From within or without? — pressure to run over hours in the wake of the ELD mandate
Drivers face increased risks in the ELD era for any hours violations — hence more pushback against pressure to violate, met with one of those “equal and opposite reactions.” Yet not everyone agrees that external pressures to violate the regs are being…
Owner-operators report mostly negative, if any, change in detention times since ELDs were mandated for most
Early detention-poll results show most readers feel that the load/unload locations they visit had either seen no change (44 percent) or actually gotten a little (18 percent) or a lot (20 percent) worse on detention since late December 2017 when the ele…
The expansion challenge: Getting started with solid freight relationships
While most owner-operators have considered adding a truck to their business, many never try it, and few have sustained success for years. The challenges are many, but the rewards can be substantial for the right operators with a close eye on new opport…
Tuesday round-up: The boomerang of brokers’ claims offsets; LGBTQ trucking; large carrier channels inner owner-op on ‘shortage’
Case closed with success by small fleet owner Marta Vidaurreta after a long struggle to get paid for loads hauled for a broker after a cargo claim denial on a previous load; Rolling Stone — and a new book — explores the LGBTQ community among drivers;…
Beating back too many brokers’ wrongheaded mentality: ‘Keep the shipper happy no matter what it costs the carrier’
Is a shipper’s business important enough to disregard the basic facts of a cargo claim to please a big company that wants to hold onto its money at the expense of the truth? Maybe now is the time, if not for regulation, for a new look at your contracts…
Convoy reaches near 100 percent automation
The tech-enabled brokerage Convoy says it is now matching 95 percent of loads it facilitates “without human intervention” — in other words, shippers and carriers in 95 percent of cases are connecting for loads via the Convoy app and web-based platform…
Uber Freight adds facility ratings/reviews
With a goal in part to facilitate information sharing among its carrier/driver networks and closer collaboration with its shipper/consignee customers, Uber Freight has introduced a facility ratings and reviews feature that enables carriers using the pl…
How’s a 21-hour wait to unload at 21 below sound?
Think your customer might tell you the delivery location is going to close with the weather? Think again … Also: Port of Baltimore container haulers picket over wait times at Seagirt terminal; “slow roll” press attention-grabber last weekend drew sev…
Schneider brokerage adopts Trucker Tools
Schneider Transportation Management has selected Trucker Tools’ carrier management and shipment tracking software services to support the brokerage’s growing network of carriers and other operations.
POLL: What is the most difficult aspect of growing beyond a single truck as an owner-op?
Small fleet owners and those in the midst of an expansion plan beyond a single truck: Which of these areas — finding dependable drivers, dealing with more maintenance, equipment investment, insurance, administrative burdens and more — has proved the …