Loaded and Rolling: Fleet availability; autonomous truck testing; driver employment data

Struggling for capacity: A briefing on fleet availability
(Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)

The holiday season in trucking traditionally sees lower driver activity due to the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. The driver’s home time and geographic location pose a unique challenge to carriers, as larger fleets have drivers domiciled in locations that may be far from their primary high-volume contracted lanes. This leads into an important fleet operations topic: fleet availability percentages and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/loaded-and-rolling-fleet-availability-autonomous-truck-testing-driver-employment-data

US Bank partners with Mastercard for international fleet card acceptance

The U.S. Bank Voyager card program has been a resource for fleet operations since the 1980s, gaining acceptance at 97% of all U.S. gas stations and locations for maintenance, food and hotels.

“When you think about all the purchase decisions drivers need to make on the road, their financial provider needs to be a part of a network that is accessible wherever that fleet is moving shipments,” said Jeff Pape, senior vice president and director of product and marketing for transportation at U.S. Bank...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/us-bank-partners-with-mastercard-for-international-fleet-card-acceptance

Delivery sweetening the pot for recreational cannabis businesses

Recreational cannabis delivery same-day on-demand direct-to-consumer

Americans can have just about anything delivered to their front doors, whether it’s a pizza or a bag of groceries or a shiny new SUV. But it has long been taboo – under the law, at least – to deliver recreational cannabis. People have been getting their weed delivered through a massive black market for years, but outside of the safe haven of California, marijuana users can’t legally order a bag of pot to be dropped off at their homes.

Until now, that is. Times are changing for the cannabis...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/delivery-sweetening-the-pot-for-recreational-cannabis-businesses