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Dallas-area tornadoes prompt regs suspension for emergency relief
A Regional Emergency Declaration issued by FMCSA’s Western Service Center exempts carriers providing direct relief to Texas from Parts 390 through 399 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.
October 23, 2019
Channel 19
Latest highway blockade, in service of burned-rubber donuts
Video footage showed a car doing donuts as highway traffic backed up and travelers looked on. Get more details on the story here on Overdrive Online.
February 12, 2019
Business
Trucks flooded the spot market last week returning from holidays — rates fell 4-6 cents/mile nationally
Holidays are over, it’s certain. The large majority of the trucking world is back to work. The number of trucks posted on the spot truckload freight market increased 77 percent last week, well ahead of the 9 percent gain in available loads.
January 17, 2019
Business
Rates, volumes held steady into Christmas week
Meanwhile, demand indicators in national average van and flatbed load-to-truck ratios declined, while the reefer ratio increased, compared to the previous week, reflecting demand to move fresh produce and temperature-controlled goods ahead of the Christmas holiday.
December 28, 2018
Business
Spot market in the last week: Load/truck ratios jump as rates fall back slightly
An influx of imports into West Coast ports helped push load-to-truck ratios higher on DAT load boards during the week ending Nov. 3. National average spot rates, however, continued to slide, if only slightly. Also: Close look at data from a market to watch: Atlanta.
November 7, 2018
Business
Trucker shot at southeast Dallas truck stop
DallasNews.com reports the trucker parked at Marlow’s Fuel Center off of U.S. 175 in southeast Dallas when he was approached by a man who asked him what he was doing. The report states the man then pulled out a handgun and shot the trucker in the arm.
November 7, 2018
Business
Spot rates edge down in the last week for dry vans, reefers
Van volumes largely held, but reefer markets took a step back, and the national load-to-truck ratio actually dipped below where it was at this time a year ago.
August 15, 2018
Channel 19
Parking issue panel set for GATS later this month
The truck parking issue panel established for the 2018 GATS will take on more nontraditional looks at truck parking capacity. Learn more on Overdrive.
August 7, 2018
Business
Roadcheck rates, volumes for vans and reefers on the spot market
Spot rates continue positive trend for June with van rates soaring to their highest since April. See van and reefer hot markets from the DAT on Overdrive.
June 7, 2018
Business
Fuel prices, post-ELD pressure sustain elevated rate picture on spot market
Rising fuel costs, topping $3/gal. nationally in recent weeks, have added pressure on freight rates, slowing their seasonal decline a bit. But the bigger story remains a capacity crunch that’s put truckers in the driver’s seat on rates, partly a result of proliferating ELDs.
February 1, 2018
Business
Spot market demand indicators drop but remain favorable for truckers
Load post counts were on the rise last week, but truck posts rose even higher after the holidays. It was the first week the van load-to-truck ratio declined since the ELD mandate went into effect. Yet the ratio was still 10.7 van loads per truck, way above what’s been historically typical, for any time of year.
January 17, 2018
Business
Because that’s what professionals do
After Tony Justice’s band’s tour bus had a breakdown en route to Dallas, guess who pitched in to get the equipment there in time enough for a full set? True professional truckers from all around the nation …
August 28, 2017
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