What does the ELD mandate mean for the trucking space?

The same might soon happen for the trucking space, thanks to the electronic logging device mandate. And a lot of backlash, including an opposition rally held by truckers earlier this month, the mandate finally went into effect this week, allowing compliance deadline, inspectors and roadside enforcement personnel to start documenting…

How Tesla’s Semi will dramatically Change the trucking industry

The Tesla Semi offers something to the trucking industry that could drastically alter the entire freight moving sector. The trucking industry has seen major changes since it began roughly a century ago and has, despite the assumptions of many outsiders looking in, been one of the more technologically-advanced industries in…

Driver Turnover at Big Trucking Firms

The pace of driver turnover at big motor carriers rose to 95 percent in the third quarter of 2017, up 14 percentage points from the same period a year earlier. The third quarter turnover rate is up five percentage points from 90 percent in the second quarter of this year,…

Revenues Rise in 3Q for 3PLs

The third quarter saw a rise in freight shipments and revenues for logistics brokers compared with the same period a year ago, but profit margins fell 40 basis points due to cost increases in the spot market for trucks, according to the Transportation Intermediaries Association’s quarterly 3PL Market Report. Total…

Rising Freight Broker Demand

In this week’s Thomas Index I’m going to cover what we call the “Thomas Index Four by Four.”. These are four product or service categories that have seen an upward trend in sourcing activity in the Thomas Network at Thomasnet.com, for at least four weeks running. First up is the…

Local trucking firm sells one division

GERING -Local trucking firm sells one division, Nebraska Transport Company, founded in Gering in 1973, recently underwent a major change, but most people will see no differences. NTC owner Brent Holliday, the second generation of the family to operate the business, has sold the LTL small package delivery division to Cross…

Anti-ELD protests to begin Dec. 4

Is planning a series of protests at over 40 locations across the country on Monday Dec. 4. The 19,000-member group ELD or I originally aimed to hold protests in every state and Charlie Claburn, one of the organizers for the group’s national effort, noted that larger states will have multiple…

Trucking in Mount Crawford Sentenced on Federal Charges

HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA – A Mount Crawford based trucking company that formerly hauled United States mail and it holding company, as well as four of its most senior officers, the President, Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, were all sentenced this week in the United States District Court for…

Blockchain Group Expands

The group formerly known as the Blockchain in Trucking Alliance has expanded its mission and been renamed the Blockchain in Transport Alliance, reflecting its widened focus on all forms of transportation. BiTA is dedicated to setting standards for blockchain applications developed for transportation. The alliance was formed by tech and transportation…

Blockchain platform provider ShipChain joins transportation

ShipChain, the blockchain platform disrupting the trillion-dollar freight industry, announced its membership in the Blockchain in Trucking Alliance In doing so, it also made clear its intention to partner with other major players in the logistics space, like UPS, in order to scale unified transport management as far and wide…

How to Become a Freight Broker?

Do you want to become a freight broker? 1 Consider enrolling in an educational program that teaches the ins and outs of being a freight broker. Both online and classroom programs are available. 2 Register with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration as a freight broker. File the 0P-1 Application for Motor…

Driving Jobs With Training | Basic Tips

Whether you’re looking to get your Commercial Driver’s License or are still trying to get a handle on trucking, finding truck driving jobs with training is something that requires some planning and specific considerations. Whatever your current situation, we’ll provide some tips on company training programs and other types of…

FMCSA: Ag haulers get 90-day delay on ELD use

Truckers hauling livestock and other agriculture products will have 90 extra days to comply with the DOT’s electronic logging device mandate, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced Monday. FMCSA will soon publish a public notice in the Federal Register announcing the compliance extension, as well as a notice…

Heavy Traffic expected for Thanksgiving

Expect traffic to be heavier than normal for starting Wednesday as a record-number of Americans travel for Thanksgiving. AAA projects 50.9 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home this Thanksgiving, a 3.3 percent increase over last year. Some 89 percent of all travelers – 45.5 million…

Freight Broker Jobs

In accordance with the BLS, freight brokers prefer to employ Agents who hold a high school diploma or a GED, otherwise, there are no formal educational requirements for your job. At first, they perform fundamental tasks like weighing freight and making certain that parcels are shipping to the correct address,…

FMCSA Releases HOS Study: Results Are Convenient For Them

The study that the FMCSA was supposed to complete before enacting its HOS changes has finally been published. Despite being months late – so late in fact that FMCSA administrator Anne Ferro has been chastised by members of congress multiple times for its tardiness – the study reveals nothing much…

Bond Increase

A federal court has denied a broker trade association’s motion to halt an increase in the surety bond from $10,000 to $75,000. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit rejected the Association of Independent Property Brokers & Agents’ motion for a temporary stay of…

Freight slows, rates hold in November

Year-over-year, van rates were up 2.7 percent while spot rates have dropped for both flatbed (down 5.5 percent) and reefer (down 0.5 percent). Intermodal traffic in November totaled 1,007,549 containers and trailers, up 7.8 percent (73,004 units) compared with November 2012, the Association of American Railroads reports. The weekly average…

Suspension Systems

The suspension Systems  important parts of a car. All cars have some sort of suspension system, even golf carts. A suspension has three major jobs: to keep the car’s frame from dragging on the ground, to control body movement during cornering and to control wheel movement over imperfections in the…