Video: New FMCSA chief talks HOS and ELDs
The recent Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky late last month was the first opportunity for Ray Martinez, who assumed the role of administrator of the U.S. DOT’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in late February, to meet with …
Minimizer floor mats for all Cascadias
Minimizer now offers custom-molded floor mats for the new Freightliner Cascadia 116 and 126.
Volvo completes transition to new VNL
DUBLIN, Va. – Volvo Trucks has announced it has completed its transition to full production of the new VNL 760 model for long-haul applications, ending production of the legacy VNL 670. The new VNL, introduced last year, features an all-new…
Navistar hires Baumann as senior v.p. of strategy and planning
LISLE, Ill. — Navistar announced today that Friedrich W. Baumann has joined the company as senior vice-president, strategy and planning. Baumann comes to Navistar after a 24-year career at Daimler Trucks, where he most recently served as senior v…
Celadon to restate prior financials, likely to be delisted
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Celadon Group announced yesterday that its financial statements for the fiscal year 2016 and the quarters ended Sept. 30, 2016 and Dec. 31, 2016 remain under internal investigation. The company also reviewed its current and histori…
Favel hopes to attract the ‘right kind of people’ to join its family
MOOSE JAW, Sask. — It’s a new age for the trucking industry, and with that comes different ways to find new customers, monitor trucks, save fuel, and find new employees. For Favel Transportation out of Moose Jaw, Sask., dealing with the…
Western Star boosts careers for women in trucking
The campaign to attract more women to the Canadian trucking industry has a highly visible new symbol: a 2019 Western Star 5700XE with a promotional wrap featuring the Women’s Trucking Federation of Canada and pictures of its members. The 5700XE model, …
Kentucky Headhunters top bill at Walcott Jamboree
At Iowa 80 July 12-14
Woman trucker named Outstanding Trucker Buddy
Company driver Sonja Springman started her transportation career driving school buses, and now she’s continuing to work with kids now that she’s a trucker as a mentor for Trucker Buddy International. Springman, of LaPlace, Illinois, was nam…
Watch driverless snowplows clear airport runways
Clear 357,500 square meters per hour