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quicktsi The North American trucking industry plays an essential role in the health of the economy. The nation’s trucking network serves as the supply chain lifeblood by hauling large quantities of finished and unfinished goods across the country. Trucking has been affecting the political and economic makeup of this country since the First World War. Even … Read moreInteresting Facts About Trucks and the Trucking Industry
In May of 2013 the Federal Motor Carrier Association (FMCSA) issued a notice of proposed rule making entitled “Coercion of Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers.” At the time there was a fair amount of confusion surrounding the rule. With the FMCSA set to unveil the final version of its rule in September, has the confusion abated? … Read moreWhat Is The Coercion of Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers Rule?
Led by independents and flatbed drivers, owner-operators are had a record year for net income in 2014, according to the largest owner-operator financial services provider. With the industry currently suffering from an employment squeeze, this news couldn’t come at a better time. Let’s take a look at the details and answer why becoming an owner-operator … Read moreIt’s Been a Record Year for Owner-Operators
Fuel efficiency is the name of the game for today’s advanced trucking fleets. Keeping large trucks fuel efficient becomes even more important in an environment where Congress wants to increase fuel taxes. At some point fuel efficiency becomes a business imperative. Anyone can move goods, but in today’s hypercompetitive trucking industry, getting the goods there … Read moreModern Trucking Fleets Are More Fuel Efficient Than Ever
This week continues the trend of transportation in the news. The Highway Funding Bill has been a bone of contention on Capitol Hill for some time now. With Obama and congress releasing their new budgets for fiscal year 2015, will there be money to keep the nation’s highways safe and well-maintained? Plan Details Part of … Read moreHighway Funding Is Back In the News
With the truck driver shortage being one of the industry’s hot topics right now, wages have been in the spotlight. This week new research has come out showing what type of wages truck drivers prefer to make and how incentives are evolving. With new technologies making it possible for fleets to accurately measure almost every … Read moreHow Truck Driver Pay Packages and Incentives are Evolving
Over the next several weeks here at the QuickTSI Blog, we’re going to take an in-depth look at the history of overland transportation in this country. Our specific area of focus will be on commerce and the cross-country or regional transportation of goods and services. Here is a primer of the topics we will be … Read moreThe History of Overland Commerce, Part One: The Early Days of Trucking
The ongoing driver shortage has been a hot topic lately, as we’ve reported. While everyone from drivers to politicians debate how to handle the numbers problem, the big players are making moves of their own. Pundits project that in the new year over-the-road trucking capacity is projected to squeeze even further, so how exactly are … Read moreHow Is The Driver Shortage Affecting Wages and Shipping Rates?
We all know what freight is, but it’s when factoring is added that it gets a little complicated. The word “factor” is both a noun and a verb. In this sense the word should be taken at its definition as a noun, which is the business of purchasing and collecting accounts receivable or of advancing … Read moreHow Freight Factoring Could Work for You?
We’ve promised continued reporting on new rules and regulations that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is to release this year. Last week we reported on the speed limiter mandate. This week we pivot to the safety determination rule which is tentatively scheduled for June publication. While a speed limiter mandate is a bit … Read moreWhat is the Safety Fitness Determination Rule?
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