It’s always a good time for carriers to implement positive changes to the driver experience. But as National Truck Driver Appreciation Week kicked off on Sunday, now is prime time to make those lasting improvements to show the trucking industry’s most crucial people — drivers — just how much they are valued.
One of the most basic but important ways that a carrier of any size can show how much they value their drivers is actually an effort that doesn’t cost anything: Make drivers feel like...
On this episode of Taking The Hire Road, Jeremy Reymer, CEO of DriverReach, is joined by Evan Shelley, co-founder and CEO of Truck Parking Club, a platform connecting truck drivers with available parking spaces.
Every day across the U.S., while truck drivers are hundreds or thousands of miles from home, they spend precious time looking for a safe place to pull over to rest.
Truckers consistently point to parking as one of their top pain points. For carriers, though, alleviating this problem...
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexico’s truckers plan nationwide strike, blockades; $142B announced for Texas transportation infrastructure; Del Monte Foods moving to Port Freeport; and border airport adds commercial cargo operations.
Mexico’s truckers plan nationwide strike, blockades
A massive strike and protests by cargo truck drivers on roads across Mexico are planned for Tuesday and Wednesday,...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/borderlands-mexicos-truckers-plan-nationwide-strike-blockades
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Truckers in Canada are fighting to claim part of an estimated $9 million in wages that has been...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/canadian-truckers-fight-to-claim-millions-in-unpaid-wages
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A new book questions whether the federal ELD mandate, fully in effect since late 2019, is...
No two days are the same for a truck driver. And so there’s always something new to learn.
Think of the highway challenges you encounter every day, the maintenance issues that pop up from time to time, not to mention the ever-changing regulatory environment.
Robert Kaferle, Reliance Partners’ vice president of safety, explains that from an educational standpoint, many wrongfully think that earning a CDL is the last bit of learning you will need to enter the transportation industry.
“But it’s...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/wisdom-doesnt-come-from-experience-but-from-willingness-to-learn
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The December employment report for the truck transportation sector showed an industry that is...
Frank McGuigan, the president and COO of Uber Freight who came to the company in its acquisition of Transplace, is stepping down.
In an email sent to numerous Uber Freight employees Thursday, Uber Freight CEO Lior Ron said the news was “bittersweet” that McGuigan would be leaving his position as of Jan. 31. However, McGuigan will remain on the Uber Freight board of directors, Ron said in the email, and “will continue supporting and advising our organization’s ongoing and future success.”
McGuigan...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/mcguigan-who-led-sale-of-transplace-to-uber-freight-stepping-down
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is proposing more oversight of truck brokers and freight forwarders and the surety bond and trust companies that back them up in an effort to ease the monetary pain they can inflict on motor carriers.
“FMCSA believes that most brokers operate with integrity and uphold the contracts made with motor carriers and shippers,” the proposal states. “However, a minority of brokers with unscrupulous business practices can create unnecessary financial...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsa-proposes-tougher-rules-for-truck-broker-financial-backing
Transportation data companies Bestpass and Drivewyze are coming together in a partnership to offer Bestpass’ capabilities in tolling information in conjunction with the various offerings of Drivewyze, which go beyond the latter’s core business of weigh station bypass.
The agreement between the two companies does not have a name nor is it a new product. But at its center will be an integration of the companies’ capabilities in various product offerings, while also allowing for more seamless...