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Partners in Business

Have freight markets turned? ATBS update set for March 25

Expect answers from our Partners in Business coproducer ATBS, just ahead of MATS, with the firm's semi-annual update charting owner-operator 2024 revenue, cost, and income benchmarks derived from tens of thousands of clients' real-world performance.

March 14, 2025

Lowboy Toting Vehicle

Shell, WEX roll out improved fleet fuel card programs

The new card improves savings, security and gives fleets more flexibility as when adding electric vehicles.

March 5, 2025

Shell fuel card

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February 19, 2025

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Trucking attorneys: Broker transparency needed to fight fraud

When Convoy went bankrupt, dozens of carriers got stiffed on millions of dollars. A few prominent transportation lawyers argue that broker transparency could end that kind of abuse.

March 13, 2025

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Trucker of the Year

Trucker of the Month leans into owner-operator pride and joy, biz brass tacks

Kenny Wingate, 55 years young today, takes pride in and cousel from his lifetime in trucking, though many of the men he learned from, and some of those he came up with in trucking, have passed on. His story in his own words, here, in Overdrive Radio.

March 10, 2025

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Fusable appoints Kate Cassino to lead next phase of growth

Fusable, a leader in data-driven solutions for the trucking, agriculture, and construction industries, has announced the appointment of Kate Cassino as its new CEO, effective March 3, 2025.

March 10, 2025

Highway denies selling, storing or otherwise snooping on ELD data

Owner-ops say late last year dozens of brokers suddenly started denying them freight and pointing them to Highway's electronic logging device integrations, which many refused. Hear from the company itself on what's really going on.

March 7, 2025

K&J Trucking repeats as top overall 'Best Fleet'

CarriersEdge named mostly owner-operator K&J Trucking a top overall Best Fleet to Drive For in the small fleet category for the second year in a row. Decker Truck Line was the top large fleet. Also: Alabama-based dry bulk carrier acquired by KAG.

March 7, 2025

K&J Trucking Best Fleets to Drive For award

Trucker overtime pay legislation revived | Missouri bills take on predatory towing

Missouri lawmakers are considering a crackdown on predatory towing through a bill that would allow truckers to file complaints over egregious bills. Also: Bill to eliminate carriers' overtime pay exemption reintroduced; CVSA IDEA noms sought.

March 6, 2025

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Overdrive Extra

What's 1 extra mpg worth in profit at today's freight rates? An extra 3 mpg?

Tariffs and more are delivering freight-market uncertainty, though some bright spots shine through in recent news. Increase your own profit certainty by cutting costs. Just one diesel mpg gained in efficiency yields thousands of dollars annually.

March 5, 2025

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Treasury suspends small-business ownership reporting requirement

The U.S. Treasury said it wouldn't impose penalties associated with Beneficial Ownership Information reporting under the current requirements for U.S. entities. A new rule proposal could change the Corporate Transparency Act's regulatory scope.

March 4, 2025

FinCEN BOI reporting suspended

Trump's tariffs on Canadian, Mexican imports mostly suspended after briefly being in effect

A 25% tariff on most imports from Canada and Mexico and a 10% increase on Chinese goods took effect, many then paused again. Also: House passes bill requiring USPS to monitor trucking contractor crashes; Highway Angel helps extinguish truck fire.

March 4, 2025

Semi truck at port

TQL sued over transparency, contract waivers FMCSA told the broker to drop

Pink Cheetah Express' showdown with TQL reached a new level, with a legal battle brewing that could impact the future of broker transparency in trucking.

February 28, 2025

Pink Cheetah v. TQL

‘You’re on your own’: Cargo theft, fraud challenges aired in Congress

During a Senate subcommittee hearing Thursday, trucking representatives offered recommendations on ways Congress can assist FMCSA, law enforcement and others in fighting freight fraud and cargo theft.

February 28, 2025

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Trucker of the Year

How trucking's 'supposed to be done': Trucker of the Month Southpoint Exchange

Two-truck Southpoint Exchange has built consistent LTL reefer business along the lane between Central Florida and northern Ohio over five years with authority. After a lifetime of trucking, owner Kenny Wingate's found his sweet spot.

February 28, 2025

Tale of two lease-purchases: A path to truck ownership, and a swift exit

Steven Berube and Glenn Helmly's lease-purchase experiences, though more than two decades apart, illustrate how important personal circumstance, and timing, can be in any truck-acquisition decision, creating the conditions for success -- or failure.

February 24, 2025

Steven Berube's 1979 GMC Brigadier car hauler

What should Trump and Elon Musk's DOGE tackle in trucking?

We asked -- a dozen or so readers answered, offering a range of ideas for areas for review at the intersection of government and industry. What do you think? Weigh in yourself here.

February 26, 2025

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Congress eyes delay of Treasury's owner-reporting requirement

The U.S. House unanimously passed a bill, now with the Senate, to delay the owner-reporting requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act until 2026. Also: ATRI seeks operational costs data from carriers; hydrogen-electric Nikolas recalled.

February 24, 2025

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Canadian trucking giant TFI moving HQ to U.S. | FMCSA expands HOS waviers, regional emergency

FMCSA expands regional emergency to include seven more states; drug bust in California; Volvo's top Canadian dealer group named.

February 21, 2025

TForce Freight truck

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Sharp new glider additions to Rissler small fleet underscore driver, family value

Walk through two new glider additions to Small Fleet Champ Paul Rissler Transportation, a 2016 flattop Pete and a 2019 studio-sleeper outfitted KW picked up for Wes Martin's wife, Bev, to accompany the longtime Rissler driver OTR.

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Just five weeks left to enter Overdrive's 2025 Small Fleet Championship

Mack Trucks reintroduced its Anthem model Tuesday as 'the new standard of regional haul.'

'Brand new' Anthem reintroduced as Mack's regional haul truck

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When will owner-operators have to compete with truly 'driverless' trucks?

The ALL NEW JBL FLIP 7 - Featuring AI sound boost, deeper base, longer battery life, and Auracast... it's MADE to be HEARD.

The ALL NEW JBL FLIP 7 - Featuring AI sound boost, deeper base, longer battery life, and Auracast... it's MADE to be HEARD.

When will owner-operators have to compete with truly 'driverless' trucks?

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