Iowa-based Barr-Nunn Transportation introduces ‘Shift + Load Pay’ option for drivers
GRANGER, Iowa — Barr-Nunn Transportation has created two new solo regional fleets and one new team fleet, both offering a new pay option, “Shift...
Worst impacts of COVID-19 in ‘rearview mirror’ for commercial vehicle engine demand but regulations...
COLUMBUS, Ind. — According to the North American Commercial Vehicle On-Highway Engine OUTLOOK, published by ACT Research and Rhein Associates in early September, economic...
Slowly rising freight rates, increases in shipments show continuing economic recovery during pandemic
The number of shipments available increased in July, pushing freight rates higher while diesel prices remained 20% lower than last year. Despite these positive...
ACT’s For-Hire Trucking Index for July highlights driver shortage
COLUMBUS, Ind. — The latest release of ACT Research’s For-Hire Trucking Index, which includes data for July, showed an across-the-board downtick in the diffusion indexes...
Tropical storms stir up spot market activity along Gulf Coast as shippers reposition freight
BEAVERTON, Ore. — Spot truckload freight activity jumped last week, Aug. 17-23, as shippers and logistics companies began to reposition freight ahead of two...
UrgentCare Travel, EROAD work to provide convenient health services for OTR drivers
MIAMI and TUALATIN, Ore. — Thanks to a partnership between UrgentCare Travel (UCT) and EROAD that offers medical services to EROAD customers, more drivers now have...
USDOT awards nearly $80 million in grants to improve commercial motor vehicle safety
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has awarded nearly $80 million in grants to states and educational...
Roadmaster Drivers School set to open new training center in Columbus, Ohio
PETERSBURG, Fla. — Looking to address Ohio’s high unemployment rate and a shortage of truck drivers, Roadmaster Drivers School is opening a new training...
Spot truckload rates rose amid supply-chain imbalances during week ending July 26
BEAVERTON, Ore. — Spot truckload freight rates continued to increase last week, bucking typical trends for late July, according to the DAT Spot Truckload...
Widespread use of autonomous vehicles at least a decade away, say MIT researchers
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Despite recent progress of the vehicle-automation industry, it will be at least a decade before fully automated vehicles, with no driver...
Drivers asked to make nominations for 2021 ‘Best Fleets to Drive For’
ALEXANDRIA, Va., and MARKHAM, Ontario — Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) and CarriersEdge are now accepting nominations for the 2021 Best Fleets to Drive For contest....
Find out how to become an owner-operator through OOIDA’s ‘Truck to Success’ online business...
GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. — Interested in the ins and outs of being an owner-operator? The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) has scheduled an online...
After April’s ‘worst reading in history,’ ACT’s May For-Hire Trucking Index rebounds to neutral...
COLUMBUS, Ind. — The latest release of ACT’s For-Hire Trucking Index, with May data, showed significant improvement in all five diffusion index measures tracked....
A peek into the future: Autonomous trucks are coming, but drivers will still be...
When it comes to autonomous vehicles, we’re in Level 3, almost to Level 4. That’s according to the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) “J3016...
Data shows major shift in driver turnover by freight sector before and after health...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Driver turnover rates spiked early in the first quarter of 2020 before they trended down in March to all-time lows,...
Truck OEMs retool to keep employees on the job, fight COVID-19 pandemic
When COVID-19 rose to the forefront of the nation’s news early this year, the trucking industry found itself in high demand. Carriers, company drivers...
Trucking through COVID-19: Driver sees a good change coming out of a bad time
GREELEY, Colo. — “The worst of times can bring about the best of changes.”
That may sound like a line from a Charles Dickens book,...
ATA study shows company drivers’ average pay increased by $6,000 between 2017-2019
ARLINGTON, Va. — The American Trucking Associations (ATA) on May 21 released the latest version of the association’s Driver Compensation Study, which showed average...
Freight rates, volumes slip, according to latest For-Hire Trucking Index
COLUMBUS, Ind. – Last week ACT Research released the latest For-Hire Trucking Index, which included March data. The index showed contraction in both volumes...
$25,000 hazardous duty pay for truckers. What are your thoughts?
Our friends at the Trucking Review Channel discuss the idea that is being floated in Congress regarding hazardous pay for essential workers.
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