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Loaded and Rolling: ATRI finds congestion cost trucking $94.6B
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ATRI: Cost of congestion to trucking hits $94.6 billion
On Wednesday the American...
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Loaded and Rolling: ELD mandate, trailer backlog and softening demand
ELD mandate interview with Rachel Premack
Rachel Premack, editorial director at FreightWaves, was interviewed Tuesday about her article on the impact of the ELD mandate five years later. The mandate, which regulators started enforcing on April 1, 2018, requires all drivers who record their hours of service and records-of-duty statuses (RODS) to use an electronic logging device approved by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
This requirement heavily impacted...
The Daily Dash: Excess insurance; can autonomous vehicles fit in the last mile?
The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, fleets looking for excess insurance coverage are paying handsomely for it — if they can even find it. Plus, Landstar sees good times ahead, Waymo plans to test autonomous vehicles in the last mile, and Nikola breaks ground on a new manufacturing plant.
If you want excess insurance, you will pay for itMany fleets turn to excess insurance to provide additional protection against claims beyond what...