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Business: Page 57
Small Fleet Champ
Safety-minded owner drives Grayson Transport Service's success
Scott Donaldson, owner of the three-truck fleet, preaches safety to his drivers, who haul around the Greater Atlanta area under the short-haul exemption. With active authority since 2013, he fully struck out on his own in 2018 with two direct customers.
September 25, 2023
Business
How bad has owner-operator income loss been this cycle?
Income's off 9% year over year, yet business conditions could soon improve after an exceedingly difficult set of circumstances for many truck owner-operators the past year and a half.
September 22, 2023
Business
Trucking index still showing a shipper's market
FTR's monthly Trucking Conditions Index showed a slight improvement in July over June. FTR noted higher fuel costs is driving more negative measures now. Also: Port hosted ZEV truck ride and drive; TA, tech school diesel tech partnership.
September 21, 2023
Small Fleet Champ
LNL Trucking minds the pennies, stacks up dollars in profits
Bedford, Indiana-based LNL Trucking, a 12-truck fleet specializing in liquid-bulk tanker work, thrives with a focus on financials. Owner Larry Limp found his niche in 2004 and has grown with his customers since.
September 21, 2023
Business
Low diesel fuel inventories, volatile pricing likely to boost carrier exits
The current mismatch of crude for refiners suggests lower prices for gasoline lie ahead, but higher prices for diesel – likely the tipping point in accelerating a trucking capacity rebalancing.
September 20, 2023
Business
Behind the scenes of a unique trucking niche: Mobile TV production
The mobile TV production segment of the entertainment-hauling niche is unlike most. Driving is a secondary task, as much of their time is spent building sets and stages and managing production. Hop onto the set of College GameDay with its seven truckers.
September 19, 2023
Equipment
Diesel prices jump to new 2023 high | Another MaxxForce lawsuit settled
After rising nearly 87 cents since July 4, fuel prices are at their highest mark of the year. Spot rates, meanwhile, lag behind. Also: Canadian Navistar MaxxForce lawsuit settled for CAD $14.5 million; new Kenworth dealer open in Metro Detroit.
September 19, 2023
Small Fleet Champ
From one truck to many: D. Weaver Trucking grows through difficult times with end dumps
Year 2019 yielded spectacular income for then-one-truck owner-operator Dannel Weaver. A high tax bill, too, which in part led to a decision to grow the fleet, now at six trucks, including one Weaver still pilots.
September 18, 2023
Business
'Stop showboating': ATA president to UAW, Biden over unprecedented strike
The American Trucking Associations had harsh words for the United Auto Workers and the President as the strike began on Friday, with potential threats for trucking and EV transition.
September 15, 2023
Business
J.B. Hunt to acquire BNSF Logistics' brokerage business
The two companies have a more-than-30-year history of working together. Also: I-95 lane closures resume; Goodyear accepting annual Highway Hero Award nominations; FMCSA awards $48M to increase CDL training opportunities.
September 15, 2023
Electronic Logging Devices
Canadian ELD mandate: Intra-provincial enforcement, with two notable exceptions
Most provinces have adopted Canada's ELD mandate into their regulations for province-only truckers. Significantly, however, Alberta and Saskatchewan still have no plan to adopt.
September 15, 2023
Small Fleet Champ
K&D Transport: Third-gen flatbed business running show-quality KWs
Increasing diversification -- led by a stroke of inspiration post-Great Recession and a never-ending focus on maintenance, driver-friendly freight and solid benefits -- transformed K&D to what it is today, a growing 14-truck flatbed biz.
September 14, 2023
Business
Has trucking bottomed out? Preview owner-operator income benchmarking session upcoming
Tuesday, Sept. 19, owner-operator business services firm ATBS hosts a live session with a market update and income, revenue and cost analysis, including owner-operator averages against which to measure your own performance.
September 13, 2023
Regulations
FMCSA proposes federal system for third-stage DataQs appeals
With a notice publishing September 14, FMCSA proposes reform to the appeals process for third-stage DataQs reviews -- or requests for change to a violation, crash or other information that have been rejected at least twice already.
September 13, 2023
Regulations
California driverless vehicle ban heads to governor's desk
The bill that requires a driver in autonomous vehicles has passed the state's Assembly and Senate, under veto threat by Gov. Also: Debate over EPA's Phase 3 GHG regs; Spot market rates rise for third straight week; Iowa ag haulers get weight exemption.
September 12, 2023
Overdrive Radio
Beating the odds in a 1989 Marmon, from Chicago construction dump to OTR
August Trucker of the Month Steven Massat on Overdrive Radio: After decades of dump work with various Chicago construction outfits as an owner-operator, what used to be his wintertime home leased to T Max is now a year-round affair.
September 11, 2023
Small Fleet Champ
Wallace & Sons Transport: Specialized bulk loads, confidence and competence
Larry Wallace is a third generation trucker with a versatile skill set, a knack for working on old Detroit and Caterpillar engines, and a sweet little niche carved out hauling bakery residuals.
September 11, 2023
Business
Convoy launches proactive fraud defense to fight double-broker networks
More automated defenses in load board and brokerage networks might more effectively detect risky entities and prevent them from engaging in commerce on the platforms. Convoy joined others this week, detailing its own efforts.
September 8, 2023
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