‘Truckers & Troubadours’, and drive-in-movie night at Riteload headquarters
This new song — from the ‘quarantine sessions,’ as it were — from folk-country leading light Mary Gauthier is a cowrite with Jim Darden and … none other than our own Paul Marhoefer. Check out the vid by Tex Crowley here. (While you’re at it, catch …
ATRI, OOIDA Research Identifies COVID-19 Impacts
The American Transportation Research Institute and the Owner-Operator Independent Driver Association Foundation have released research on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on all aspects of trucking operations.
News roundup, May 6: Uber Freight adds lease-on option; N.C.-based towing company charged for price gouging truckers
Freight-matching brokerage Uber Freight has added an option to its platform to allow owner-operators without their own authority to lease on to what the company has called a “virtual trucking carrier.” A North Carolina-based towing company has been cha…
Small fleets in Southeast seeing major cutbacks
More than nine in 10 small fleets in mostly Southeastern states reported being “totally shut down” or “running far less than usual” last week in Overdrive’s ongoing surveying about market impacts with the current slowdown.
DAT New Offerings Help Navigate Uncertainty of Freight Market
DAT Solutions has launched three new products to help truckload carriers and brokers further manage some of the uncertainty in the freight business in the current COVID-19 environment: Ratecast, Market Conditions Index, and Book Now.
Neste Acquires Mahoney Environmental
Neste, one of the world’s leading producers of renewable fuels, has announced the closing of its acquisition of its largest single investment in the U.S. to date.
Pilot has new fuel card; TA reorganizes, eliminates 130 jobs
Truck stop planned for I-55 in Illinois
ATA offers free hand sanitizer to truckers
ARLINGTON, Va. – American Trucking Associations has partnered with Protective Insurance Co. to offer free hand sanitizer to truckers along major U.S. freight corridors. ATA said sanitizer drums are now in place at locations in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvan…
POLL: Should brokers’ per-load margins be limited at a certain percentage?
Would you advocate a regulated cap/ceiling on freight brokers’ margins/percentage take on any load across the board? On certain commodities or situations like the current crisis? Or just let supply/demand sort it all out? …. Weigh in here.
Shots fired at truckers in two road rage incidents
Motorist arrested in Kentucky incident