In an attempt to stave off a potential gasoline shortage and price spike on the East Coast, the Biden administration has issued an order allowing some truck drivers transporting gasoline to work overtime. The move follows the shutdown of one of the nation’s most crucial pipelines after it was hit
Seriously! How many load boards are there? We have a lot of questions, all of which can be boiled down to… Is it really necessary? There are load boards that are private offered through the broker’s TMS. These we find, let’s say, are interesting. What if the TMS has 100
The following article is from the WeatherOptics blog discussing the impact of the recent storm in Texas and other southern states. In this piece, WeatherOptics present their analysis of the loss supply chain companies experienced due to delays in freight. In their findings, they discuss the data used in this analysis and
Why do we find this particular story interesting? Our first impression when we saw this was “How else can a company dip further into the pockets of owner-operators?” A partner, who worked for years on alliances and partnerships, laughed thinking this is an incomplete deal, but simply an announcement because there
In the last five or six years, trucking companies have watched their insurance rates climb, and many have found the insurance process daunting. Since 2018, trucking insurers have lost around $1.8 billion due to continued pressure from plaintiffs’ attorneys targeting the industry and because of crippling multimillion-dollar settlements and jury
The e-commerce company pays truck drivers per day, rather than per mile, through three job categories: solo1, solo2, and team. Amazon said it has used this structure for two years. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. Chad Boblett, a Lexington, Kentucky-based long-haul truck driver, sometimes drives Amazon loads —
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