Maintenance costs have steadily trended upward over the past 12 months as a result of more complex vehicle technology, the ongoing skilled labor shortages, increased replacement tire prices, and the proliferation of engines that require higher cost synthetic motor...
Drivers, drivers, and drivers again. Is any subject more talked about in our industry these days? Nope. Not surprisingly, they’re represented in seven of the American Transportation Research Institute’s annual Top 10 list of the industry’s most pressing...
The value of former fleet vehicles sold at physical auctions and through other wholesale channels fell 1.6% to $13,389 in September compared to August but were 0.9% higher than a year ago, according to commentary by KAR Global’s chief economist. Overall market...
Animal-strike-related insurance claims are more than twice as frequent as the yearly average in November, according to an analysis of claims from 2006 to 2018 conducted by the Highway Loss Data Institute. That means drivers need to be vigilant and on the lookout for...
The ability to give customers real-time visibility into the status of their freight has become table stakes for landing business with larger shippers. That was a key message from a panel discussion during the American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference and...
Come Dec. 16 — less than two months away — motor carriers still running with grandfathered automatic onboard recording devices to track hours-of-service will have to be switched over to devices that are compliant with the electronic logging device mandate that first...
