Landstar System, No. 8 in the CCJ Top 250 and the largest employer of owner-operators in the U.S., appears poised to restructure its California operations in the wake of a new California law that restricts the use of independent contractors by businesses. According to a letter sent to the company’s more than 10,000 owner-operators, Landstar […]
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Fleets and owner-operators are being asked by the Indiana Department of Revenue to allow extra time for oversize/overweight permits to be reviewed and issued. The department says summer is peak season for both carrier permitting requests and Indiana road construction, causing higher levels of permit volume and complexity. DOR says most basic permits are issued […]
The revenue model for state trucking associations continues to evolve. Some associations now directly and indirectly offer products and services to their members and non-members across state lines. The New York State Motor Truck Association, for instance, offers Bestpass, a nationwide toll management program for fleets.
The U.S. DOT on Wednesday officially announced proposed changes to federal hours of service regulations for truck operators. Chiefly, the proposed changes, if made final, would allow drivers to pause their 14-hour clock for up to three hours in a shift and go off-duty in that time period. Drivers would be required to take a […]
The American Transportation Research Institute is once again asking truck drivers and fleets to rank the top issues of concern in the industry for the group’s 2019 Top Industry Issues Survey. Now in its 15th year, ATRI’s annual analysis ranks the issues overall while also providing details on where critical topics are ranked differently by carriers and drivers. […]
Cargo theft recording firm CargoNet received 150 cargo theft reports during the second quarter of 2019, a 14% decrease from the same period a year ago. The average loss value per cargo theft was $152,844 for an estimated total of $22.9 million during the quarter. The firm noted that a trend of trailer burglaries becoming […]
A jury has ruled that Swift Transportation (No. 3 in the CCJ Top 250) owes CRST Expedited (No. 17) more than $15 million for recruiting freshly licensed truck drivers who were locked into 10-month employment contracts with CRST. Swift did not return a request for comment on the lawsuit or whether it plans to appeal. […]
