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POLL: Owner-ops, what's your business' outlook for 2024?
The noxious high-fuel/falling-rates cocktail persisted through much of 2023 -- what's your view on where your business will go in 2024? Better? Worse? About the same? .... Weigh in here.
December 26, 2023
Regulations
FMCSA, DOT leaders without 'actual expertise' have 'failed trucking': GOP presidential candidate
Recent regulatory pressures in trucking -- hours of service changes, ELDs' automated enforcement, speed limiters and more on the way -- were front and center in the CDLDU forum with truckers and candidate Vivek Ramaswamy at Iowa 80.
December 22, 2023
Business
Flatbed conglomerate Daseke to be acquired by TFI
Post-close, Daseke will operate its portfolio of brands as part of TFI International’s Truckload segment.
December 22, 2023
Overdrive Radio
'Predatory' tows: Big-dollar trucking impact post-crash or parking
A near-$10K post-crash tow bill underscores this in-depth conversation with ATRI about the org's comprehensive report on predatory towing in trucking, with added insight about what small fleet owners can do about it.
December 22, 2023
Regulations
OOIDA wants more action from FMCSA on broker-bond/-suspension rules
The group petitioned FMCSA to go further to ensure carriers are protected when brokers don't pay. Also: Georgia Ports Authority establishes safety committee for truckers; Iowa harvest proclamation extended again.
December 21, 2023
Overdrive Extra
Surprise, surprise: Why ATA opposes overtime pay, and why they're wrong
Clifford Petersen: ATA may "talk a good game" on trucker welfare, yet they're "supported by big motor carriers. They are not going to bite the hand that feeds them.... We’re not asking for something excessive here -- fair pay for all time worked."
December 20, 2023
Trucker of the Year
Overdrive's Trucker of the Year finalists revealed
With the announcement of three finalists for our 2023 award, Overdrive also officially opens the nomination period for the 2024 Trucker of the Year award. Pulling tanks, RGNs and hoppers, dry vans and more: Find which owners came out at the top here.
December 18, 2023
Regulations
FMCSA Administrator grilled in Congress over speed-limiter mandate pursuit
House Highways and Transit subcommittee Republicans took a Wednesday hearing opportunity in part to attack DOT agency heads over pursuit of "ancillary policies" like the speed-limiter mandate not prioritized in 2021 infrastructure funding legislation.
December 14, 2023
Business
I-195 bridge closed in Rhode Island | Fuel dips below $4/gallon
The WB side of the Washington Bridge in Providence is shut down after crews found “a critical failure." EB lane closures there, too. Also: Diesel, spot rates both down this week; Great Dane adds Stemco axle fasteners to all trailers; more.
December 12, 2023
Overdrive Radio
'Never give up' in drive to trucking success
Part 2 of our "exit interview" series with Trucker of the Year contenders for 2023 included a strong current of advice for new and/or aspiring owner-operators, as five contenders detailed cost-control and other tactics keeping them in the black.
December 11, 2023
Regulations
FMCSA investigates TQL as fight over broker transparency rages
FMCSA speaks up after "misstatements" about TQL being raided or "compelled" to provide rate transparency after a pitched battle with Florida hauler Dakota Springfields.
December 11, 2023
Overdrive Extra
FMCSA authority revocation anomaly: BOC3 blanket companies cleared out
A whopping 1,700-plus authority revocations in one day last month, outside FMCSA's usual revocation cadence, turned heads around Thanksgiving. FMCSA removed several blanket BOC3 companies from its system, putting trucker clients in shutdown risk.
December 8, 2023
Business
Predatory towing: How common it is, and how truckers can avoid it
New research identifies how stark a problem predatory towing is for truckers, offering recommendations on how owner-operators and fleets can prevent it from happening to them. There's potential, too, for recourse if it does.
December 7, 2023
Business
NYC proposes fee for trucks to enter | Alert: High wind warnings
The city is proposing a congestion fee to enter Manhattan below 60th Street. Also: TuSimple winding down U.S. operations; new TA Express, Sheetz locations open; Wyoming high wind alerts.
December 6, 2023
Overdrive Radio
Overdrive's 2023 Truckers of the Year: The 'exit interviews' toward the finale, Part 1
This Overdrive Radio roundtable, the first two of sets of talks featuring Trucker of the Year semi-finalists, focused on the year just passed -- the challenges faced, and just how the businesses chose to overcome.
December 4, 2023
Electronic Logging Devices
10 ELDs removed from FMCSA's 'Registered Devices' list
Drivers who use the revoked ELDs must stop using the devices and revert to paper logs or logging software to record required hours-of-service data and replace the revoked ELDs with a compliant device before Jan. 30, 2024.
December 1, 2023
Partners in Business
Maximize your downtime efficiency over-the-road
Whether your truck's at a dock waiting to get loaded or unloaded, or you're planning your next load, there are things you can do to maximize that time to be as efficient as possible.
November 29, 2023
Business
Bestpass acquiring Fleetworthy Solutions
Bestpass has in recent years expanded beyond its toll offering, adding violations, citations, misread detection and tax in its own solution set, and earlier this year added weigh-station bypass, permitting and CDL Driver Protection.
November 28, 2023
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