Truck Driver Issues

Despite weak freight market, trucking jobs soared in March

Truck transportation jobs in March rose the most in a month since the beginning of 2022.

The increase of 9,600 jobs that went along with a larger-than-normal increase in nonfarm payrolls for the country (up 228,000 jobs) was the largest since an increase of 10,400 jobs in January 2022. That month was nearing the end of what is generally considered the strongest freight market in recent history. This month’s increase came during a time when the most optimistic voices are hoping for an improvement...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/despite-weak-freight-market-trucking-jobs-soared-in-march

ATBS says independent drivers earned a little more in ’24 but drove more as well

Independent truck drivers on average made a bit more money in 2024 than they did in 2023, but they worked harder for those extra dollars.

That’s the conclusion of Todd Amen, the president of ATBS, long one of the leading accounting and financial advisers serving independent owner-operators. With income tax day looming in less than two weeks, Amen by now has processed enough tax returns to have a critical mass of data on how truck drivers did in a market last year that most people were happy to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/atbs-says-independent-drivers-earned-a-little-more-in-24-but-drove-more-as-well

Auto hauler Proficient grows with acquisition of Pennsylvania company

Auto hauler Proficient Auto Logistics has made its second acquisition since it became a publicly traded company almost a year ago.

Proficient (NASDAQ: PAL) said Wednesday it had acquired Pennsylvania-based Brothers Auto Transport LLC. In its announcement, Proficient said the company was a “well-established carrier” based in Wind Gap, which is in the northeast part of the Keystone State. 

The first acquisition made by Proficient after it began trading publicly was in August when it bought ATG....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/auto-hauler-proficient-grows-with-acquisition-of-pennsylvania-company

Truck driver triumphs at Supreme Court in case involving marijuana testing

A truck driver who lost his job after failing a test for marijuana was victorious at the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday in a lawsuit against the provider of a product that was marketed as free of the ingredient that creates a high.

Douglas Horn was fired from his job as a truck driver in New York in 2012 after he failed a drug test that was traced back to his ingestion of a CBD product called Dixie X. The manufacturer of Dixie X was a company called Medical Marijuana, which had touted the product...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-driver-triumphs-at-supreme-court-in-case-involving-marijuana-testing

VIDEO: Drivers voice frustrations with FMCSA enforcement

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Pressing regulatory concerns, including English proficiency requirements for drivers and the issuance of non-domiciled CDLs to asylum-seekers, took center stage Thursday during the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration leadership meeting at the Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS).

Attendees voiced frustration over enforcement inconsistencies and the perceived lack of clear policy direction. Those issues, along with broader discussions on regulatory fairness, fraud prevention...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/video-drivers-voice-frustrations-with-fmcsa-enforcement

Trucking company owner gets almost 4 years in prison for lying to FMCSA

A Rochester, New York-based truck company owner has been sentenced to federal prison for 45 months after being convicted of making false statements to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Anatoliy Kirik, also known as Tony, was convicted by a jury in June in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York.

“At trial, it was shown that Kirik’s actions jeopardized the safety of the nation’s highways and roadways from unsafe tractor trailers,” the office of U.S. Attorney...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trucking-company-owner-gets-almost-4-years-in-prison-for-lying-to-fmcsa

Carriers big and small at TCA wait for signs of freight market turnaround

PHOENIX – If there was a freight market bull at the annual meeting of the Truckload Carriers Association, that person was keeping pretty quiet. 

Conversations from the stage, at receptions and at meals had a consistent theme: Can you believe we’re still talking about this freight recession? In 2025? Didn’t we say at this meeting last year that things would be better by the end of 2024? 

At the Large Carrier panel, Dave Williams, senior vice president of equipment and government relations at...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/carriers-big-and-small-at-tca-wait-for-signs-of-freight-market-turnaround

ATA economist: US port fees on Chinese ships will hurt freight markets

PHOENIX – In a broad presentation on the freight market outlook, the chief economist at the American Trucking Associations expressed general concern about the impact of tariffs on freight markets but reserved some of his strongest remarks for upcoming fees on Chinese ships calling at U.S. ports.

Bob Costello, speaking to the annual conference of the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA), said the proposals revealed last month by the U.S. trade representative, if implemented, “absolutely could...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ata-economist-us-port-fees-on-chinese-ships-will-hurt-freight-markets

Stolen load of cellphones involving RXO may be another key broker liability case

A case involving giant 3PL RXO has the potential to add another decision to the body of law regarding broker liability.

RXO (NYSE: RXO) brokered a shipment of cellphones for phone reseller PCS Wireless. The shipment was booked a few months before RXO was spun off as a standalone 3PL by XPO, and RXO is identified in the initial lawsuit as “f/k/a” – formerly known as – XPO (NYSE: XPO).

The shipment totaled about 54,000 phones with a value of approximately $11.5 million. They were to move from Texas...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/stolen-load-of-cellphones-involving-rxo-may-be-another-key-broker-liability-case

Kal Freight Bancar Rephic que se queda bajo el Capítulo 11, aliviando los temores de la salida caótica

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El cierre de Kal Freight en las próximas semanas no estará bajo una acción de bancarrota del Capítulo 7, como habían temido algunos de los acreedores de la compañía, sino que estará a través de los procedimientos existentes del Capítulo 11. Esa es una de las principales conclusiones de la hoja de...

https://fullavantenews.com/kal-freight-bancar-rephic-que-se-queda-bajo-el-capitulo-11-aliviando-los-temores-de-la-salida-caotica/?lang=es

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