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 […]
With tens of millions of doses already delivered and millions of doses waiting in the wings for delivery, we reached out to a few industry onlookers to see what the process of hauling COVID-19 vaccine loads has looked like so far — and how the process might change with potentially hundreds of millions of doses slated for […]
Our transportation clients frequently inquire whether they should invest in dash cameras for their fleet of commercial motor vehicles. Their primary concerns (aside from the upfront investment costs) is the possibility that a dash cam will capture content that may be harmful in a future lawsuit. Although a valid concern, our vast experience in representing trucking companies, […]
States given flexibility to further extend CDL, med cert expirations In addition to extending the COVID-related hours of service waiver through the end of May, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is also extending the period for which states can choose to extend the validity of CDLs and CLPs through May 31. The waiver was […]
