Spending too much time sitting in a dock at a shipper or receiver? Join the club. A recent Survey of truckers said the average time they spend waiting to get loaded is over 3 hours. Considering the obvious, that drivers get paid per mile, what a waste of time. What can be done to fix this? Carriers and brokers need to team up to hold shippers and receivers accountable. For one, carriers and brokers can work together to hold shippers accountable. According to survey results, m

Hours of service regulations are being watching closely by drivers, and for good reason, they affect everything about their days and the money they are able to make. An amendment slated for consideration on the floor of the U.S. House this week would, if enacted, allow the FMCSA to skip a step in the formal rule making process for any reforms to hours of service regulations taken up by the agency in the next two years. Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) has filed the amendment for c

An amendment slated for consideration on the floor of the U.S. House this week would, if enacted, allow the FMCSA to skip a step in the formal rule making process for any reforms to hours of service regulations taken up by the agency in the next two years. Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) has filed the amendment for consideration with the House’s Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill, which could be debated on the House floor as early as this week. Crawford’s amen