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Business: Page 309
Electronic Logging Devices
Electrical contractors seek ELD exemption
The group states the operation of commercial vehicles by the line workers that would be covered under the exemption âis so limited that the ELD requirement is triggered infrequently.â
February 14, 2018
Business
Mack honors dealers for exceptional service
Mack Trucks named Tri-State Truck Center of Memphis, Tennessee, its 2017 North American Dealer of the Year, among others honored regionally.
February 14, 2018
Business
FMCSA has a new boss: Senate confirms Martinez to run agency under Trump
Testifying before a panel of U.S. Senators in October, Martinez said he intends to uphold the agencyâs electronic logging device mandate and institute data-driven reforms to the agencyâs regulatory process and, specifically, the oft-criticized Compliance, Safety, Accountability program.
February 14, 2018
Business
Truckers largely favor rescinding glider kit emissions restrictions; OEMs and dealers mostly oppose
According to the public comments, there is no general industry consensus on the issue. Owner-operators mostly sounded off in favor of EPAâs move to rescind the regulations, while representatives from fleets, truck OEMs, dealers and environmental groups want to keep the regulation as-is.
February 13, 2018
Business
Top fleet introduces $50,000 bonuses, paid out over four years, for team drivers
Teams can earn up to $8,000 each year in bonuses and $4,000 in vacation time by running 60,000 miles four times over the course of a year. If the drivers choose not to take vacation time, they will be paid $500 per driver for each week of unused vacation at the end of each year.
February 13, 2018
Channel 19
â100 percent OKâ to bring up detention before you get off the phone
âDonât leave money on the table,â redux â that sentiment could increasingly include examinations of revenue and income per hour in your businessâ accounting and analysis to help determine effective detention rates in broker/shipper negotiations.
February 13, 2018
Business
âClean trucksâ program at Washington ports gets extension to 2019 with registration
Announced last week, the Northwest Seaport Alliance offered owners as yet noncompliant with the requirement to utilize 2007 and later emissions-spec engines by April 1 an extension through to January 1 of next year, with a caveat.
February 13, 2018
Business
Who knew infrastructure would be so hard?
âYou can put lipstick on a pig, but you canât make it drink.â Letâs try that again: âWe canât keep stitching together the sowâs ear of an infrastructure and expect trillion-dollar silk purse outcomes.â
February 12, 2018
Business
Rhode Island to begin trucks-only toll construction this week
RIDOT says after the gantries are installed, its tolling contractor will begin an approximate one-month test of the system before the tolls go live to truckers.
February 12, 2018
Business
Milan, Boyd Bros. announce driver pay increases
Milan says it will pay experienced company drivers between 40 and 50 cents-per-mile, resulting in annual earnings of $60,320 to $73,320, based on 2,500 weekly miles. Boyd Bros. drivers, beginning Feb. 27, will receive a 2 cents-per-mile bump in pay.
February 12, 2018
Business
Uber to pay reported $245M to settle Googleâs claims of stolen autonomous tech
In what became a highly publicized spat between the two companies, Google parent company Alphabet alleged that Uber stole thousands of documents from Alphabetâs autonomous vehicle developer Waymo. Though the terms of the deal remain confidential, Google has agreed to accept a fraction of a percent of ownership of Uber â worth a reported $245 million â to end its lawsuit against the ridesharing pioneer.
February 12, 2018
Business
Trumpâs highway plan pushes for ramping up Interstate tolling, leaves funding up to states and private sector
Notably, the infrastructure package would repeal the current ban on Interstate tolling, allow for the commercialization of rest areas and alter the types of projects supported by federal funds. Itâs unclear whether lawmakers intend to take up Trumpâs proposal, which he touted at the State of the Union in late January.
February 12, 2018
Voices
More tolls or no tolls? Two-thirds of readers say no
Just a third of readers favored any liberalization whatsoever in the ability of government to toll interstate routes, whether current or new routes or expansion lanes.
February 12, 2018
Overdrive Radio
BigRigTravels.com turns 10: A talk with Stephen Michaels, long-haul proprietor
In this latest edition of Overdrive Radio, Stephen Michaels talks about his informal ambassadorship from the trucking world to the motoring public via his BigRigTravels.com live-feed webcam, which has yielded plenty individual dividends in motorist education and a turn in the perception of trucking.
February 9, 2018
Business
âThatâs what family doesâ: Driver Ronald Miller on the way back to health
The story of trucker Ronald Miller, left with partial paralysis after complications from flu back in December â heâs soon to be recuperating at home thanks in part to a couple of trucking-specific organizations.
February 9, 2018
Truck Stops
New Loveâs opens in Waterloo, Iowa
The newest store, located at the intersection of U.S. Highways 63 and 20 in Waterloo, adds 65 truck parking spaces to the Loveâs network.
February 9, 2018
Business
I-10 Eastbound near Phoenix to be closed this weekend
The Arizona DOT suggests taking alternate routes around the closure, including the Loop 101 west of I-17.
February 9, 2018
Overdrive Extra
Hot economy pushes flatbeddersâ income way above their peers
ATBS averages for independents and dry van haulers in 2017 were close to $60,000, but reefer haulers averaged only $49,267.
February 8, 2018
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