Matt Cole

Matt Cole is the Senior Editor for Overdrive and CCJ. Reach him at [email protected].

From parking shortages to restaurant closures – what drivers experienced during the pandemic

Working from home was not an option, so they had to make adjust to restaurant closures and other changes while out on the road throughout the year. And what was already a major issue with finding safe parking got even worse.

May 13, 2021

Greg Eudy, the owner of Monroe, North Carolina-based Greg Eudy Trucking, said just finding somewhere to eat was a challenge during the pandemic due to restaurant closures and restrictions. And that's not to mention the difficulties drivers faced finding safe places to park.

Margins never realized, UPS turns LTL venture over to another keeper

For a little more than 15 years, UPS attempted to shoehorn a less-than-truckload segment into its parcel delivery monolith. Late last month, it announced it was exiting its UPS Freight business in favor of a new direction.

February 4, 2021

Drivers' top 2020 concern might not be what you think

Data from the WorkHound driver retention platform received from truckers in 2020 showed which issues drivers talked about the most. WorkHound CEO Max Farrell offers recommendations to carriers on how to solve some top issues to keep drivers around.

January 25, 2021

semi trucks on the highway at dusk

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Repeal of truck emissions regs 'doesn’t help the trucking industry'

The GHG3 final rule had been derided as a de facto electric truck mandate.

If finalized, this proposal would remove all greenhouse gas standards for light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles and heavy-duty engines, starting with EPA’s first greenhouse gas regulations set in 2010 for light-duty vehicles and those set in 2011 for medium-duty vehicles and heavy-duty vehicles and engines – which includes off-cycle credits like the much hated start-stop feature on most new cars.

EPA set to unravel 'disastrous' federal trucking emissions regulations

OneCompass Holdings has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase all the assets of Koleaseco Inc., a respected asset-based transportation provider with over 30 years of operational excellence.

Hyway Transportation parent acquiring Michigan fleet

Hub Group's acquisition of Marten Intermodal more than doubles the intermodal giant's temp-controlled business.

Hub Group acquires Marten's intermodal business

Schneider is the only carrier that operates a single-rail cross-border intermodal solution and has rapidly grown its intermodal market share of cross-border freight between the United States and Mexico, while setting industry benchmarks in speed, security and reliability on the CPKC rail network.

Schneider's business is booming at the border