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The tightening knot of ELDs, hours, parking: Channel 19 year in review, the finale

As in 2014 with the restart rollback, several issues came to a head in the last month of 2015, bring us back to where we started in this year in review: The problem with the hours of service, readers say, is a central safety issue.

December 31, 2015

September’s announced Brake Safety Week inspection blitz around the nation was trumped this year in some ways by a national brake-check day, unannounced, in early May.

FAST Act highway bill: What trucking measures made it, what didn’t

In: Major CSA reform, expansion of driver drug testing, detention study and more. Out: Younger truckers and a measure that could have harmed small business truckers.

December 2, 2015

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Electronic Logging Devices

‘We’ll get through this e-log implementation’ — projecting carrier-shipper relationships after the ELD mandate

"We'll get through this e-logs implementation," says compliance consultant Jeff Davis -- better rates, efficiency, productivity for small fleets await.

November 11, 2015

Getting in bed with the railroad

Ever taken a 10-hour break on a train? The Truck Ferry project would turn freight flatcars into rolling sleeper berths for multiple tractor-trailer rigs/drivers.

November 3, 2015

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‘Takes a village’ on detention

Driver hits the nail on the head at supply chain management conference, speaking in “driver shortage” context: “If we can figure out how to keep that driver moving, the [shortage] numbers aren’t that big of a deal.”…

October 12, 2015

Catch last month’s multifaceted featured reporting on the problem of uncompensated, lengthy waits at docks via this link to the anchor part of the reporting here at OverdriveOnline.com.

‘Demand detention’ pay: Strong voices on compensation for waits

“Waiting over 6 hours to get loaded and then only getting 5 hours drive time … Then you lose another day to get your next load, and $50 is not going to cover the lost time" -- a variety of other voices offered ways to get to better compensation.

September 22, 2015

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Detention détente: Old Time Express

“Since we are on electronic logs, there’s no arguing about whether the truck’s there or not” at a shipper or receiver’s location. “It’s indisputable.” –Old Time’s Mark White on detention negotiations with shippers, brokers today

September 21, 2015

Why you deserve $64/hour for (every hour of) detention

Calculating a fair detention rate: A majority of operators indicate either total revenue per mile (38 percent) or profit/net income per mile + fixed cost per mile (45 percent) as appropriate benchmarks for detention rates.

September 17, 2015

Other approaches to detention offered by readers in recent times included the notion of offering customers discounts on the line-haul rate for expedited loading/unloading.

Truckers in Ontario striking for higher pay, lower wait times (with video)

The Container Trucking Association of Ontario says companies have not responded to its latest proposal as its members strike for an eighth day.

September 16, 2015

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News flash: Lumpers show driver appreciation at the grocery warehouse

Waiving the lumper fee it’s not — the Universal Lumpers service, at 11 facilities in mostly Western states, is offering coffee, doughnuts and hopefully quick service to drivers this week …

September 15, 2015

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Detention détente: Tables turn in carriers’, drivers’ favor in pay/rate negotiations

The tables finally are turning, as examined in this multipart feature. Fleets and owner-operators, for years in a losing battle with brokers and shippers over compensation for wasted dock time, are exercising improved leverage in negotiations.

September 14, 2015

Nine-truck, mostly flatbed fleet owner-operator Ben Cadle, an agent for Bennett Motor Express, guarantees detention pay for his drivers after two hours, a fact his shippers know well, helping mitigate detention problems. It can still be a problem, however, he notes, with detention pay coming into play on about half of all his loads. If the entire trucking industry demanded a change, he says, “things would get better.” Read more about how he establishes base hourly rates for wait time at this link.

POLL: Best way to tackle detention?

Should government mandate, as the Obama administration’s DOT has attempted, that carriers pay detention to drivers, or is continued industry standardization of detention pay the best tack? Something else?

August 14, 2015

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