Shippers and carriers alike are exposed to spot market volatility There are at least three ways to interpret the ‘paper’ in ‘paper rates.’ The first is that the rates aren’t worth the paper ...
Read moreThe percentage of Class 8 trucks, or semi-trucks (those with a gross vehicle weight rating exceeding 33,000 pounds) equipped with manual transmissions is certainly much higher than the consumer automo...
Read morePresident Donald Trump’s pick to replace deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein could bolster Administration efforts to roll back or delay Obama-era pollution rules affecting the trucking sector. U....
Read moreAnother 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 u...
Read moreI’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 broke...
Read moreThe 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 t...
Read moreA 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 fed...
Read moreSpurred 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 Wednesd...
Read moreSenior 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. T...
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