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Channel 19
Appreciation of a truck-parking joke â whatâs it worth?
$5 â and a whole lot of wonder at the state of camaraderie among the nationâs truckers on the road today. A follow-up on the time Mike âMustangâ Crawford got $5 for a parking spot he was about to leave.
July 29, 2019
Business
Verizon Connect adds navigation option
As of last Friday, customers with subscriptions to the Verizon Connect Reveal ELD and fleet management system can add-on a navigation service developed by the company, the Navigation mobile app.
July 29, 2019
Business
ATRI seeks driver input on top issues facing trucking industry
The American Transportation Research Institute is once again asking truck drivers and fleets to rank the top issues of concern in the industry for the groupâs 2019 Top Industry Issues Survey. ATRIâs annual analysis ranks the issues overall and provides details on where critical topics are ranked differently by carriers and drivers.
July 29, 2019
Business
More than 25,000 Volvo trucks recalled over transmission issues
Two recalls affecting Volvo VAH, VHD, VNL and VNR models ranging from model year 2018 to model year 2020 include more than 25,000 trucks. Both recalls deal with potential issues in the transmissions.
July 29, 2019
Business
Comment period opens for proposed CDL knowledge test change
The rule, if made final, would not require states to offer CDL knowledge tests to out-of-state drivers, but it would give states the option to offer the tests, then transmit the results to the driverâs home state, which would then be required to accept the results.
July 29, 2019
Channel 19
Clarity on the difference beween an AOBRD and âelectronic logging softwareâ
An AOBRD, in many ways, is akin to an ELD â tethered in some way to the truckâs movement itself, so that, in motion, the record is not alterable. Most anymore accomplish that through an ECM link just like an ELD, and in some cases have much of the same functionality. âElectronic logging software,â howeverâŚ
July 26, 2019
Business
Spot rates soften in the last week
Load-posting volume slipped 16% during the week ending July 21, while the number of trucks available rose by 3%. The imbalance has been pushing national average spot rates lower, compared to June averages.
July 26, 2019
Channel 19
Revisiting the soft-market banana peel â freight relationships paying off for some
Randy Carlson âwill have had my operating authority for 25 yearsâ come next May. Right now, âtrucking is the best itâs been in that entire 25 yearsâ in general terms, he says, despite the slowdown for so many in the spot market, illustrating the value of steady freight partners.
July 25, 2019
Business
ATA casts âdriver shortageâ as worsening
ATA on Wednesday continued to tout the existence of a perceived shortage of truck drivers in the industry. In a report issued Wednesday, ATA asserted that the gap between the number of available, qualified drivers and the number of drivers needed by fleets is widening, with ATA forecasting the âdriver shortageâ estimate to reach 160,000 by 2028, if the current trendline continues.
July 25, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
DriveELD adds in-app nav, fleet version
The DriveELD is out with some new functionality that come with mid- and higher-level tiers of subscription to its electronic logging device service.
July 25, 2019
Business
Black Alcoa wheels now an option on Kenworth trucks
Kenworth has added Alcoaâs new Dura-Black Wheels as an option for its heavy and medium-duty conventional truck models.
July 25, 2019
Business
Massachusetts governor looks to tighten stateâs CDL standards
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker filed a bill with the state legislature to tighten standards for CDL drivers in the wake of a June crash involving a Massachusetts CDL holder that killed seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire.
July 25, 2019
Business
Bucking court rulings, DOL argues drivers arenât owed sleeper berth pay
Countering recent court decisions involving major fleets Swift Transportation and P.A.M. Transportation, the Department of Labor has said that carriers shouldnât have to pay drivers for off-duty time spent in a sleeper berth â a favorable opinion for fleets after recent federal court rulings argued that drivers should be paid for that time.
July 24, 2019
Voices
POLL: Should sleeper-berth time for company drivers be compensated directly?
While recent high-profile court rulings seemed to suggest that even off-duty sleeper time for employee drivers should be subject to minimum wage compensation rules, but a Department of Labor opinion has more recently contradicted that. Whatâs your take?
July 24, 2019
Business
One driver, two trucks â Peloton aims for Level 4 platooning platform
Peloton Technologies, who earned an investment from Volvo in 2015, said last week during the Automated Vehicle Symposium in Orlando that itâs aiming to build out a Level 4 platooning platform that relies on vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication to enable a single-driver to operate a pair of tractor-trailers.
July 23, 2019
Business
FMCSA begins to explore harassment of female, minority truckers
FMCSA has submitted a request to conduct a study into the prevalence, seriousness and nature of the problem of harassment against female and minority truck drivers.
July 23, 2019
Business
GATS to showcase newer model trucks in New Truck Pavilion
The show will boast the New Truck Pavilion for the first time this year, which will host a display of newer model trucks. Four trucks have been announced so far, and more trucks will be announced as the show approaches.
July 23, 2019
Channel 19
Rebooting Riteload, take two: Last no-broker board standing?
Newly re-branded Riteload (from âMyRiteloadâ) might well be the one of the last platforms still pursuing that âelusive holy grailâ of shipper-direct, brokerless matching we once wrote about. Theyâve relaunched a website, changed plenty, and hired an executive with deep trucking experience.
July 23, 2019
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