Equipment
Business
Regulations
Life
Custom Rigs
Overdrive Extra
Business
Transparency enforcement 'bad for shippers, brokers and carriers': DAT's Ken Adamo
In theory, broker transparency could give away the game for freight middlemen and incentivize small trucking companies and shippers to work together. But Adamo plans to weigh in against the FMCSA's rule in official comments. Here's his argument.
December 20, 2024
Meet the finalists for Overdrive's 2024 Trucker of the Year honor
Nearing the conclusion of Overdrive's 2024 Trucker of the Year award program, judges laud 10 Truckers of the Month and name three finalists for the ultimate win, to be announced in the new year.
December 20, 2024
Sponsor Content
BlueParrott B450-XT Headset, Cummins Edition
BlueParrott
Heavyweight Noise-Cancellation Meets Outstanding Comfort
November 18, 2024
Compete for Overdrive's 2025 Trucker of the Year honor
The program recognizes acumen/innovation of owner-operators, the bedrock of the entrepreneurial spirit in trucking. If you’ve persevered through freight-market challenges the last years, you're no doubt a worthy contender.
December 20, 2024
Regulations
Mountain ELD, XELD revoked by FMCSA
These are the two latest ELDs to be removed from the list of certified devices by FMCSA. Also: Trucking conditions saw positive turn in October; Clean Freight Coalition joins call for OEMs to abandon CARB partnership.
December 19, 2024
Regulations
Transparency enforcement could squeeze brokers' margins: Analyst
Do some brokers oppose transparency it because it will hammer their margins? One freight watcher thinks so. Whether the squeeze comes out in favor of carriers or shippers could depend on the market.
December 18, 2024
Business
Diesel hovering around $3.50 as freight rates present a mixed bag
Fuel prices hit a three-year low two weeks ago week before ticking up slightly last week. Meanwhile, rates last week were up and down. Also: New owner-op training course from CarriersEdge; more states opt into Drivewyze in-cab alerts.
December 18, 2024
Regulations
Regulatory update: AEBs, speed limiters, more expected in 2025
A final rule to mandate automatic emergency braking systems is expected in January, a notice of proposed rulemaking to mandate speed limiters is planned for May, and a number of other regulatory moves are expected in the coming months.
December 17, 2024
Business
DAT acquires Trucker Tools | Purple Heart recipient Army vet wins new T680
Stevens Transport driver Cory Troxell won the 2024 Transition Trucking award for the nation's top military veteran rookie truck driver. Also: DAT has acquired Trucker Tools; Heniff acquired a European bulk firm; Good Samaritan trucker returns lost purse.
December 17, 2024
Trucker of the Year
How Trucker of the Year contenders beat 2024's sluggish conditions
This second installment wrapping up 2024's competitive TOTY field shows owners poised for growth in the new year, in plenty more ways than one. Check in with Alec Costerus, Greg Labosky, Mike Nichols and the brothers of Zimmerman Ag.
December 16, 2024
Regulations
Broker transparency: About boosting rates? Or a fight for carrier rights?
A debate between brokers and carriers rages on about what transparency might do to rates, but according to FMCSA and OOIDA, that's not the point. Rather, the issue is carriers' rights.
December 16, 2024
Regulations
New FMCSA guidance on HOS ag exemption, rear impact guard labels
FMCSA clarified that a missing rear impact guard certification label does not warrant a violation. The agency also clarified when an "exempt" ag hauler can receive an HOS violation. Also: Fleet's under-21 waiver request denied; Iowa 80 grant recipients.
December 11, 2024
Overdrive Extra
A freight world without brokers: 'Carriers United' daring to do more than just dream
With time, this small fleet owner aims to build what he calls an "army of carriers" to deliver on goals: namely, to "put money back in the pockets of the carriers" in service to shippers, and relieve drivers of parking fees, tow threats.
December 11, 2024
Business
Finance-crimes network's reporting requirement for owner-ops, small fleets halted
A federal district court judge enjoined implementation/enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act, calling it "quasi-Orwellian." The CTA required small biz, including owner-op LLCs, to report ownership info to the Treasury. The government will appeal.
December 10, 2024
Regulations
Court rules Rhode Island can reinstate truck tolls -- without daily caps
The U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court's ruling that a portion of the RhodeWorks trucks-only toll plan is unconstitutional. Whether tolls will be reinstated without unconstitutional provisions is now a matter of debate.
December 9, 2024
Trucker of the Year
Success through self-help, lane change: 2024 TOTY 'exit interviews'
Overdrive's 2024 Trucker of the Year contenders have battled soft freight and sluggish rates with moves large and small. Here, four contenders map out their experience through the year, delivering insight on business decision-making.
December 9, 2024
Business
FreightValidate helps owner-operators fire back at brokers' 'carrier vetting' craze
"Carrier vetting" systems too often harshly misjudge carriers. A new service called FreightValidate hopes to level the playing field. After all, in today's fraud climate, don't brokers need scrutiny, too?
December 9, 2024
Gear
Motive Card system fires at fuel-purchase fraud
The Motive company has added fuel-fraud detection tools to its fuel-card product, in efforts to detect and stop fraud before a bogus purchase happens.
December 6, 2024
Regulations
FMCSA plows ahead with changes to Crash Preventability Determination Program
After proposing last year to expand the types of crashes eligible for review under the program to determine preventability, FMCSA decided to keep its proposal mostly as-is moving forward in making changes to the program.
December 4, 2024
Page 1 of 1342
Next Page
Top Stories
Trucker of the Year
Meet the finalists for Overdrive's 2024 Trucker of the Year honor
Nearing the conclusion of Overdrive's 2024 Trucker of the Year award program, judges laud 10 Truckers of the Month and name three finalists for the ultimate win, to be announced in the new year.
Pride & Polish
'Paradise Express' at 3 million miles and counting: Stunning big-bunk '03 Pete 379
Equipment
Used-truck pricing, value: A role for aftertreatment maintenance
Regulations
Regulatory update: AEBs, speed limiters, more expected in 2025
Featured Sponsor
NEW dezl Next-Gen Trucking Products
Overdrive Radio
Latest Episode
How Trucker of the Year contenders beat 2024's sluggish conditions
More episodes »
