Healthy Trucker to release educational videos during wellness challenge
LONDON, Ont. – Healthy Trucker has announced a new series of wellness training videos for drivers. Videos will be released weekly during the Healthy Fleet Challenge, and will be open to all participating teams. The training videos have been created…
Unmentioned but not unappreciated
Here’s to those who didn’t make the printed stories of 2017. The people too weird or fleeting to create an entire post around, the folks I probably would have never seen or experienced without travel and trucking, but the very people who make this whol…
Business outlook trending pessimistic in the new year for owner-operators
And … a few late Christmas wishes from a variety of owner-operators on Overdrive’s Facebook page, with their rig dressed up for the holiday last week. . .
US trucking 2018 – a pivotal year
The electronic logging device (ELD) mandate, is, arguably the biggest regulatory change to hit trucking since the introduction of the commercial driver’s license in the 1980s. Photo credit: Shutterstock.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) may have less on its regulatory plate in 2018, but the agency will still have…
The Year of the ELD: Top trucking trends from 2017 as ELD mandate descended
Coverage of the mandate and its myriad of twists and turns throughout dominated the news cycle in 2017. It also dominated Overdrive’s usual in-depth coverage of the industry. However, a few other key trends emerged too, including regulatory repeals by the Trump Administration, booming rates and the rise of the electric truck. More here…
Ready or not, digitalization is on its way
The container shipping industry is embracing technology, hoping for gains in transparency, cost-savings, and efficiency. Photo credit: Shutterstock.
The container shipping industry, widely seen as slow to embrace technology, could be on the …
Is it business as usual in the grocery world?
Mixed bag of reports coming from groceries around the country in the middle of this holiday week — are empty shelves a result of the ELD mandate or the “perfect storm” of holiday freight pressures? … A little analysis here, and: What are you seeing?
Is it business as usual in the grocery world?
Mixed bag of reports coming from groceries around the country in the middle of this holiday week — are empty shelves a result of the ELD mandate or the “perfect storm” of holiday freight pressures? … A little analysis here, and: What are you seeing?
Most Important News Posts of 2017
In 2017, the trucking industry saw several major news stories play out on a near daily basis. The looming ELD Mandate, new regulations, and Silicon Valley’s push into the trucking industry captured the attention of our readers in a big way this year.
Chinese Company Buys Trucker Path
Renren, which operates a social networking service and internet finance business in China, has entered into an agreement to buy the trucking industry social platform Trucker Path.