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Weakened but stil dangerous, Dorian reaches Canada
The remnants of Hurricane Dorian battered southern Nova Scotia as the downgraded but still dangerous storm left 300,000 people without power, felled trees and dramatically brought down a construction crane in the downtown of the port city of Halifax. According to the article from the freightwaves.com and its author Nate Tabak, Canada Correspondent The core […]
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Pivotal days ahead for the bill that could wipe out California owner-operators
Still in the works in the California legislature is a bill that trucking groups say will likely kill the leased owner-operator model in the state, though time is waning for the state’s lawmakers to clear the legislation this year. According to the article from the overdriveonline.com and its author James Jaillet “The California legislature has a […]
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Trucking utilization improves while prices remain suppressed
Like a heartbeat on an echo-cardiogram after a flat-line, trucking has found a pulse. After months of underperformance compared to 2018, volumes finally showed growth from a year-over-year perspective in August. Unfortunately for carriers, these volumes did not translate to a significant increase in transportation prices, which would be well-timed leading into the upcoming bid […]
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Truck breakdowns are no fun, here are the few tips to prevent it
Source and credits: freightwaves.com Trevor Willingham / iTrucker / Mario Pawlowski
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Hurricane Dorian tormenting Carolinas with flooding and tornadoes
Hurricane Dorian, now Category 2 storm, is lashing South Carolina coast, with rain and sustained winds of up to 110 m.p.h. By Thursday evening, Hurricane Dorian was about 45 miles from Myrtle Beach, S.C., slowing down as it moved northeastward up the East Coast, according to the National Hurricane Center. While the eye of the […]
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Class 8 truck orders down nearly 80 percent compared to August 2018
Preliminary orders for Class 8 trucks fell about 80 percent compared with August 2018’s record orders. All eyes are on the fall months to see how soft the market for new equipment will be. According to the article from the freightwaves.com and its author Alan Adler Orders fell for the tenth consecutive month, one factor […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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