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New indexing tool helps OOs/carriers determine what freight rates ‘should’ be

Tools like Transcore’s Rate Index Pro and Internet Truckstop’s Fuel Desk Plus have in recent years offered for users of the load board services and other subscriber owner-operators access to real-time load market data along individual lanes and in specific regions, leading to a broker-carrier negotiation situation where, for the first time in history, individual […]

January 21, 2010

‘Truck’ front and center in MA Senate victory

National media, at the behest of the candidate/soon-to-be-senator himself, are putting a GMC Canyon pickup at the center of his (some say) upset victory over the Democrat running against him for Senator Edward Kennedy’s former Senate seat in Massachusetts. If eTrucker.com polls we conducted in August and December are any indication, it’s appropriate that a […]

January 20, 2010

Photography fun

Become a member of The Photographer: Truckers News photo group on Flickr, and you’ll be able to browse through photos from other truckers around the world, as well as share your own. It’s free to join, or you can upgrade to a paid account with more storage space if you so choose.

January 20, 2010

Have truck, can’t hunt

Over-the-road drivers deal with all manner of annoyances, some rising to the level of outright injustice — I think immediately of the numerous times I’ve watched a fellow auto-driver cut across three lanes of traffic at 70-plus mph within mere feet of a rig’s front bumper, to name just one — but writing in the Montana newspaper Billings Gazette, reporter Brett French recently uncovered one such injustice that might take the cake for most downright silly.

January 19, 2010

CSA 2010 webinar Thursday night

To learn details of the new federal safety program, log in to Overdrive’s Jan. 21 webinar, featuring Certified Fleet Safety Director Mike Rone.

January 19, 2010

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Early warning signs at Arrow Trucking

One of the lessons to come out of the Arrow Trucking collapse is to recognize warning signs and take appropriate action.

January 18, 2010

iPhone app as dealer lot

The folks at CommercialTruckTrader.com have introduced the latest in iPhone apps from the heavy duty trucking industry, and with it comes the following slick, simple, well-soundtracked video, detailing the app’s truck-searching and social functionality. And thinking about on the past year or so, which saw at least three trucking-related iPhone apps detailed in these pages — […]

January 15, 2010

One Arrow driver’s story, through the eyes of the Schneider National hauler who picked him up

Nacogdoches, Texas-based Schneider National driver Robin Reese recently told me a story that ranks among the absolute most positive I’ve heard to come out of the bankruptcy of Arrow Trucking, which before officially filing as bankrupt late last week abruptly ceased operations a few days before Christmas, leaving drivers the nation over in the lurch and […]

January 13, 2010

U.S. diesel price surges again, up 8.2 cents

The national average retail price of a gallon of diesel climbed for the third consecutive week, this time jumping 8.2 cents to $2.879 for the week ending Jan. 11. The price, which has climbed 15.3 cents since Dec. 21, is 56.5 cents higher than the same week last year, according to the U.S. Department of […]

January 13, 2010

UPS hauler weighs in on foggy driving

In Gary Richards’ Monday “Roadshow” column in the Silicon Valley Mercury News paper, Richards called on Aptos, Calif.-based UPS trucker Dan Casas to help answer the question of a writer about the safety of closely following a big rig in fog to get through a dangerous drive. Casas was gracious and knowledgable in his reply.

January 12, 2010

CSA 2010: The new sheriff in town

This month’s cover story “Maximum Exposure” in Truckers News deals with CSA 2010 — the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s new safety compliance program set to roll out this summer. While it’s a total new way of doing business, CSA 2010 looks to work in favor of good drivers. I made this argument in my monthly […]

January 11, 2010

South Pole ice roads redux

More pictures from South African Antarctic research expedition — now that’s extreme intermodal.

January 11, 2010

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