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ABC News: Mississippi Cops Warn Drivers About Stopping for Homicidal Fake Cop "Mississippi authorities are urging drivers to be wary when being pulled over by a police officer after two people were shot and killed by someone police think could be posing as a cop to get motorists to stop."...

In 2007, I saw a recession coming and started putting up posts to get expediters thinking about it and to encourage them to prepare (first post here). I did not know then that this would become the Great Recession, but got it right about a coming recession. Today I see another big bad thing...

In a thread started by LDB in the FedEx Custom Critical forum, entitled "Fix the stupid phones," frustrations are voiced. A response follows from a fellow contractor sharing the workaround that contractor developed to ease the burden. I'm with Leo on this one. That phone system was a pain when...

In this post, kwexpress mentioned Foley Carrier Services as a company used to help him run his own-authority expedite business. So as not to take that thread off topic, I'll start a new one and ask here. Are there other similar companies that expediters have found helpful in that regard? (I'm...

The top 50 carriers are reporting healthy earnings but driver pay lags. See: Journal of Commerce article Excerpt: "Here’s the kicker. That average trucker pay is lower than the overall average U.S. wage, and the gap between them is getting wider. Since 2001, average driver pay has increased...

The first thread of this title was locked but the story continues to develop. From a Fox News story: Mekenye is the truck company operations manager. "Mekenye said that Bogan informed him that after making two of his three stops in El Paso, Texas, he proceeded to drive to the third stop...

Requesting criticism here in the Open Forum is like walking into a house that is fully engulfed in flames and making a request to get burned. It's going to happen whether the request is made or not. Turtle's comment in this thread about a recently published book about expediting got me...

Tornadoes rip through Texas - Video on msnbc.com A crushed Panther trailer can be seen on this video at 3:27 in the video. Any word about that truck and driver(s)?

Not being with that carrier, I'm not allowed (understandably) to post in the FedEx Custom Critical carrier forum. But I read something there (in the Waiting patiently in Ontario, Ca. thread) that I want to respond to so I am posting here. chuckon2 wrote: It's very frustrating sitting here at...

Expediting is an old enough industry now to have people in it who made it a 20-year career. I know of a few still in the game who go back to the Robert's Express days. I'm wondering about those who have retired as expediters. I know none of those but presume there are some. Does anyone know of...

I do not usually read the carrier forums but looking them over I was surprised to see Open Forum Administrator "Dreamer" chatting it up in the Load One forum. I knew him to be a FedEx Custom Critical contractor. Reading more, I see he made the move to Load One. It seems that Load One president...

I have known for a long time that New York charges a mileage tax (state highway use tax) to trucks that most other states do not. But I only learned today that toll-paid miles driven on the New York State Thruway are mileage tax exempt. I also learned that our carrier will do the paperwork that...

Diane and I have been off the road on vacation for the last two months and are just now beginning to run. Significant hikes in tolls have taken effect after January 1 that we encountered for the first time this year on a run to the Northeast. The size of the hikes is obscene! A few years ago...

The following quote came from another thread. I moved it here so as not to get off topic in that thread. I'm not sure I get your meaning. When Diane and I entered the business in 2003, we did so as drivers of a fleet owner's truck. We had no trucking experience whatsoever. From the very...

Full story here Excerpt: Feb 28 (Reuters) - U.S. logistics firm Panther Expedited Services Inc is trying to sell itself, three months after scrapping its IPO plans, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Panther, owned by private equity firm Fenway Partners, is being advised by...

Below is text from an Nov. 29, 2011, XPO investor presentation script in which Express-1 is discussed. My question to Express-1 contractors is, what, if anything, do you see happening on the ground? What real-world changes have you seen in the company in the last 12 months? ------------------...

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XPO Logistics Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2011 Results Excerpt: The Express-1 business generated total revenue of $20.3 million, a 10.1% improvement from the same period in 2010. The increase in revenue primarily reflects growth in cross-border-Mexico and...