3 Ways Vocational Truck Specs are Changing
Vocational fleets are increasingly spec’ing new technologies, options and features to get their work done.
TRALA Requests ELD Exemption Extension Through December
The Truck Rental and Leasing Association has petitioned the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for an extension to its current 90-day ELD rule waiver for short-term rental trucks that would extend through the end of the year.
Kenworth Donates T680 to Award Honoring Veterans Who Become Truckers
For the third consecutive year, Kenworth has donated a T680 Advantage to the Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence program recognizing top rookie military veteran truck drivers.
Analyst notes potential offset to ELDs’ productivity hit
Todd Amen of ATBS predicts that the strong freight market, and with it owner-operator net income, will continue to grow into 2019.
Baylor unveils trailer wrap to boost rare disease awareness
Angelman syndrome
Truck congestion shows no sign of lessening at JNPT
Trucks backed up at at JNPT. Photo credit: Nhava Sheva Container Operators’ Welfare Association.
The road to DP World-operated marine terminals in Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), which handles the majority of Indian containerized freight…
Herschel Evans wins CVSA’s driver award
With decades of driving experience and millions of crash-free miles driven safely on the road, Evans is an ambassador too less-experienced drivers on issues of safety, part of reason he was selected among many nominees for the IDEA award from the Comme…
Loadtap’s chatbot dispatch system
The Loadtap platform officially went live on Tuesday, Feb. 27, and one of its central features is an automated chatbot dispatch system those party to the platform can use to communicate with drivers in their private networks.
TMAF raised $1 million in 2017, recaps efforts in annual report
$4 million in four years
Volvo Trucks Projects ‘Very Strong’ Class 8 Truck Sales
Volvo Trucks is expecting North American Class 8 truck sales this year to significantly exceed its current official projection of 280,000.