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Regulations

FMCSA investigates TQL as fight over broker transparency rages

FMCSA speaks up after "misstatements" about TQL being raided or "compelled" to provide rate transparency after a pitched battle with Florida hauler Dakota Springfields.

December 11, 2023

Regulations

Owner-op shutdown, TQL boycott: New association makes its mark

The National Owner Operators Association has burst on the scene as a bit of a bomb thrower in 2023. Here Overdrive checks in on the newly founded org's ongoing boycott and shutdown.

November 20, 2023

Business

TQL 'offsetting' its way out of paying carriers?

After an owner-operator confronted TQL face-to-face over nonpayment issues, other carriers say the broker is withholding tens of thousands in cash, and they're mulling legal action.

November 9, 2023

Business

'TQL PAY ME MY $8,000': Owner-op confronts broker over nonpayment

When one owner said he was pushed too far by TQL withholding payments on $8,000 worth of loads, he took matters into his own hands and visited their headquarters. It worked.

November 2, 2023

Business

Owner-operator group launches 'nationwide shutdown' over FMCSA inaction on broker regs

The National Owner Operators Association said more than 20,000 member truckers could shut down to protest a lack of broker transparency after FMCSA delayed action until late 2024.

November 1, 2023

Regulations

'Continued delay is BS': OOIDA on FMCSA's move of broker transparency action to late 2024

OOIDA President Todd Spencer calls "BS" on FMCSA's plan to wait another 13 months to take any action on broker transparency, despite clear calls from owner-operators to act now.

September 27, 2023

Regulations

FMCSA should pick up the pace on broker transparency: OOIDA

While the agency signaled its intent in March to move forward on possible changes to broker transparency regulations, OOIDA is urging FMCSA to pick up the pace.

August 22, 2023

Regulations

Owner-ops sound off to FMCSA on need for more light on brokered rates

FMCSA's listening session at MATS on recent and future regulatory moves related to brokers was filled mostly with owner-ops calling for greater transparency into brokers' margins. One broker cautioned the transparency push could backfire for some.

April 4, 2023

Regulations

FMCSA signals intent to move on OOIDA broker transparency petition

In a letter dated earlier in March, the agency told the association it "determined that OOIDA's petition contains adequate justification to initiate rulemaking. Also: Used-truck volume slip -- indicators; Penske acquired Kris-Way Truck Leasing.

March 31, 2023

Regulations

FMCSA denies brokers' request to remove transparency regs | Another ELD revoked

The Transportation Intermediaries Association sought to have broker transparency regs removed, but FMCSA denied the request. Also: All-Ways Track ELD revoked from FMCSA registry; International, Volvo, Peterbilt trucks recalled.

March 27, 2023

Business

‘I know I’m going to get hurt’: Small fleet owner leads boycott of TQL

With a Facebook group of nearly 23,000 members, small fleet owner Mike Boston is at the head of efforts to pressure brokerages over cheap rates, unwarranted cargo claims and more.

March 14, 2023

Regulations

Carriers believe broker regs proposal a step 'in the right direction'

At once, many illustrate the proposed rules on brokers' financial requirements don't go far enough. Several brokers, however, think the proposal is outside FMCSA's purview. FMCSA will host a public listening session at MATS on the issue.

March 7, 2023