Leased-on owner-operators can be impressively sophisticated in their understanding of trucking, but distressingly naïve about managing affairs, putting a lot pressure on the group—and the fleets who rely on independent contractors—during a two-year economic slowdown and with the pending mandate for electronic logs. That’s the overview from several dozen slides presented in the latest ATBS Independent Contractor Benchmarking Webinar, “2016: Stuck in Neutral?”.
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IC survey: 6 ‘surprising’ slides from latest ATBS data
Leased-on owner-operators can be impressively sophisticated in their understanding of trucking, but distressingly naïve about managing affairs, putting a lot pressure on the group—and the fleets who rely on independent contractors—during a two-year economic slowdown and with the pending mandate for electronic logs. That’s the overview from several dozen slides presented in the latest ATBS Independent Contractor Benchmarking Webinar, “2016: Stuck in Neutral?”.
Trucking adds 4,700 jobs, sets record high in March
Big gains in the number of trucking jobs in February and March have more than made up for a surprising loss in January, bringing the for-hire jobs total a record high.
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Trucking adds 4,700 jobs, sets record high in March
Big gains in the number of trucking jobs in February and March have more than made up for a surprising loss in January, bringing the for-hire jobs total a record high.
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Truckloads launches new truck search feature
Trucker Path, creators the trip planning app for truck drivers, announced its freight marketplace Truckloads has now added a truck search feature for its users to find available carriers.
Brokers that post freight on the Truckloads platform can now search for verified carriers who could be a match to haul a load based on location, equipment type, and the carrier’s safety rating. Companies can also contact available carriers directly.
Truckloads launches new truck search feature
Trucker Path, creators the trip planning app for truck drivers, announced its freight marketplace Truckloads has now added a truck search feature for its users to find available carriers.
Brokers that post freight on the Truckloads platform can now search for verified carriers who could be a match to haul a load based on location, equipment type, and the carrier’s safety rating. Companies can also contact available carriers directly.
Healthy Fleet Challenge coming in May
Looking to get fit this season or drop a few pounds? Healthy Fleet announced its next challenge will be run through a mobile app, which will be available to all companies for free.
This new challenge follows the most recent one that took place in Ja…
Healthy Fleet Challenge coming in May
Looking to get fit this season or drop a few pounds? Healthy Fleet announced its next challenge will be run through a mobile app, which will be available to all companies for free.
This new challenge follows the most recent one that took place in Ja…
Keeping your drivers focused in a world of distractions
April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Here are some tips and insight as to how fleets and their drivers can better defend themselves against preventable accidents.
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Keeping your drivers focused in a world of distractions
April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Here are some tips and insight as to how fleets and their drivers can better defend themselves against preventable accidents.
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