Spot Van, Reefer Rates Dip as Truck Capacity Increases
Spot market truckload activity picked up during the week ending April 21 as the number of posted loads increased 3.1% and truck posts rose 4%, according to the freight matching service provider DAT Solutions.
Bridgestone Launches New Tires Aimed at Waste Industry
Bridgestone Americas showcased two new all-position radial tires under the Bridgestone and Firestone brands that are designed exclusively for the waste industry and will enter the market later this year.
LA-LB truck turn times, container dwell times continue to decline
Consistently good truck turn times and container dwell times since peak season 2017 have BCOs who ship through Los Angeles-Long Beach optimistic that most of the dozen terminals will handle their shipments with a minimum of congestion issues th…
Georgia Carrier Uses Doctored Records, Gets Placed out of Service
A Georgia-based trucking company seemingly did everything it could to avoid FMCSA compliance until a compliance investigation placed it out of service.
Another Kentucky-coal trucks tribute, this one in 3rd-grade elementary school parody video
It looks to be an NJL Trucking rig in this now-viral vid by Pike County, Ky., 3rd-grade students, put together as part of a grade-wide project with teacher Erica Rowe, a parody project after Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” called “Mine the Coal” that tip…
Truckers Help Troopers Prevent Suicide
Thirteen was a lucky number for a man who was threatening to jump to his death off of an overpass outside Detroit. In her All That’s Trucking blog, Deborah Lockridge has the details of how truckers helped troopers on the highway outside Detroit.
Congress could act to hasten hours of service changes, revive ‘carrier hiring standards’ provision
The amendment would allow FMCSA to proceed directly to issuing a proposed rule on any changes to hours of service regulations, rather than having to publish an Advanced Notice of a Proposed Rulemaking first, as dictated by federal law. If passed, the a…
Charles Meredith
This reminds me of my own parents a bit. Kind of makes me sad to sing it but I love the song!
Taylor Barker
I wrote this song about a choice I made that I had come to regret.
Thomas J. Shannon
When drive as much as I have you see things most people don’t see. I just wanted to let him know I know it’s all him and but by the grace of God there go I. I’ve seen good and bad. I was at a truck stop just before Christmas and a fam…