Mayday protests

Today’s Pickup: OTR Capital to integrate Trucker Tools functionality into customer portal

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Trucker Tools has struck a deal with OTR Capital that will integrate some of Trucker Tools’ technologies into the financial services firm’s customer portal.

Specifically, customers of OTR Capital will have access to Trucker Tools’ predictive freight matching and automated one-click booking through its Book-it-Now functionality.

“At the end of the day this partnership meaningfully expands the resources we can provide to truckers, and helps OTR Capital’s clients get loaded faster with...

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Updated: Trump appointee reaches out to ‘Mayday’ trucker to set up possible meeting

Scott Jordan of Peculiar, Missouri, arrived at the nation’s Capitol early Friday morning with a mission – to meet with President Donald Trump and deliver his letter in person about how some small-business truckers are days or weeks away from shuttering operations because of low freight rates amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Jordan, the owner of Powerhouse Transportation, said he went to the U.S. Secret Service gate outside of the White House to ask for a meeting with the president and deliver his...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/updated-trump-appointee-reaches-out-to-mayday-trucker-to-set-up-possible-meeting

‘Mayday’ protest underway at nation’s Capitol as truckers protest low rates

A convoy of around 70 small-business truckers convoyed to the nation’s Capitol around 2:30 a.m. on Friday, May 1, to protest low freight rates amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The group plans to remain parked along Constitution Avenue until May 4 in hopes of attracting the attention of President Donald Trump about the plight of small-business truckers, said Scott Jordan of Peculiar, Missouri, and owner of Powerhouse Transportation.

He has written a letter, which he hopes to deliver to Trump in person.

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https://www.freightwaves.com/news/mayday-protest-underway-at-nations-capitol-as-truckers-protest-low-rates