October 21, 2020
Short-term freight contracts between shippers and motor carriers (and brokers) remain en vogue, as supply chain stakeholders continue to try to balance the recent run-up in truckload demand with the … Read more of this article
October 19, 2020
“Nuclear” has become a familiar term in the transportation industry to explain rising insurance costs from runaway jury verdicts. … Read more of this article
October 16, 2020
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Western Service Center has extended the emergency declaration for wildfire relief haulers in California and Oregon, thus extending the hours of service waiver for … Read more of this article
October 13, 2020
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration granted a waiver to the National Tank Truck Carriers to allow fleets to install a red or amber brake-activated pulsating lamp in the upper … Read more of this article
October 9, 2020
Healthcare is typically the second or third largest budget item for most trucking companies, said Alex Dampf, president of Nashville-based health insurance brokerage Oakmont Benefits Group. And over the last … Read more of this article
October 8, 2020
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season to-date has produced 26 tropical or subtropical cyclones, 25 named storms, nine hurricanes and 3 major hurricanes. With 25 named storms makes 2020 the most … Read more of this article
October 6, 2020
For-hire trucking companies added 4,600 payroll jobs in September, according to the Department of Labor’s monthly employment report – the fifth consecutive month that trucking industry employment has grown. The … Read more of this article
October 6, 2020
Transportation companies that have business in retail supply chains have seen freight volumes surge since June — largely credited to consumers changing their buying habits during the COVID-19 pandemic. … Read more of this article
October 5, 2020
A lot has happened in the trucking industry since a surge in freight volumes outpaced the supply of drivers in 2018. A different group of factors have now combined to … Read more of this article
October 1, 2020
Plaintiff attorneys put a lot of effort into painting truckers in a negative – if not outright violent – light, but among the defense tools carriers have at their disposal … Read more of this article