March 2020, in response to the then-novel COVID-19 pandemic, saw the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrations’ passage of a national hours-of-service exemption. It waived ...
Shipping companies are at peak performance as the holiday season quickly approaches. The nation’s leading shippers are set to get packages out the door ...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is considering easing the commercial driver’s license (CDL) requirement for truck driver trainees. The proposal aims to ...
Following a $1 million donation to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, supply chain solutions provider J.B. Hunt Transport Services ...
Diesel prices across America were going down consistently until recently. According to Fleet Owner, diesel prices were falling for 8 consecutive weeks and “the ...
Chuck R. Paar of Mount Jewett, PA, has been recognized by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) for 16 years of safe, accident-free driving ...
While electric trucks are gaining traction in some sectors, their success is uncertain when it comes to Less Than Truckload (LTL) carriers. The biggest ...
https://www.msn.com/EN-US/news/news/sysco-truck-drivers-in-new-england-go-on-strike/ar-AA12BbKF?ocid=iehpK https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/10/06/business/sysco-strike-continues-after-talks-break-down/ On Oct. 1, drivers in New England went on strike at Sysco Foods. The company is a giant in food product distribution, ...
The American Trucking Associations and other industry leaders are celebrating after President Joe Biden signed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law this month. ...
As women are significantly underrepresented in the trucking industry, holding only 24 percent of all transportation jobs, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor ...
Most assume since these trucks don’t need drivers, that the jobs will also decrease. Many have the fear that once autonomous trucking expands, thousands ...
Winter weather and multiple crashes left truckers and motorists stranded on I-40 in freezing temperatures on Saturday night and Sunday morning. A major winter ...
Sergey Bort, vice president of marketing and strategic business at GP Transco, knew he had to do something when Russian armed forces invaded Ukraine ...
“Canada’s truckers have paralyzed Ottawa and unsettled the country’s politics over vaccine and mask mandates,” Mark Scott reported last week for Politico. “Now Americans ...
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) announced a new chairman on Nov. 1. Derek Leathers, CEO, president, and chairman of Werner Enterprises will step ...
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced his pick to head the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). In an April 14 White House statement, ...
Last week, fifteen Republican governors signed onto “Operation Open Roads,” an initiative to combat the driver shortage and address supply chain disruptions. The group ...
Missouri’s Department of Economic Development has recently distributed $30 million in funding to 19 partner organizations – four being educational institutions. The generous grants ...
Each year, we see changes, new trends, and updated technologies across many industries, and trucking in no exception. Within our industry, we’ve seen technologies ...
The truck industry is undergoing changes as up-to-date technologies and emissions systems become more commonplace, and more electric powered trucks enter the market as ...
