Amazon Robot Deliveries Expand to Atlanta and Franklin, Tenn.
Amazon customers in Atlanta and Franklin, Tenn. could get their packages delivered by Amazon Scout, an autonomous delivery robot. But where’s the safety operator?
ACT Research: For-Hire Trucking Index Keeps Rebounding in June
ACT’s For-Hire Trucking Index for June data is showing continued improvement, rising to 70.4 in June. This is a huge improvement from April’s 19.3 and even the jump to 50.2 a month earlier in May.
Hotshot trucking retains its fundamental allure
The small-truck legacy niche of oilfield work has been hit or miss, but other segments keep humming. Three businesses profiled in this series have turned to hotshot work just within the past two years. They illustrate differences in their approach to c…
Hotshot truckers’ insurance costs — only a little less expensive
Liability insurance costs will vary among hotshot truckers, depending on their particular situation, area of domicile and operation, and more. You might save a bit over a Class 8 operation, but just a little, in the end. The insurance market is no bett…
Kendall Enterprises: Hotshot car haul for the long haul
Starting about four years ago, in preps for launching his now two-truck auto-hauling business, Kendall “buckled down and got a plan together,” assuming a minimum of $1.60 a mile in revenue and filling notebook pages gaming out different scenarios with …
S2 Transport: A small-fleet stepping stone to bigger things
The three-truck S2 business is managed by Scott Sabatini and insurance agent Steve Libertore. The two have high hopes for its future based on their complementary skills: operations and logistics for Sabatini, and risk management for Libertore, as they …
Walkabout Transport: Hotshot as downsized pandemic refuge
Right in the middle of the rates plunge earlier this year, former Class 8 owner-op Debbie Desiderato sold her KW and dry van and found a well-priced 2017 Ford F350 and a new Load Trail 40-foot flatbed with a gooseneck hitch built for heavy-duty use. He…
Penske, EnerSys Deploy More Battery Electric Trucks
Penske Truck Leasing’s electric vehicle program continues to roll out battery electric Freightliner eM2s into service, this time to EnerSys, which will use the new truck throughout Southern California.
Trucker’s victory in Supreme Court case paves way for $28M settlement with fleet
The settlement agreement covers all drivers, prospective drivers and independent contractors who worked at Prime – or attended driver training at the company – between October 2012 and May 2020.
Trucker effectively shut down following fatal crash, failed drug test
Ohio-based truck driver Cory Robert Withrow has been effectively shut down by FMCSA following a crash that killed four children and a subsequent positive drug test. DAT is integrating the TruckPark parking reservation system into the DAT One app. Tesla…