Tag: broker transparency

Overdrive Radio

Trump II and the outlook for speed limiters, broker transparency, parking push

Can regulatory efforts -- whether generally favored (transparency) or not (speed limiters) -- survive a second Trump term? In this Overdrive Radio, OOIDA leaders Todd Spencer, Lewie Pugh offer perspective on that question and much more.

December 2, 2024

Regulations

FMCSA intends to hold brokers' feet to the fire on transparency -- will it work?

FMCSA says it intends enforce broker records transparency, but will it work? Or might brokers eventually find another easy out with contract language, timing, or some other loophole?

December 2, 2024

Overdrive Extra

Broker 'confessions' novel aims at seedy underbelly of digital freight culture

"Confessions of a Freight Broker" is authored by a former broker and here reviewed by Long Haul Paul, who notes it's time for a serious conversation about money, and how much of it in trucking is making its way to those behind the wheel.

November 27, 2024

Voices

POLL: Your view of FMCSA's broker transparency proposal?

It's a 78-pager of a notice issued earlier this week, we know, but: If you've now had time to digest the details, do you think the changes, if implemented, stand to materially impact rates and/or brokered-freight market dynamics? Weigh in here.

November 22, 2024

Regulations

Brokers plan to fight FMCSA's transparency push

An FMCSA proposal would force brokers to reveal the rate the shipper paid on a load within 48 hours of the carrier's request. A carrier summed up the FMCSA's move this way: "about damn time." And brokers, meanwhile, geared up for a fight.

November 20, 2024

Regulations

Transparency: FMCSA proposes 'regulatory obligation' for brokers

A proposed rule seeks four amendments to existing broker transparency regulations, including a move from broker transparency as a "right" for motor carriers to a "regulatory obligation" for brokers to provide, whether they want to or not.

November 19, 2024

Regulations

FMCSA gives update on broker transparency rulemaking delay

FMCSA said it's still working on a rulemaking to update 49 CFR 371.3 -- which requires brokers to share transaction records, including what the shipper paid, with carriers -- but the political climate probably isn't making it any easier.

November 5, 2024

Regulations

FMCSA 'do your damn job' on broker transparency: OOIDA

FMCSA stated last year its goal of acting on the broker transparency front in the month of October. The agency did not respond to Overdrive queries about apparent delay as the calendar advanced to November.

November 1, 2024

Regulations

Kamala Harris' trucking record: 'Dirty diesel' regs and how you might get taxed

Harris hasn't directly touched a ton of trucking-specific laws or regulation, but her work as California Attorney General, then help executinf DOT, EPA, and other key agency policy for the Biden-Harris White House, speaks volumes.

October 14, 2024

Regulations

Trump's headed back to the White House: Here's a recap of his first term

Trump's first term was eventful for trucking's owner-operators, from implementation of the ELD mandate finalized under Obama to new HOS flexibilities and the COVID-19 pandemic garnering attention to brokered-freight transparency, and much more.

October 9, 2024

Business

DAT does broker transparency? Seeing what the shipper paid

While the debate over broker transparency rages, DAT Chief of Analytics Ken Adamo said the load board is toying with a new product feature that would show what shippers paid brokers.

August 1, 2024

Regulations

Timeline for AEBs, broker transparency, other rulemakings in the works

The 2024 Spring Regulatory Agenda, published this month, updates the timeline on a number of potential rulemakings from FMCSA and NHTSA affecting trucking.

July 17, 2024