People don’t quit jobs. They quit people. That oft-repeated phrase came to mind for WorkHound CEO Max Farrell in the wake of roughly 40,000 driver survey responses that his company reviewed from 2020. When it came to feedback on people that drivers regularly interact with, including dispatchers, planners, office staff and mechanics, positive and negative […]
The Truckload Carriers Association annual convention has been delayed again due to limitations on large gatherings in Las Vegas. Truckload 2021: Las Vegas will now be held Sept. 25-28, moving from April 17-20. The venue will remain at the Wynn Las Vegas Resort. The convention was originally scheduled for January before it was moved to […]
A petition challenging the hours of service regulations that took effect at the end of September 2020 is on hold after a court granted a request by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to hold the case in abeyance. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by the Advocates for Highway […]
Platforms like Uber Freight, Convoy, Truckstop.com and DAT have digitized the way carriers find freight, and Brooklyn-based startup Koffie Labs is hoping to do the same for how fleets find truck insurance. Koffie Labs bills itself as “a digital insurer purpose-built for the next generation of trucking and transportation,” and “the first insurtech to integrate safety technology […]
It’s been just shy of a year since Amanda Schuier, senior vice president of the 21-truck Quality Transport, posted to Twitter a photo documenting a sign of the sudden and chaotic times in which many fleets and drivers found themselves in last March.
Randall-Reilly has named Matt Reilly as its CEO, charged with continuing the 87-year-old company’s trajectory of growth and technology innovation. An experienced business leader, Reilly succeeds Brent Reilly (no relation). After nearly a decade in the role, Brent is leaving the leadership of Randall-Reilly in Matt’s capable hands in order to become a full-time board […]
Yellow Corporation (CCJ Top 250, No. 5), which recently changed its name from YRC, is looking to fill 1,500 truck driver positions and open 12 driving schools across the country. Classroom instruction and in-cab skills training at the 12 Yellow Driving Academies will be provided by Yellow’s longest serving, most experienced truckers. “At a time […]
Historically, driver turnover rates have aligned with freight market conditions. When freight rates and volumes are going up, turnover increases from drivers searching for better job opportunities. During a recession or periods of uncertainty, drivers tend to stay put. True to form, in March 2020 driver turnover screeched to a halt when states issued lockdown […]
Looks like the growing short haul segment is in it for the long haul. Four changes to the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration’s hours of service regulations made last fall have provided fleets and their drivers with additional flexibility, which analysts say will yield dividends to the already fast-growing segment – both in more time to work […]
