Six ways to show your drivers you really care
MARKHAM, Ont. — National Truck Driver Appreciation Week is Sept. 10-16, and fleets are planning to celebrate their drivers with cookouts and giveaways. But CarriersEdge is challenging the industry to think about what they are doing the other 51 weeks…
Spot Truckload Rates Jump as Harvey Disrupts Supply Chains
The availability of spot truckload freight increased 2.9% while available trucking capacity fell 4.3% for the week ending Sept. 2, the first full week after Hurricane Harvey made landfall, according to DAT Solutions and its network of load boards. This resulted in national average rates rising compared to the previous week…
Hub Group Adopts SmartDrive Video Safety Platform
Hub Group has adopted the SmartDrive video-based safety platform for its fleet of more than 2,600 tractors, with the aim of improving driver safety and fuel economy.
Why Mike can’t have nice things (like my vote)
“I spend every Monday morning writing letters to my representatives in DC, and I spend about the same amount of time calling their offices, leaving messages and talking to staff. I realize that’s not nearly as cool as making a bold, public statement ab…
Video: ATBS forecasts higher owner-operator income
Amen revisited his forecasts from last year and made some new ones during an Overdrive Partners in Business seminar at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas last month.
Celebrate National Trucking Week in style, says CTA
TORONTO, Ont. — The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) is encouraging businesses in the transportation industry to celebrate National Trucking Week. National Trucking Week, which continues to run all this week until Sept. 9, began in the late 1990s to spotlight…
Wisconsin intrastate ELD mandate not adopted, may implement on delayed timeline
The June-published map of states’ adoption plans for the ELD mandate for intrastate operations included Wisconsin on the list of those likely to adopt on the same enforcement timeline as the interstate rule, but reps there now say a delay for intrastat…
Partners in Business tip: Properly spec your tires
Smart tire spec’ing can save money in two ways: reducing tire cost per mile and fuel cost per mile.
The evolution of the powertrain
Powertrains have come a long way over the past few decades, with ever-improving technology fueling the internal combustion engine as well as driving several more carbon-friendly alternatives into the marketplace. For now, and the foreseeable future, the diesel engine reigns…
Overturning turnover: Better recruiting = better retention
I don’t get it. Does the industry breathe a collective sigh of relief and think the driver turnover problem is under control when the American Trucking Associations (ATA) reports that driver turnover rates, many times the rate of other business…