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Channel 19
The COVID-19 HOS waiver: Has 'self-regulation' equated to better safety?
Trucker Nation teams up with D&K Truck Compliance on a new effort to gather data from carriers and individual drivers who have operated under the COVID waiver. The goal is to study safety outcomes, potentially spurring hours of service change.
November 23, 2021
Regulations
Livestock haulers get additional HOS exemption in infrastructure law
The infrastructure bill signed into law earlier this month adds to livestock and insect haulers' 150 air-mile radius hours of service exemption. Also: 15 Republican governors call on Biden to ease trucking regs to help supply chain; more.
November 23, 2021
Business
A hack for getting a better read on rates data
Criss Wilson, a data scientist with the McLeod TMS provider, offers a spectrum-analysis approach to understanding market leverage with shippers/brokers in rate making. One limitation: access to quality data he hopes more carriers will share.
November 22, 2021
Overdrive Radio
The promise -- and challenges -- of the car-haul trucking niche
Long known for greater earning potential than most other freight niches, car-hauling has lost some luster in these especially challenging times. Yet these owners show plenty upsides even amid difficulty, not least the self-reliant nature of load/unload.
November 19, 2021
Parking
Love's adds more than 300 truck parking spaces | Fleet offers 5 cpm 'driver shortage surcharge'
The truck stop giant opened new stores in Ohio, Florida and Georgia this week. Also: Financing firm offering equipment financing for start-up businesses; Alabama-based flatbed fleet giving drivers 5 cpm 'Driver Shortage Surcharge.'
November 19, 2021
Business
DRIVE Safe Act becomes law: Here's what motor carriers need to know
Senator Angus King of Maine on Wednesday discussed the finer points of the bill, which he described as a common sense piece of legislation that could quickly free up tens of thousands of long haul drivers.
November 18, 2021
Business
House Transportation Committee hears blunt assessment of 'driver shortage'
Dr. David Correll of MIT concluded that improving dock efficiency to add 18 minutes of driving time to an average hauler's 6.5-hour daily drive time would put ATA's "driver shortage" number at zero. More from Wednesday hearing in this report.
November 18, 2021
Business
New load opportunities, new brokers, to flow through 'Convoy for Brokers' platform
The Convoy company is stepping into load-board territory with a new "Convoy for Brokers" program -- offering new load opportunities to owner-ops in the platform from freight brokers other than Convoy's brokerage itself.
November 18, 2021
Business
Cargo theft uptick expected around Thanksgiving
CargoNet warns truck drivers and carriers that cargo theft activity is likely to increase around the Thanksgiving holiday. Also: 12 trucks set to participate in Wreaths Across America convoy from Maine to D.C.; Flatbedder continues acquisition expansion.
November 17, 2021
Channel 19
Broker/shipper contractual shenanigans in practice -- again ...
The conversation around onerous "right of set-off" and other problematic contract language hasn't moved the needle with some of the biggest brokers out there. This example shows a way forward when payment is withheld after a bogus cargo claim -- and more.
November 17, 2021
Overdrive Extra
Correcting the research record around retention/churn with the most important perspective
Clifford Petersen is bringing his long experience as a pro driver to bear in doctoral research that seeks to put the driver's perspective where it belongs -- at the center of the analysis of driver turnover/churn. He needs your help.
November 15, 2021
Business
New trucking insurance models leverage technology to more closely tie pricing to performance
In one case reported in late summer, a 22-truck fleet saved almost 5% on premiums in just a couple of months. Other "insuretech" companies tie in with owner-operator/small fleet telematics and camera data to delivery savings by avoiding massive losses.
November 12, 2021
Business
Flatbed conglomerate PS Logistics makes fifth acquisition of 2021
The Birmingham, Alabama-based flatbed fleet acquired family-owned Oklahoma-based Daryl Thomason Trucking. Also: Driver recognized for helping woman and young child in hours-long traffic jam; New Love's opens in Missouri.
November 11, 2021
Overdrive Radio
Inside the veterans-support mission of small fleet MSR Transport
For this Veterans Day 2021 special edition of Overdrive Radio, hear from active-duty servicemember and MSR co-owner Rob Ahlers on the meaning of the day and his mission to provide civilian career paths for returning servicemembers.
November 11, 2021
Partners in Business
Partners in Business tip: Track personal miles for tax savings
You can deduct mileage on your personal vehicle if you make a business-related trip. It could help you cut your tax bill when tax time comes.
February 26, 2021
Overdrive Extra
Truckers 'scarce and under-utilized at the same time' -- how can that possibly be?
So asks MIT's Dr. David Correll, part of a podcast talk with working haulers. Correll was speaking to the constant drumbeat around a "driver shortage," even as truckers average just 6-7 hours of driving a day. What's your average daily hours utilization?
November 10, 2021
Electronic Logging Devices
Is your ELD ready for the 3G network shutdown?
Cell providers will start sunsetting their legacy 3G networks in February to make room for more advanced networks. As a result, any devices still relying on the 3G networks will become “bricks of silicon and plastic.” Make sure your device is ready.
November 9, 2021
Overdrive Radio
Low-hanging fruit to avoid FMCSA's drug/alcohol Clearinghouse violations
Too many carriers fail to finish the pre-employment "full query" of the Clearinghouse -- and required driver consent delivered in the database itself -- before the operator hits the road. Auditors hit those carriers with troublesome "acute" violations.
November 8, 2021
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