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Some mottling in recently intense spot market demand maps, as seasonal declines continue
Spot rates in many parts of the country are still above the peak prices from 2017, but van rates are starting to climb down from extreme heights of recent weeks, reefer rates at an even faster pace. At once, this is not a typical February.
February 8, 2018
Business
Trucking rap sheet: Driver sentenced after fatal crash, illegal hazmat transport, med cert fraud, more
Action in four trucking-related crimes has recently been reported, including drug testing fraud, illegal transport of hazardous materials, a driver imprisoned following a fatal crash and a former DOT employee sentenced for bank fraud.
February 8, 2018
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Channel 19
Mintu Pandherâs small fleet success in fuel hauling, truck-stop ownership
Small fleet owner Mintu Pandher, who came to the U.S. with his parents in 1999, followed the growth in oil drilling into independence as an owner-operator. His Akal Energy small fleet grew fairly quickly over several years with contracts with some fuel providers, running out of Laramie, Wyo.
February 8, 2018
Business
Former Arrow Trucking CEO who bilked millions from fleet ordered to serve remainder of prison term
He pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and tax evasion in February 2015. Pielstickerâs gross abuse of company money contributed to the carrierâs demise in 2009, when the fleet abruptly shut down and left its trucks, drivers and freight stranded nationwide.
February 8, 2018
Business
Embark shows off autonomous tech in cross-country run
The 2,400-mile journey across I-10 began in Los Angeles last week and finished five days later in Jacksonville, Fla. A professional driver sat at the wheel of the retrofitted Peterbilt ready to assume control if necessary.
February 8, 2018
Business
Report: Detention sucks over $1 billion from truckersâ wages annually, boosts crash risk
Drivers see an average annual pay loss of between $1,281 and $1,534, the report concludes, as well as potentially contributing to an extra 6,500 truck crashes each year. The DOTâs Office of Inspector General has called on FMCSA to bolster its data collection efforts around detention and its impacts.
February 7, 2018
Business
Pardon me, my accent is getting in the way again
Or: âThe Curious Case of the Turd-Filled Hot Dog,â in which Wendyâs over-it-hillbilly accent betrays her late-night in the Speedway and hungry. âSometimes, communication is hard.â
February 7, 2018
Channel 19
Independence basics: Binda Atwalâs attractions to trucking
Itâs the income possibilities owner-operator Binda Atwal names as his principal attraction to trucking, for his young family â Atwal and his wife are the proud parents of two children, a four- and one-year-old.
February 7, 2018
Business
FMCSA clarifies how to submit crash preventability review requests for pilot program
For the crash preventability program, carriers need to select âCrash could not be preventedâ in DataQs, ensure that the crash occurred after June 1, 2017, and select an eligible crash type. If a preventable crash ruling is changed to non-preventable, the crash is removed from a carriersâ CSA score.
February 7, 2018
Business
âQueen of the Roadâ voting open
The Real Women in Trucking organization is in the midst of its second annual âQueen of the Roadâ awards and recognition program for women who make their living behind the wheel of heavy-duty trucks.
February 7, 2018
Truck Stops
Loveâs opens new Texas, Iowa truck stops
The Mills County, Iowa, truck stop has 60 truck parking spaces, a Subway restaurant, laundry facilities and five showers. The Alma store has 138 truck parking spaces; Chesterâs Chicken, Godfatherâs Pizza and Subway restaurants; laundry facilities; and eight showers.
February 7, 2018
Business
Into the limelight: Sikh truckers in America
Sikhs have been a growing part of Americaâs professional driver force for three decades. Though there are tens of thousands in trucking, non-Sikh counterparts have little information and a lot of misconceptions about them â the ELD protests began to change that.
February 6, 2018
Business
Class 8 truck orders at highest point in over a decade
Orders for Class 8 trucks in January skyrocketed, according to firms who track U.S. truck volumes, signaling continued optimism among fleet buyers and a tight truck market on the heels of expanding freight and the implementation of the electronic logging device mandate.
February 6, 2018
Overdrive Extra
Truckers, tell us your Valentineâs story of happiness or heartbreak
As Valentineâs Day approaches, Overdrive would like to share your stories about finding or losing love, or the creative ways youâve kept it alive.
February 6, 2018
Business
Koch Trucking boosts OTR driver pay
Qualified drivers with at least one year of driving experience and a hazmat endorsement will now earn at least 41 cents-per-mile, and drivers with at least five years of experience and a hazmat endorsement will earn at least 45 cents-per-mile.
February 6, 2018
Truck Stops
Pilot Flying J offering free pizza to drivers
The truck stop chain is celebrating National Pizza Day on Friday, Feb. 9, by giving away a slice of pizza to drivers with the myPilot mobile app.
February 6, 2018
Business
Cargo check
In mid-December, somewhere close to Yearington, Nev., during his on-foot trek bound from South America to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, Holly âCargoâ Harrison had a heart attack. Despite the setback, his journey continues.
February 5, 2018
Business
Former trucker accused of murdering two in âplanned killing spreeâ near Detroit
Vernest James Griffin, 45, of Sterling Heights, Mich., is accused of shooting and killing one man at B.S.D. Linehaul in Taylor, Mich., where Griffin formerly worked, before stealing a truck and driving to Pontiac, where another man he reportedly worked with as a trucker was also killed.
February 5, 2018
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