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Parking

National truck-parking coalition releases working-group resource materials

Regardless of just where parking needs are greatest, in the wake of Jason’s Law and ongoing organization around the nation to address them, “today’s shortage of truck parking capacity is a national safety concern” — new resources from coalition working groups offer tools to current and would-be advocates, governments, planners and more.

December 11, 2018

Truck Stops

Pilot Flying J adds New Mexico, Florida locations

A new Pilot Express will open in Jacksonville, Florida, offering drivers 27 truck parking spaces, and a Pilot Travel Center in Jal, New Mexico, will also be opening this month, offering 43 truck parking spaces.

November 16, 2018

Voices

‘About time’: Readers respond to new CVSA directive not to wake off-duty drivers to inspect

Responses to CVSA’s new policy directive to inspectors not to wake off-duty truckers for the purposes of conducting a random inspection ranged from exasperated positivity — “About time” ran the two-word response of multiple readers at Overdrive’s Facebook page — to I-hope-they-get-the-memo identifications of specific problem jurisdictions.

November 14, 2018

Business

Trucker reportedly attacked over parking spot in Florida

According to a report from Villages-News.com, the trucker was asleep in his rig when 51-year-old Brian James Cozzie, of Eaton Rapids, Michigan, started beating on his truck and ordering him to move. The report states the unnamed driver, who was allegedly taking up two parking spaces, told Cozzie he wasn’t going to move.

November 14, 2018

Business

Spot market in the last week: Load/truck ratios jump as rates fall back slightly

An influx of imports into West Coast ports helped push load-to-truck ratios higher on DAT load boards during the week ending Nov. 3. National average spot rates, however, continued to slide, if only slightly. Also: Close look at data from a market to watch: Atlanta.

November 7, 2018

Business

Hurricane Michael prompts hours regs suspension in Florida, Alabama

Florida Gov. Rick Scott issued a state of emergency for 26 counties in Florida, prompting hours of service regulations to be suspended for direct assistance.

October 8, 2018

Business

Post-Roadcheck surge of trucks on spot market dents reefer, though van rates sustain

June spot market rates strong for van lanes, while high traffic reefer lanes saw less than average rates. Check out the spot market rates for June 10-16, 2018.

June 20, 2018

Business

Truly Spring-like freight volumes arrive for vans, reefers, rates adjust up

Waiting for spring freight? It's finally here. DAT analyst, Matt Sullivan, explains which spot rates & volumes are looking strong for vans & reefers this May.

May 9, 2018

Business

Heck of a time to be a flatbedder: High demand indicators on offer in this week’s spot update

All that dark green in the map? That means flatbedders utilizing DAT load boards have been busy, with a serious imbalance between the number of posted flatbed loads and the number of posted available trucks. What’s more: It’s been that way since winter and the ELD mandate’s inception.

May 3, 2018

Business

Spot market ‘checks and balances’ on offer in the last week for van, reefer freight

Van freight volumes edged up last week, but load posts were outpaced once again by an increase in available trucks. That led to a 5 cent dip in the national van rate, which sits at $2.16 per mile for April – still higher than the March average. Meanwhile, Spring produce moving in reefers is off to a slow start, it seems …

April 25, 2018

Business

Truck availability rose on spot market last week, moderating rates even as reefer/van volumes increased

The post-Easter lull in reefer volumes didn’t last long. Load counts were up 15 percent last, close to where they were at the close of the first quarter. Produce is moving out of Southern California and Central Florida, but we’re just getting started.

April 19, 2018

Overdrive Extra

Brian Hardman, broker of Fulmer Logistics: ‘Load boards are a gamble, for me and for carriers’

And more from Hardman, whose two decades as a broker follow time driving OTR, among other things. His business, built on close relationships with a core team of owner-operators, is the focus of the second installment in “Long Haul Paul” Marhoefer’s “Faces of the Road” series.

March 28, 2018