat in July. Though June was an outlier, through the first seven months of the year, rates on the spot market were in a noticeable downward cycle, declining even through spring — a usual annual inflection point for per-mile spot rates.
August 1, 2019
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'Great news for spot rates'? Supreme Court rules against Trump emergency tariffs
The court's ruling sets up potential for a "flood of goods out of bonded warehouses and foreign trade zones into the 'consumption channel'" with some further court action, according to one analyst. At once, the president claimed most tariffs would remain in one form or another. Details on the ruling here.
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