With just five months to a Dec. 18 federal mandate that requires truckers to adopt electronic logging devices to track how much time they spend driving their vehicles, drivers and others are starting to ask how the program will be enforced. The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, which is expected to provide training for roadside inspectors,…
Walmart has instituted new shipping and delivery policies that could strap carriers with extra fees for deliveries that are late, mispackaged or delivered earlier than the scheduled delivery time. The new policy, dubbed “On-Time, In-Full,” could score the company an extra $1 billion in revenue, according to an article from Bloomberg. The extra revenue isn’t…
After opening its doors in December of this year, OpenRoad Transportation’s new Reno, NV office has hit the ground running. The early success of the office can be attributed to the leadership of Arlien Casillas and her experienced team of transportation professionals. With almost 20 years of experience in the logistics industry, including successful stints…
OpenRoad Transportation is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in Reno, NV. The Reno team started up in the fall of 2016 and is poised to uphold OpenRoad’s reputation for excellence. “Opening an office in Reno, NV allows us to build on the world-class customer and carrier service we currently provide in…
OpenRoad Finanical Services, a freight factoring company, has officially opened its doors. While Financial Services will primarily focus on factoring invoices for small and medium sized transportation companies, it will soon offer additional services including fuel cards, fuel advances and new tire financing. Visit the OpenRoad Finanical Services homepage here.
The Little Trucking Company That Could Mark Weisensee started OpenRoad Transportation Inc. with his wife in 2004. They began “very slowly,” and now have hundreds of loads per day. OpenRoad is a trucking and third-party logistics company. With the trucking branch of the business, OpenRoad employs drivers and ships freight itself. With its third-party logistics…
The number of North American freight shipments and the amount of expenditures both posted strong increases in February from the month before, according to newly released Cass Freight Index figures. The 8.3% jump in the shipments index to 1.055 from a revised January reading of 0.974 erases the previous month’s decline. Despite this, February is…
The Senate’s Commerce Committee late Wednesday unveiled its version of a Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill that, unlike its counterpart in the House, does not include trucking-specific language on state regulation of truck drivers’ hours of service and pay. Lawmakers in the House attempted to revive the measure, which was nixed from the FAST Act…
It is good to hear that the produce season is starting strong in California. This is a good sign for the refrigerated transportation industry… California avocado season is getting under way, and the California Avocado Commission has updated its production forecast to 327 million pounds for its fiscal year 2014-15. CAC also announced that Timothy…
The trucking industry has a great outlook for 2015. We are all feeling the effects of the driver shortage, but we at OpenRoad have not had driver turnover issues. Taking care of our drivers is a top priority for us. Let’s all have a great 2015! Analysts at GE Capital compiled a list of expected…