Driving solo can be lonely, it doesn’t have to be with a partner and team truck driving rules in place. As a part of a two-person team, you can rest, sleep, or eat on your off-duty shifts while your partner keeps the truck moving. Trucking companies are a big fan of team truck...
You are responsible for hauling goods between two points on a consistent route. How much is a dedicated truck driver’s salary? The average pay of a dedicated truck driver in the United States is around $60,000. However, this is still subject to change depending on the miles driven, the...
ELD in trucking is the primary target of ELD mandates given that long-haul truckers often log many miles with potentially multiple drivers behind the wheel at different points throughout a trip. Drivers are responsible for not only the operation of the rig on the road, but also the safety of...
DEF is used to break down NOx gases produced during diesel combustion. The liquid reduces harmful nitrogen oxide emissions. Theseemissions contribute to air pollution, smog formation, acid rain, and respiratory problems. DEF promotes cleaner and more efficient operations for modern diesel vehicles. Die...
There are two such systems on truck, the primary and secondary. In the highly unlikely event one suffered a loss of air pressure, the other would continue to function.But even if there was a loss of pressure in one system and the spring brakes did apply, there would likely not be ...
The shares of freight transport as the percentage of the total tone-km by road, inland waterways, and railways in the EU are 75.9%, 6.7%, and 18.4% respectively (EUROSTAT, 2016). In the USA, trucks are the most used means of transportation for moving freight up to 750 miles. Trains ...
Except international express delivery, here are also three common ways used in first leg transportation. 1. Air transport Air freight refers to a logistics mode in which the freight forwarder directly transports the goods to the destination country by air through its own channels, and then the ...
Freight trainsare an even more gainful means of transportation within intermodal transportation. Trains can transport hundreds of steel containers across thousands of miles with low transportation costs. But air and sea are the only modes with the potential to move freight containers between continents ...
Trucking economist Noel Perry pointed out in a blog post that “fuel is up more than 50% since early 2016 and looks like it will get higher.” The Oil Price Information Service said in late May “high diesel prices are in the forecast,” thanks to “a global supply-and demand scenario...
Trucking rates are calculated on a per-mile basis. First, take the mileage between the starting and destination points. Then divide the overall rate by the number of miles between destinations to get your trucking freight rate. How do you record freight charges? The seller will record the fre...