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Business
Flatbed fleet raises company driver pay
All Boyd Bros. company drivers will receive an additional 4 cents per mile for all loads. Additionally, all company drivers, as well as students who graduate from the Boyd Bros. training program will receive a $900 weekly pay guarantee.
September 7, 2017
Business
TruckersReport.com passes 1 million hits a month
The popular online forum and trucking jobs information site TruckersReport.com recently passed a milestone of 1,00,000 monthly hits.
September 7, 2017
Business
Flatbed rates hit multi-year high in August as van, reefer slump pre-Harvey
The effects have Hurricane Harvey have pressed van and reefer rates higher to start September, but the two segments both saw declines overall in August from July, according to monthly rate data provided to Overdrive by Truckstop.com. Flatbed, meanwhile, hit its highest average in nearly three years in August, according to Truckstop.com’s data.
September 7, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Hacking trucks: Cybersecurity and the ELD mandate
With hundreds of thousands of big rigs about to tack on internet-connected ELDs, some people see a major security threat.
September 7, 2017
Custom Rigs
Next-generation owner-operator Ethan Madden on the 1984 Peterbilt 359 custom rig he’s spent his teens on
Video: catch a variety of views on 17-year-old Ethan Madden’s custom 1984 Peterbilt 359, a truck that’s passed now through three generations of Texas Maddens to score a second in its Antique class at the GATS Pride & Polish a couple weeks back.
September 7, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
House rejects ELD delay provision
An amendment brought to a 2018 appropriations package to stall the electronic logging device mandate’s enforcement date for at least 10 months was defeated in a vote on the House floor late Wednesday night.
September 7, 2017
Business
Nomination period opens for annual ‘Best Fleets to Drive For’ contest
The nomination period for the contest, which is put on by the Truckload Carriers Association and CarriersEdge, runs from Sept. 5 through Oct. 31.
September 6, 2017
Business
Van rates leap on heels of Harvey impact as freight patterns shift nationwide
Truck freight patterns nationwide have already been altered by the impact of Hurricane Harvey and its destructive landfall in southeast Texas late last month, according to DAT Solutions’ Mark Montague. Van rates have leapt in the past 10 days, and reefer rates this week have started to surge, Montague says.
September 6, 2017
Business
Pacific Northwest wildfires prompt HOS suspensions, highway closures
Oregon and Washington have issued emergency declarations, suspending hours of service regulations for some truckers providing emergency relief and hauling supplies to the states due to wildfires. Several highways, including a section of I-84, have been closed because of the fires.
September 6, 2017
Business
Why Mike can’t have nice things (like my vote)
“I spend every Monday morning writing letters to my representatives in DC, and I spend about the same amount of time calling their offices, leaving messages and talking to staff. I realize that’s not nearly as cool as making a bold, public statement about ‘being done with writing letters’…”
September 6, 2017
Overdrive Extra
ATBS forecasts higher owner-operator income
Amen revisited his forecasts from last year and made some new ones during an Overdrive Partners in Business seminar at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas last month.
September 6, 2017
Channel 19
Wisconsin intrastate ELD mandate not adopted, may implement on delayed timeline
The June-published map of states’ adoption plans for the ELD mandate for intrastate operations included Wisconsin on the list of those likely to adopt on the same enforcement timeline as the interstate rule, but reps there now say a delay for intrastate operations is likely.
September 6, 2017
Business
House to consider delaying ELD mandate this week
The U.S. House is slated to consider this week, perhaps as soon as Wednesday, an amendment to halt enforcement of the U.S. DOT’s electronic logging device mandate at least through September 2018.
September 6, 2017
Business
Fuel prices skyrocket nationwide in wake of Harvey, southern states see biggest jump
The Lower Atlantic region saw prices jump 19.7 cents during the time period, which was the most significant increase in the U.S. Dallas was the hardest hit metro area with diesel prices soaring to $2.642 per gallon, a 30.7-cent increase over the previous week, according to ProMiles.
September 5, 2017
Voices
POLL: What should ultimately happen with DACA?
With former President Obama’s executive order establishing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, 800,000 undocumented immigrants brought here as children were shielded from deportation. Trump is phasing out the program — what should happen next, whether Congressional action, an administrative reversal or nothing at all?
September 5, 2017
Business
Truckers can participate in meeting Friday on future of CSA
Friday’s meeting will allow the public to offer input to be considered by FMCSA in the development and implementation of an action plan to address CSA’s deficiencies outlined in National Academies of Sciences report. Registration is required for online or in-person attendance.
September 5, 2017
Business
Storms update: Florida suspends trucking regs ahead of Irma, Houston ports and major fuel pipeline reopen
Though the effects of Hurricane Harvey’s recent onslaught of Southeast Texas remain well in focus, another major hurricane is barreling down on the U.S., prompting Florida to extend trucking regulations ahead of Irma’s likely weekend landfall.
September 5, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
States object to OOIDA’s assertions that they can’t enforce ELD mandate
Questions are being raised by state officials about the validity of a recent legal petition filed by OOIDA. Several states responded to note that, as far as they were concerned, their regulatory code was fully up to date, including the ELD mandate.
September 5, 2017
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Lawsuit seeks to halt FMCSA's non-domiciled CDL final rule
That latest filing in the case of owner-operator Jorge Rivera Lujan v. the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration asks for an emergency stay of the government's final rule restricting non-domiciled CDL eligibility, pending judicial review. Here access the full text of the petition for stay, summary of the arguments. FMCSA's rule will be effective March 16 if the court declines to act.
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