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US truckload rates post double-digit rise in 12 months
Trucks travel on a US highway. (Photo credit: Shutterstock.)
Dry van truckload rates across the United States were up 17 to 25 percent on average in January, compared to a year ago, according to the North American Truckload Rate Index publis…
Volvo Trucks Releases Mobile App for Service Management
Volvo Trucks has launched the Volvo Asist mobile app for users of the company’s Asist service management platform.
Patterson, Calif., instructor Dave Dein bringing trucking to high-school curriculum
Working with staff at Patterson High School and several trucking partners, Dave Dein has established what as far as he can tell is the first non-vocational-school CDL trucking course in the country. Available for seniors at Patterson, it’s in its first…
Bandit Big Rig Series looks to build on inaugural season’s success in 2018
The series will kick off Saturday, March 10, at Mobile International Speedway in Mobile, Ala., and run a total of 12 races through Oct. 6.
Like father, like son: ’95 Pete 379 unconventionally passed to new generation
Jerry Ward bought the rig around the year 2000 and drove it for about 10 years before selling it to a local fleet. In 2014, his son, Jeremy – who always loved the truck – bought the truck back through a lease-purchase program and has been working on im…
SelecTrucks Launches Roadside Select
With response times under an hour, Roadside Select enables owner-operators and drivers to get back on the road as quickly as possible.
ARI to Discuss Amazon Alexa Integration at Work Truck Show
ARI will be detailing the integration of its services to the Amazon Alexa and will discuss how to enhance fleet decisions with newfound data streams at NTEA’s Work Truck Show held March 6 to 9.
Electronic logging device law should reduce sleep-deprived-caused driver accidents
A sleep-deprived truck driver was charged earlier this month with vehicular manslaughter and reckless driving in connection with an October 2016 collision near Palm Springs, California that killed a tour bus driver and 12 passengers. That crash wa…
Human resources planning for 2018
Five things to consider when planning the year ahead