Truck drivers leaving increasingly more driving hours on the table

With rising fuel prices, falling freight demand and other factors, truck drivers are leaving considerably more driving hours on the table than a year ago, according to data collected by freight matching platform FleetOps.

Using ELD data, FleetOps found a 12% year-over-year increase in unused driving hours in June. A follow-up survey of owner-operators, drivers and carriers found that more than 50% reported spending less time behind the wheel with rising fuel costs and the costs to operate a truck in general being the biggest reasons why.

Joining Jason and Matt this week on CCJ’s 10-44 is Chris Atkinson, co-founder and CEO of FleetOps, who talks about the data the company collected and what drivers and carriers had to say about it.

Original article provided by Commercial Carrier Journal.

Surge of cargo theft is ‘hitting us like lightning,’ experts say

In the first quarter of 2024, cargo theft incidents were up more than 46% compared with the year prior, according to CargoNet. Notably, it’s also a 10% rise from the fourth quarter last year.

CargoNet analysis of the first quarter of 2024 documented 925 incidents, with an average stolen shipment value of $281,757. The declared total value was $76 million, and the firm estimated a total of $154.6 million worth of goods were stolen during the period.

Trucking innovation

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FMCSA easing fleet requirements for under-21 pilot program

FMCSA officially removing driver-facing camera requirement from under-21 pilot

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced via a Federal Register notice that will publish Tuesday, May 14, that it is removing two requirements from its under-21 interstate pilot program, as directed by Congress.

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