Avery Vise, vicepresidente de camiones de la consultora de transporte FTR, tiene algunos consejos para los propietarios-operadores que están luchando con un aumento masivo de los precios del diésel y la caída de las tarifas del mercado al contado: “Hay buenas razones para vender tu camión y convertirte en conductor de empresa”, dijo Vise.
Dadas las circunstancias, no sería de extrañar que algunos de los 350.000 conductores propietarios-operadores registrados busquen la protección de la...
Avery Vise, vice president, trucking for transport consultancy FTR, has some advice for owner-operators struggling with a massive spike in diesel fuel prices and plunging spot market rates: “There are good reasons to sell your truck and become a company driver,” Vise said.
Under the circumstances, it wouldn’t be surprising if some of the 350,000 registered owner-operator drivers seek the protection of company driving, or lease their independent services to a fleet, something that 44% of driver...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/soaring-fuel-prices-leave-owner-operators-with-tough-choices
A diverse coalition of trucking groups is urging the California Air Resources Board to consider alternative solutions to an emissions rule that would require owners that operate in the state to upgrade their aging equipment to include 2010 model year or newer diesel engines by the end of the year.
In the letter to Richard Corey, executive officer of the California Air Resources Board, 26 trucking organizations, including the American Trucking Associations, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trucking-coalition-wants-way-around-looming-carb-emissions-rule
The COVID-19 vaccine mandate for truckers crossing the U.S.-Canada border hasn’t been a problem for Canada’s largest trucking company, TFI International, CEO Alain Bédard told financial analysts on Tuesday.
“Vaccination at TFI is not an issue at all,” Bédard said while discussing the company’s fourth-quarter financial results. “On the Canadian side, most of our drivers are vaccinated.”
Bédard made the comments less than a month after the Canadian and U.S. governments implemented mandates, on...
A trucking trade group is urging U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to exempt cross-border truckers from COVID-19 vaccine rules implemented in mid-January.
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association sent letters to Biden and Trudeau on Monday.
The move comes after the Freedom Convoy entered its second week in Canada’s capital, Ottawa, to protest the country’s rule that took effect on Jan. 15, requiring U.S. truckers entering Canada to be vaccinated. The...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trade-group-exempt-cross-border-truckers-from-vaccine-mandate
Un grupo de comercio de camiones está instando al presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, y al primer ministro canadiense, Justin Trudeau, a que eximan a los camioneros transfronterizos de las normas de la vacuna COVID-19 implementadas a mediados de enero.
La Asociación de Conductores Independientes Propietarios envió cartas a Biden y Trudeau el lunes.
La medida se produce después de que el Convoy de la Libertad entrara en su segunda semana en la capital de Canadá, Ottawa, para protestar por la...
Los conductores de camiones comerciales han soportado muchas indignidades a lo largo de las décadas. Pero puede que ninguna sea tan degradante como que se les niegue el acceso a los baños en los lugares donde los conductores recogen o dejan sus cargas.
Es un problema común, según los conductores y los defensores de los conductores. El problema es anterior a la pandemia de COVID-19 desde hace muchos años, aunque se cree que las precauciones sanitarias y de seguridad, junto con las cuestiones de...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/puedo-usar-el-bano-la-respuesta-para-los-camioneros-suele-ser-no
Commercial truck drivers have endured many indignities over the decades. But none may be as debasing as being denied access to restrooms at locations where drivers pick up or drop off their loads.
It is a common problem, according to drivers and driver advocates. The issue predates the COVID-19 pandemic by many years, though health and safety precautions along with liability issues are believed to have made shippers and receivers clamp down even harder the past two years. While pandemic-related...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/can-i-use-the-bathroom-the-answer-for-truckers-is-often-no
The Log Book is a weekly rundown of human-interest stories related to the transportation industry. This week: Central States Mfg. donates drivers and wreaths for veteran nonprofit, OOIDA kicks off “Truckers for Troops”, Love’s raises funds for veterans with specialty tumblers and XPO’s CEO challenges the company to hire more active and veteran military employees.
Central States donates wreaths and drivers to Wreaths Across AmericaIn honor of Veterans Day, Central States Manufacturing announced...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-log-book-4-ways-companies-observed-veterans-day
Trucking groups condemned the Wednesday attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Trump, which left at least five people dead, including a Capitol Police officer, and many more injured.
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, the Western States Trucking Association and the American Trucking Associations separately spoke out against the violence, casting it as an affront to U.S. democracy.
“Certainly most people would agree that Wednesday was a sad day for American...
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