Truck Driver Issues

CVSA is skeptical about whether third-party certification can alleviate delays encountered by roadside inspectors.

RoadSync and Fullbay have a deal that should assist in more rapid payments at repair shops.

The first meeting of federal panel aimed at promoting women in trucking includes shots taken at a study that one member asserted downplays the prevalence of rape.

“If this legislation were to pass, the big carriers would be able to pressure shippers and receivers to load their drivers who are on the clock sitting at the loading dock,” Lewie Pugh, OOIDA executive vice president, said.

Truck driver Leland Schmitt’s bid to be exempt from federal work rules was denied by regulators.

October hiring in the truck transportation sector took a surprising turn upward in October, according to BLS data.

Fleet growth will be held steady as the truckload carrier pivots back to a more traditional model.

Transfix’s head of product talks about the company’s new contract structure at F3.

Convoy’s co-founder said he’s seeing an increasing number of smaller truck carriers parking their vehicles.

Uber Freight and Transplace are now fully consolidated, and its leaders are touting the benefits.

In the first earnings call since its AB5-driven deal with the Teamsters, Universal CEO Tim Phillips speaks positively about its impact.

Driver-facing cameras are seen as intrusive and an invasion of privacy in the truck-driving community. Yet fleets are rapidly adopting them.

The American Trucking Associations puts the shortfall of truck drivers at 78,000 this year, down slightly from 2021 but still high.

Some numbers at the new network at TriumphPay were lower, but other key indicators were on the rise.

Two driver/warehouse worker strikes against Sysco are either over or likely to end soon.

Two key provisions in the Department of Labor’s proposed independent contractor rule could pose problems for transportation companies.

Federal regulators have not renewed a work rule exemption for truck drivers responding to the pandemic, a move supported by ATA and truck safety advocates.

A Cowen panel lends support to transitioning a trucking company to a brokerage company as a path to compliance with California’s AB5 independent contractor law.

Truck transportation jobs in September dropped by an amount exceeded in the last 10 years only by the start of the pandemic.

Workers, including truck drivers, have walked off the job at two Sysco facilities in the Northeast.

A proposal to allow regulators to review hair tests to screen truck drivers for drugs faces strong opposition from large groups of truckers.

The ABF subsidiary ArcBest began hiring days last year to help aid in recruitment; FreightWaves was invited to one.

Lone Star Dedicated of Haslet, Texas, will be closing its doors in October with nearly 90 company drivers losing their jobs hauling refrigerated food nationwide.

A new 80-page handbook from DOT gives local planners detailed information for planning and designing truck parking facilities.

The Federal Trade Commission plans on getting involved in questions of independent contractor status.

Federal regulators are considering loosening driver work-rule restrictions for propane haulers during periods of peak consumer demand.

Hurricane Ian came ashore in Fort Myers, Florida, just before noon Wednesday. Transportation is starting to feel the impact, with road and port closures in effect.

FEMA released a list of the first steps it is taking to prepare for relief efforts tied to Hurricane Ian.

Federal regulators are easing training requirements for UPS truckers who want to drive double trailers.

Algorithm-driven insights help fleets strategize their operations better when faced with rapidly changing weather conditions.

Just a few days after the state of California tried to keep OOIDA out of the ongoing AB5 case, a judge has let the group in.

Federal regulators will use a simulator experiment to assess driver distraction in automated trucks.

FMCSA requires annual checks on a truck driver’s motor vehicle record. But doing that can leave gaps and potentially allows drivers to remain on the road when they are no longer eligible to drive a CMV.

Drivers and trucking companies seeking flexibility from work rules can expect full attention from federal regulators.

A nationwide rail strike has been averted as the railroads and unions have reached a deal.

AB5 was the topic of an IANA panel discussion, with compliance through brokerage seen as a leading option for trucking companies.

In a Thursday conference call with analysts, U.S. Xpress CEO Eric Fuller turned his focus away from the Variant initiative and toward a return to basics for the truckload carrier.

Truckload carrier U.S. Xpress announced staff cutbacks, capex reductions and reorganization of its operating units.

Two top officials from Universal Logistics used the occasion of a Wall Street conference to defend its AB5-related Southern California deal with the Teamsters union.

Truck drivers from around the world will soon be eligible for participation in Canada’s Express Entry immigration program.

Federal regulators release new data and ask for public comment to help determine whether to end the nationwide trucking hours-of-service waiver.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ruled — again — that UPS has not shown it can maintain safety levels if it were exempted from new driver-training requirements.

The warehousing and storage sector continues to see declines in employment.

Truck safety regulators have renewed until Oct. 15 a national exemption from hours-of-service rules for drivers supporting pandemic relief efforts.

A contract agreement between Universal Logistics and the Teamsters union will bring a group of Southern California drivers in compliance with AB5.

A Michigan trucking company owner is seeking major relief from driver work-rule restrictions to help his customers avoid costly shutdowns.

Loomis Express workers have called off a strike after reaching a tentative agreement on a new contract.

Using the economic realities test, an appellate court backed a lower-court ruling that a group of drivers were independent contractors, not employees.

The injunction that has kept California’s AB5 independent contractor law at bay since the end of 2019 has been formally lifted.

Federal regulators have appointed 16 members to an all-female advisory board in an effort to boost the ranks of women in trucking.

Growing hemp has been legal since 2018, but transporting it across state lines remains a risky proposition for trucking.

Everybody thought the legal wrangling over California’s AB5 was done, but a court hearing Monday says otherwise.

