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Raising your voice is key to cutting the time it takes to find parking spots for truckers. It’s a mistake to assume lawmakers are aware of how dire the need for parking is. Parking has become the No. 1 issue for professional drivers today, but a fix is available to solve this crisis. Now it is […]
Many in trucking lament what they perceive as regulatory overreach. We will face a continual flow of trucking regulations so long as highway safety deteriorates, so it pays to take safety into one’s own hands. It’s all about control. That’s what you can hear from frustrated fleet managers and their professional drivers—the government is trying […]
Decarbonizing the trucking industry is hard work. We must employ those who view problems through different angels in order to surface solutions. Among those benefits is more creative problem-solving. When people bring different experiences and perspectives to a discussion. The business of decarbonizing the trucking industry is hard work. There are myriad of challenges we […]
Tires account for 2% of a fleet’s total average marginal cost of operation. Truck tires are very valuable and need to be treated with care. One way to show care for truck tires is by monitoring their inflation pressure. A pressure vessel is a closed container designed to hold gases or liquids at a pressure […]
Evelyn Vincenzo kicked off her driving woman’s career in 1987. Whenever she can, she encourages women to seriously consider a woman’s career in trucking. At age 64, Evelyn Vincenzo is a Westfield, Massachusetts-based warehouse CDL shuttle driver, who brings freight warehoused at A. Duie Pyle facilities to customer accounts in various locations throughout New England. […]
The temperature may be rising enough to melt snow in some parts, but at night, that could freeze again into icy roads. Ensure your drivers are vigilant on icy roads and remember these tips for slippery situations. Anyone daring to drive was greeted by high winds, drifting snow, and plummeting temperatures. For fleets, the conditions […]
DAT load board users can now calculations in trucking the expected profits and losses of loads by entering their business expenses into the application. Company leadership says carriers can work out their daily operating costs in a matter of minutes. The app has launched a Profit Estimator tool designed to help carriers determine how profitable […]
Industry that follows a time-based schedule, hours-of-service rules are like putting a circle where a square should be. ELD data shows that drivers need more flexibility. FMCSA officials revealed that they were unable to determine the safety impacts of electronic logging devices. ELDs are used to track adherence to hours-of-service regulations.
Forecast by ACT Research and other reports from DAT Freight & Analytics and FTR Transportation Intelligence still show slow markets, but an upside might be around the corner. A new outlook from ACT Research plus various recent reports on the spot and contract markets paint a picture of freight-hauling still in a down cycle that […]
Between the record exodus of fleets of late and a ‘bottoming’ spot market—and trends are developing in other modes. Also like ports and rail that affect over-the-road freight-hauling. Trucking capacity—because of a variety of factors such as a record exodus of fleets and a bottoming spot market—is bleeding capacity, one industry analyst said. Fleet failures […]