Retail diesel prices across the U.S. have skyrocketed since the beginning of February, rising 45.3 cents a gallon since the week ending Feb. 8, according to the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) weekly pricing updates. Fuel prices have also increased for 19 consecutive weeks, rising 81.8 cents since the beginning of November. As […]
After publishing in early January a final rule to clarify the definition of independent contractor within the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Department of Labor is now proposing to withdraw the rule and keep FLSA’s current independent contractor definition unchanged. The rule was first set to take effect March 8, but DOL delayed the rule’s effective date to May 7 […]
In the not-too-distant future, recruiters for motor carriers will be asked by drivers if they offer a Bitcoin payroll option. Perhaps it’s already happening. Similarly, freight brokers will be asked by owner operators and motor carriers if they can pay with cryptocurrency as a condition of hauling spot market loads.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) on Wednesday presented its 20th annual Analysis, Research, and Technology Forum, with a wide-range of speakers from the agency presenting on topics from truck crash and fatality statistics, to trends in enforcement and inspections, emerging technologies like autonomous and electric vehicles, and more. The forum, held in a […]
An Ohio-based truck driver has been effectively shut down by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration following a fatal wrong-way, head-on collision. According to FMCSA’s imminent hazard order, Travis Lee Tolliver was driving a tractor-trailer in Wise County, Virginia, on Feb. 24, when he traveled in the wrong direction along Route 23 for approximately 2 […]
During the past six months, the driver shortage has gone from an afterthought to a major constraint on capacity. Competition for experienced drivers is intense, and to compensate some motor carriers are directing recruiting efforts toward CDL students – even high schoolers. Paper Transport, Inc. (PTI), a truckload carrier headquartered in De Pere, Wisconsin, has refined its three-week driver […]
Old Dominion Freight Line (CCJ Top 250, No. 10) last week said it expects to hire 800 truck drivers over the next three months to accommodate business growth. The new job openings are in response to a strong economic recovery with robust freight demand, tighter capacity, and “Old Dominion’s continual investment in its workforce,” according to a […]
A bill making its way through the U.S. House would follow in the footsteps of California’s A.B. 5 law, passed in late 2019 and codifying a prior court decision, by severely curtailing the ability of leased owner-operators to haul freight for larger motor carriers. The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act of 2021, in […]
So what led a four-time Emmy award winning journalist to go into trucking? In a word: Necessity. Grant Stinchfield, host of Stinchfield on conservative cable news outlet Newsmax, explained that he was reporting on jack-knifed trucks and other traffic issues during an ice storm on the High Five Interchange in Dallas “while the Super Bowl was in town” […]
