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News · Sep 5, 2019

Detention time rising as drivers wait longer to load and unload while ELD clock is ticking

Longer waits to load and unload freight continue to vex truckers, especially women drivers less likely to complain about being kept waiting, according to new survey data from the American Transportation Research Institute. Both the length and frequency of detention — the number of average minutes a truck spends inside a shipper or receiver location for unloading and loading — have increased over the last four years, ATRI reported Sept. 4. The analysis was based on more than 1,900 driver and moto

News · Sep 5, 2019

Record $148 million heroin bust made, drugs found in the sea container

Does container shipping have a drug problem? After a string of busts in the U.S. in recent months, attention has now switched to the U.K., where authorities have seized 1,279 kilograms of heroin with a street value of £130 million ($148 million). According to the article from the freightwaves.com and its author Mike King The drugs were found Aug. 30 by officers from Border Force and the National Crime Agency (NCA) in a container stowed on the Maersk Gibraltar at the Port of Felixstowe. -accordin

News · Sep 4, 2019

Hurricane Dorian still on track to damage Southeast coast

Dorian not going away Dorian, still a Category 2 hurricane, spared south Florida from a direct hit. However, Dorian won’t be as nice to areas from northeast Florida to the Outer Banks of North Carolina the rest of the week as it gets dangerously close to the coast. Places like Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington, and Nags Head will likely flood, to varying degrees, due to storm surge. Wind damage is a good bet too, especially for coastal areas of the Carolinas. Dorian also may spin up

News · Sep 4, 2019

Auto manufacturers invest in a carless future

Consider the following situation – the closest parking spot to the concert amphitheater is a mile-long walk. Instead of circling the block, wasting time and gas, or using a Lime or Bird app to locate the nearest scooter, perhaps you’d rather dismount a fully charged electric scooter or bike from the trunk or front car door and make it to the concert on time. Auto manufacturers remain a proponent of autonomy and ownership, even if what they’re manufacturing are varieties of electric scooters and

News · Sep 4, 2019

Federal agency rules misclassifying employees is not a violation

Trucking companies that misclassify drivers as independent contractors are not violating federal law, according to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).- According to the article from the freightwaves.com and its author John Gallagher Three of the agency’s four board members held that an employer’s mere communication to its workers that it believes they are independent contractors does not violate the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) if that opinion is later found to be wrong.- Gallagher

News · Sep 3, 2019

The for-hire trucking market does not have a driver shortage problem

The industry would benefit from less drivers The industry driver shortage narrative is helping to destroy the truckload market’s economics by attracting more drivers and fleets to our industry. It plays well in truck driving schools and recruiting ads, but it creates more danger than good. By attracting more drivers and fleets into our industry, we are creating more capacity at a time when the market needs less of it. - According to the article from the freightwaves.com and its author Craig Full

News · Sep 3, 2019

Hurricane Dorian to shut U.S. ports, disrupting intermodal cargo movement

Hurricane Dorian’s approach upward along the U.S. Southeast coast will shutter maritime and rail assets throughout the region during the week.- According to the article from the freightwaves.com and its author Michael Angell, Bulk and Intermodal Editor Dorian was located just 100 miles off the Florida coast as of Monday evening, according to the National Hurricane Center, and was stationary just off Freeport, Bahamas. It slowed down but still had wind speeds up to 140 miles per hour. Miami’s por

News · Sep 3, 2019

Hurricane Dorian still lashing the Bahamas slowly moving north

Barely moving Hurricane Dorian is still lashing the Bahamas while drifting out towards Florida. With a pace, about one mile per hour is very slowly moving away from the Bahamas and northwesterly towards Florida Eastern coastline. Downgraded to category 3 Hurricane Dorian is a still severe threat to the Eastern States including Florida, Georgia, and Carolinas. While a wind temporary slows down to 120 miles per hour, it will pick up to around 160 MPH later on today, as it will move to the open sea

News · Sep 2, 2019

Hurricane Dorian may not reach U.S. coast, but remains extremely dangerous

State officials begin reversing highway lanes ahead of hurricane’s near-hit of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. While the National Hurricane Center says the storm isn’t projected to make landfall, it warns there is plenty to worry about, including tornadoes and flooding. Hurricane Dorian will likely approach Florida’s coast late on Tuesday, September 3, leaving behind devastation the Bahamas, including at least five deaths.- According to the article from the freightwaves.com and its author N

News · Sep 2, 2019

Hurricane Dorian is near Florida, and logistics companies have little time left to deliver relief loads before is too late

After devastating landfall into the Bahamas, Hurricane Dorian is expected to hit Florida coast around 1 Am Tuesday.-According To the data from SONAR and freightwaves.com. National Hurricane Center data, which is also housed in the FreightWaves SONAR platform, showed Dorian producing winds as high as 165 mph as it moved through the Bahamas. According to Nate Tabak FreightWaves has opened up its SONAR freight data platform, free of charge, to help carriers, shippers, and third-party logistics prov

News · Sep 1, 2019

HVH Transport shutdown also hits Canada’s FTI

A Canadian trucking company, FTI, closed as part of the shutdown of HVH Transport. -According to the article from freightwaves.com and its author Nate Tabak HVH’s owner, HCI Equity, purchased Ontario-based FTI in 2014 and merged it with the U.S. trucking company. At the time, FTI had revenues of about US$50 million in revenue and 275 independent contractors and 600 trailers doing an even split of cross-border and domestic Canadian business, according to HCI. Tabak also wrote in his article. U.S.

News · Sep 1, 2019

Is the sun rising for solar power in trucking?

Galileo said, "The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do." So what’s one more task for Ol’ Sol? In addition to ripening those grapes, the sun also can help keep them fresh as they’re transported from farm to market to home. According to a report from the North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE), "interest in solar panels is growing among fleet managers because truck batte