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Channel 19
Data analysis use to predict …. driver happiness?
FleetRisk Advisors’ predictive analysis engine — think of it as the Moneyball approach to carrier risk management — can help carriers reduce turnover, the company says; we’ve got some ideas on that score, too. . .
July 6, 2013
Voices
Making the most of idle time with uncompensated detention solutions
Readers voices views on the issue of uncompensated detention time at shipper and receiver facilities, an agreed-upon top problem for driver and owner-operators today.
November 7, 2012
Channel 19
Hours, EOBRs: Adapt or fight?
Owner-operators’ No. 2 named challenge, the unsettled nature of the hours of service regulations and a potential electronic logs mandate, has moved some to embrace change, others to fight for fairness.
August 3, 2012
Channel 19
Oil/gas boom in N.D. generates owner-operator opportunities
A report from an NPR listener bemoaned truck traffic in his native Watford City, N.D., associated with the oil boom — but that boom is proving golden for many owner-operators.
July 26, 2012
Channel 19
Anne Ferro conferences on issues with owner-operators
Run-down of the Wednesday, June 20, 2012 call hosted by the Trucking Solutions Group with FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro on critical industry issues. Find a summation of some of the major points with a link to the entire recorded call.
June 22, 2012
Channel 19
What does your fuel surcharge look like?
A poll that asks for owner-operators’ thoughts on the use of fuel surcharges as a cushioning agent against spikes in fuel prices sparked some discussion on Facebook last week. Owner-operators Linda Caffee, Jeff Clark and others were involved, Clark taking the point of view that fuel surcharges were merely a utility for negotiating long-term rates in contracts […]
June 3, 2012
Channel 19
Imagine running for the same fleet for 50 years…
Can you? We’ve heard no shortage of stories of independents who’ve stayed active that long leased to different carriers or on their own, but never with the same company. (If you have, I’m all ears!) I can’t think of a company driver who’s done it, either (though Wisconsin-based Butch Mueller is getting pretty close), and […]
May 25, 2012
Overdrive Extra
Lucky 13: Natural gas engines performing well in ready-mix
Chicago-based Ozinga Ready Mix drivers report plenty of power and responsive shifting from 13 Cummins-Westport natural gas-powered Kenworth mixer trucks now in operation, moving from its Chinatown Plant near downtown. “Since city officials are trying to reduce emissions from trucks that operate in downtown Chicago,” says Tim Ozinga, company communications director, “we thought placing all of […]
April 21, 2012
Channel 19
Brokers: Highway bill unlikely prior to election; more on the bond issue
With news of President Barack Obama’s threat to veto any highway reauthorization or extension bill that comes to his desk with authorization of the Keystone XL Pipeline included, as it is in the House version that passed the Rules committee earlier in the week, came my conversation with James Lamb, head […]
April 20, 2012
Channel 19
Rich Wilson’s ‘state of the industry’; and MCSAC apnea update
You’re likely to remember Rich Wilson (pictured), former owner-operator and current regulatory manager with the Trans Products/Trans Services company, for his part in the Truck Driver Social Media Convention last fall, where he urged the drivers and owner-operators in attendance really be a part of the regulatory process — on the front end, in the […]
January 13, 2012
Channel 19
Heads-up on new partnership that could change the leasing game
This month in Overdrive, I examined a couple different alternatives to traditional leasing models carriers and their advisers are exploring for ways to avoid what some see as long-term growing challenges to the independent contractor business model. Two models in particular stand a chance to take hold in the future, one being the conversion of […]
November 17, 2011
Business
Canada implements electronic shipment system
In September, Canada will begin phasing in the third stage of its Advance Commercial Information for highway carriers.
July 22, 2011
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