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Tag: Covenant Transport
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Team driving: Finding the right balance of driving hours, time apart
Federal hours of service regulations are the same for team drivers as solo drivers, though one team truck has two on-duty and driving clocks. Each driver has a 14-hour on-duty clock and an 11-hour driving clock, and each driver is required to take a 30-minute break during their shift.
March 20, 2018
Business
Team driving: E-commerce, ‘driver shortage’ pushing team pay to new heights
Owner-operator teams are in high demand by fleets, with carriers dangling major bonuses and appealing pay packages to draw in teams amid booming e-commerce and what carriers say is a critical driver shortage.
March 19, 2018
Business
Covenant offering $40,000 bonuses to team drivers
The $40,000 Teaming Bonus program, which goes into effect Feb. 1, will pay $2,000 in bonus money – $1,000 to each driver – to teams each time the team runs 60,000 paid miles together.
January 3, 2018
Overdrive Extra
How Covenant relies on teams for its edge
The company has about 900 teams and 375 solo drivers. About 90 of the trucks are owner-operated. For hazmat-certified owner-operators, the team opportunities include 100 percent no-touch freight, $1.03 per mile, a safety bonus, a $1,000 monthly bonus to each team that runs 15,000 miles, and other benefits.
August 12, 2016
Business
Fleet Focus
Carriers and drivers receive recognition and awards.
July 2, 2012
Business
Covenant announces $10K annual Equity Bonus hazmat teams
Covenant Transport announced a new Owner-Operator Hazmat Team Equity Bonus that will offer an extra $10,000 per year to hazmat owner-operator teams to help replace equipment. All owner-operator hazmat teams who run at least 35 loads per quarter will now be eligible for a $2,500 per quarter bonus payout on an ongoing basis. Lease-purchase drivers […]
April 27, 2012
Business
LogBook
A long-haul cross-border Mexican trucking program is proposed, Dart buys Fil-More assets, trucking groups back ATA’s appeal against the Port of Los Angeles and many other industry news items are featured.
February 1, 2011
Business
Truckers discuss real-world health problems
Truckers reviewed health problems and challenges of coping with them at an international conference on driver health in Baltimore.
November 10, 2010
Business
Health reform payoff
Owner-operators with pre-existing conditions often have been denied health coverage. Here’s how that’s changing.
August 1, 2010
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