Weekend blizzard heading to Great Plains, Midwest, Northeast
Another big storm is heading toward the nation’s heartland soon, dumping lots of snow in portions of the Midwest and Mountain Prairie regions, in addition to stirring up blustery winds. It’ll be unpleasant for truckers and people dreaming of an early spring break getaway. Even snowbirds who have been “working for the weekend” may want […]
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Beating back too many brokers’ wrongheaded mentality: ‘Keep the shipper happy no matter what it costs the carrier’
I’ve written about avoid-like-the-plague “right of offset,” or setoff, language in contracts between carriers and partner brokers in recent months more than once.Such language allows a broker a way to do what is spelled out in the title of this post, which is itself a paraphrase of the original, not-so-sanitized way too many brokerages’ mentalities have been described to […]
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Owner-operators reap record earnings in 2018
The high-demand year that trucking enjoyed for most of 2018 produced strong rate hikes that translated well to owner-operator net income. Owner-operators averaged $65,360 for the year, based on more than 15,000 leased and independent operator clients of ATBS, the nation’s largest owner-operator financial services company. That’s an 8.6 percent jump, or $5,178, from 2017, […]
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Employee suit alleges NEMF violated federal law regarding layoff notifications
A group of drivers and other employees of bankrupt less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier New England Motor Freight Inc. (NEMF) have filed a class-action suit alleging the company failed to comply with federal law requiring employers with 100 or more employees to give 60 calendar-days notice of plant closings and mass layoffs. Read more at : https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ltl/nemf-failed-to-give-sufficient-layoff-notice-suit-alleges Article […]
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DOT auditing FMCSA registry of medical examiners over fraud cases
Spurred by a wake of criminal charges against medical examiners who have fraudulently issued DOT medical certificates to truck operators, the U.S. DOT’s Office of Inspector General announced Wednesday it is opening an audit to evaluate the DOT medical certification program. Of focus in the audit is the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners, implemented […]
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Pilot Flying J “Inside Girls” sentenced to community service
Senior U.S. District Judge Curtis L. Collier Jr. sentenced the final four women to be tried in the Pilot Flying J fraud case to probation and community service, the Knoxville News Sentinel reported. The women include Ashley Judd, Holly Radford, Lexie Holden and Janet Welch. The group of women, known as the “Inside Girls” are […]
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Trucks ready to fight Connecticut’s new tolling plan
A congestion tolling proposal by Connecticut’s new governor that would charge both cars and trucks for using state highways will be strongly opposed by the state’s trucking lobby, FreightWaves has been told. After initially backing a truck-only tolling plan released by the state shortly after he was elected in November, Governor Ned Lamont changed course […]
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FreightWaves Research Institute announces ‘War on Detention’ pledge
The FreightWaves Research Institute, in conjunction with industry partners, universities and technology vendors announces the “War on Detention Pledge” – a promise for companies involved in the freight transportation ecosystem to develop and advance research, initiatives and best practices to mitigate uncompensated asset and driver detention. Read more at : https://www.freightwaves.com/news/research-institute-war-on-detention Article by : FreightWaves staff Source […]
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Indiana patrollers to monitor truckers’ on-highway protest Thursday
The Indiana State Police will have extra patrollers monitoring the 50-mile I-465 loop around Indianapolis on Thursday as a group of truckers, many of them owner-operators, plan an on-highway protest. Thursday’s planned protest is a part of a larger effort calling for an April 12 shutdown, organized around a variety of truckers’ Facebook groups under […]
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