Trucking

FedEx Ground Drivers – Employees, Not Contractors

This page has outdated content. We’ve kept it for informational purposes only. Please refer to our blog for updated content. Despite FedEx’s insistence that thousands of their FedEx Ground drivers are independent contractors, a federal ... Read more

Truckers Call for CSA Safety Scores to be Made Private

An alliance of trucking industry groups has urged Anthony Foxx, Department of Transportation Secretary, to remove publicly visible safety ratings from the CSA Web site. Based on a February report from the Government Accountability Office, ... Read more

Higher Wages May Be the Key to Fixing the Driver Shortage

This page has outdated content. We’ve kept it for informational purposes only. Please refer to our blog for updated content. The continuing shortage of qualified truck drivers is nothing new.  The trucking industry has been ... Read more

CCJ Issues 10-Year Forecast for Trucking Industry

Editor’s note: This article contains outdated content but has been left up for anyone searching for this information. Check the EZ Invoice Factoring blog section to find our more recent content. In a comprehensive blog post late ... Read more

FMCSA Gives Go-Ahead to Digital Logs

This page has outdated content. We’ve kept it for informational purposes only. Please refer to our blog for updated content. In a departure from previous rules requiring that all logs be printed and manually signed, ... Read more

Pilot Flying J: Government Settlement Reached

This page has outdated content. We’ve kept it for informational purposes only. Please refer to our blog for updated content. After more than a year of investigations, including civil settlements and a number of guilty ... Read more

E-Logs and the Trucking Industry: A Silent Killer?

Editor’s note: This article contains outdated content but has been left up for anyone searching for this information. Check the EZ Invoice Factoring blog section to find our more recent content. Until recently, tracking and predicting failure ... Read more

Hours-of-Service Amendment Challenged

This page has outdated content. We’ve kept it for informational purposes only. Please refer to our blog for updated content. After passing the Senate Appropriations Committee with a 21-9 bipartisan vote, a legislative amendment to ... Read more

FMCSA: E-Logs Significantly Improve Safety

E-logs are effective, according to the FMCSA. The administration released a report this week studying the impact of electronic hours-of-service recorders (EHSRs/e-logs) on driver safety and compliance. Data were mined from 11 carriers’ compliance records ... Read more

5 Ways to Do Eco-Friendly Trucking

Is “Uber”-Style Delivery a Threat to Freight Brokers?

Uber has made headlines in dozens of big cities around the country as a user-friendly, on-demand alternative to taxi and car services. The introduction of its new UberRUSH service, indicate that a similar trend may ... Read more

4 Tips to Lower Your Fuel Costs

This page has outdated content. We kept it up for informational purposes only. Please refer to our blog for updated content. As the Department of Energy continues to revise its projections for diesel price changes ... Read more

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