Uber Freight and others announced LightningPay last fall, and the product’s philosophy and practices were presented at a key industry conference in Atlanta.

Trucking regulators will consider allowing hair drug test results to be reported into a federal drug clearinghouse — despite asserting a lack of authority.

New York City police have targeted overnight truck parking in a section of the city close to Kennedy Airport.

Federal regulators are inviting the public to comment on a truck driver’s request to be exempt from hours-of-service rules.

Love’s has killed plans to build a truck stop on Interstate 90 in Montana, with local opposition winning out despite government approval.

Federal regulators are issuing new guidance for truck driver medical qualifications, and sleep apnea regulations could be a next step.

An annual ATRI survey reflects the weakening correlation between retail diesel prices and actual trucking fuel costs.

Eric Sauer, who has worked for CTA for more than 20 years, has become its new CEO.

There’s a new report out that should concern diesel buyers.

A survey on truck driver compensation by the American Trucking Associations showed the scope of the gains in driver pay over the last two years.

Washington state is weighing options after agreeing not to appeal FMCSA’s preemption determination on the state’s truck driver meal/rest break laws.

An appellate court reversed a lower court decision and found that a one-time Schneider independent contractor was actually an employee.

A vote to be represented by the Teamsters at an STG facility in California has taken place but the ballots have been impounded.

A court-appointed receiver is working to get hundreds of truckers’ accounts receivable paid nearly three weeks after a legal feud between brothers led to the abrupt shutdown of CoreFund Capital, a Texas-based factoring company.

Jobs in the truck transportation sector have risen every month post-pandemic except one, but the pace of growth is slowing.

California’s PAGA law, which turns private citizens into mini-prosecutors, may become the key to enforcing AB5 in trucking.

Some 80 Houston owner-operators have been on strike against Hudd Transportation since Monday.

A federal appeals court upheld the FMCSA’s hours-of-service rules by rejecting a challenge filed by safety groups alleging the 2020 changes make the roads less safe.

TransForce, long a provider of drivers to carriers, is rolling out its proposal for independent contractor compliance with AB5.

As truckers protest for the fifth day, workers at the Port of Oakland have been busy setting up orange barricades at all four of the marine terminals in case demonstrations over controversial state law AB5 spill over into next week.

Public comments reveal most truckers believe a proposal to require engines to have speed limiters will make roads less safe.

Port of Oakland officials are imploring truckers to end their protest over AB5 as the independent contractors prepare to block the terminals for the fourth day on Thursday, bringing container movement at California’s third-largest port to a standstill.

Around 450 protesters opposing California’s independent contractor law, AB5, were blocking all of the terminal gates at the Port of Oakland, forcing TraPac and Oakland International Container Terminal, also known as SSA, to close operations on Wednesday.

California’s trucking sector is looking at numerous ways to keep in compliance with AB5, but is doing so without specifics on what’s right and wrong.

Truck transportation jobs recorded another increase in June, but the rate of growth was slower than recent months, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics report.

California’s trucking sector is likely to be upended now that it will need to deal with AB5, the state’s more rigid independent contractor law.

California’s trucking sector must now brace for the imposition of AB5’s rules on independent contractors as the court rejects overturning pro-AB5 appellate decision.

California’s AB5 law will remain blocked from implementation in the state’s trucking sector for now as the Supreme Court remains silent.

The benchmark diesel price used for fuel surcharges has been delayed and won’t be released this week but will be effective June 20.

With millions of truck drivers on the roads every day, it is up to carriers to ensure they uphold the values and safety-first focus of the professional trucker. And it all starts with training.

Two listening sessions in the next two weeks will kick off the Biden administration’s effort to create a new federal definition of independent contractor status.

Jamie Hagen chats with James “The Rooster” Bowen on what it takes to move from company driver to owner-operator.

A regional NLRB decision says an STG unit in California that had been owned by XPO treated workers like employees, and it has ordered a unionization vote for them.

An effort by Uber and Lyft to have voters define the companies’ drivers as independent contractors has been blocked by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

FreightWaves SONAR data can be indispensable, particularly in this environment.

FreightWaves presents the Small Fleet & Owner-Operator Summit on Wednesday, June 15.

Dock-to-driver programs can be a steppingstone for someone who can’t afford truck driving school.

The FMCSA is looking to the public to help settle a controversy over what constitutes freight brokers, agents and dispatch services.

Data from a recent survey shows that supply chain executives are paying greater attention to diversity, equity and inclusion.

The California Trucking Association filed its brief to the Supreme Court, laying out arguments why the court should review AB5 in the state’s trucking sector.

Truck transportation job gains posted in May were up more than 13,000, the third time in the last four months they’ve exceeded 10,000.

It’s another entry point into the business: being a dispatcher. Laura Weston joins Drilling Deep to talk about that route.

The tentative agreement will be reviewed by union leaders June 16, with a ratification vote to follow.

Police said the truck driver admitted using a meth pipe as he damaged a shopping center and totaled two vehicles, including his.

Truckload carrier C.R. England suffered a data breach last fall and this week informed its customers of the potential impact.

Two more individuals were sentenced for their involvement in the Louisiana staged accident scam, showing the wide divergence of punishment so far.

A case involving C.H. Robinson before the U.S. Supreme Court got the same recommendation from the solicitor general as the better-known AB5 lawsuit in California.

A major shipper lobbying group has concerns over trucker overtime pay legislation.