ELD Mandate & Electronic Logs
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Higher Labor Rates Pushing Up Total Fleet Maintenance Costs
The vehicle maintenance and repair industries are experiencing a skilled labor shortage as technicians in the Baby Boomer demographic retire in greater numbers than those replacing them…
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Driver Shortage: Yes or No?
An economist says there’s no driver shortage. Contributing Editor Rolf Lockwood isn’t buying it. “I do believe there’s a driver shortage in North America. Or, as drivers themselves will tell you, there’s a shortage of jobs worth having…”
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Used Fleet Vehicles Fall 1.6% in September
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…
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Animal-Strike Collisions Highest in November
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…
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Visibility, Communication Key to Shipper-Carrier Relationships
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 Exhibition in San Diego…
ELDs – Don’t Shortchange Training When Converting to ELD
Come Dec. 16 — less than three 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 went into effect almost two years ago…
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