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Transparency would be bad for carriers: DAT’s Ken Adamo
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Transparency would be bad for carriers: DAT’s Ken Adamo

When DAT Chief of Analytics Ken Adamo told a roundtable meeting of big shippers about the issue of broker transparency, or the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s recently announced plans to strengthen a longstanding rule giving carriers and shippers more power to see the buy and sell prices in freight transactions, “no one knew this was...

Meet the finalists for Overdrive’s 2024 Trucker of the Year award
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Meet the finalists for Overdrive’s 2024 Trucker of the Year award

Results are in from the first judges’ round in Overdrive‘s 2024 Trucker of the Year award competition, and here’s a big congrats to the three finalists at the top of the heap you see above: Oakridge Transport’s Alan Kitzhaber, operating with authority in the Menard’s distribution network; Long Haul Trucking-leased owner-operator Gary Schloo; and Zimmerman...

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FMCSA Removes Two Devices from List of Registered ELDs

FMCSA Removes Two Devices from List of Registered ELDs WASHINGTON DC – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) removed two devices from the agency’s list of registered electronic logging devices, or ELDs. Mountain ELD and XELD devices were placed on the Revoked Devices list due to the companies’ failure...

Owner-operators, compete for Overdrive’s 2025 Trucker of the Year
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Owner-operators, compete for Overdrive’s 2025 Trucker of the Year

Overdrive is excited to official open the nomination period for its 2025 Trucker of the Year competition — open to nominations through September 30, 2025 — to recognize the business acumen and innovation of the owner-operator, the bedrock of the entrepreneurial spirit in trucking. Whether you’re leased to another motor carrier or out on your own...

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FMCSA Opens Application Window for CDLPI and CMVOST Grants 

FMCSA Opens Application Window for CDLPI and CMVOST Grants  Two discretionary grants could total over $90 million and make obtaining a CDL easier for Veterans and others WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced Notices of Funding Opportunity for two discretionary grants in the fiscal year...