MVT driver captures thief in Indiana
Hanska native Joel Schumacher has been hauling for Minnesota Valley Transportation since 1988, but this week he encountered a problem not in the truck driver training manual. Schumacher was hauling frozen meat from New Ulm to Cincinnati.
Downtown Spokane Partnership joins call for keeping extended homeless …
Joe Newton, 59, holds a sign Thursday to encourage the City of Spokane and other entities to financially support homeless shelters like the House of Charity. Newton is an unemployed truck driver hoping to find work.
Watch out truck drivers, a robot is coming for your jobs
Watch out truck drivers: Swedish firm unveils radical design for a driverless delivery pod that can go 124 miles on a single charge A Swedish startup has unveiled a radical design for a driverless truck that runs entirely on electric power with a range of 124 miles on a single charge. Deemed ‘cargo with wheels’, the ‘T-pod’ is fully autonomous on highways and only needs human intervention when it exits onto local roads – and a human controls it remotely.
Commission plans deal to settle east-west trucker dispute
The Commissions plans a compromise between EU countries that want strict labour reforms for truck drivers and those that don’t want any change. [ JKilian/ Shutterstock ] The European Commission is planning a compromise between eastern and western EU member countries, which are sharply divided over labour rules for truck drivers who travel across the bloc to deliver goods, according to an internal memo from the executive’s transport policy arm.
Puff, puff, pass: Liberals table legislation to legalize marijuana
OTTAWA, Ont. – Well it’s official. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made good on his campaign promise to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. Today, the long-awaited suite of bills was tabled in the House of Commons, which outlines that…
OTA weighs in on Thunder Bay truck route debate
TORONTO, Ont. –The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) is speaking out against city councilors in Thunder Bay, Ont. who are set to vote on whether or not to restrict vehicles of a certain weight on city streets. The OTA penned a letter…
Navistar Fleet Charge turns 30
LISLE, Ill. – Navistar announced today its Fleet Charge program is celebrating 30 years. Fleet Charge is a private label purchasing card program that provides customers with guaranteed pricing, consolidated billing, and a dedicated credit line, and is accepted at…
Trucker faces questions in fatal Pa. school bus crash
An investigation into a fatal school bus crash so violent that it ejected the seat-belted bus driver is focusing on the Pa. trucker who rear-ended the bus, including his checkered driving record.( An investigation into a fatal school bus crash so viole…
Stoughton acquires land across from manufacturing plant
BRODHEAD, Wis. — Stoughton Trailers has announced it has purchased 17 acres of land across the street from its manufacturing plant in Brodhead, Wis. “The Stoughton Trailers Brodhead manufacturing facility is a critical component of our manufacturing footprint,” said Bob…
Stoughton acquires land across from manufacturing plant
BRODHEAD, Wis. — Stoughton Trailers has announced it has purchased 17 acres of land across the street from its manufacturing plant in Brodhead, Wis. “The Stoughton Trailers Brodhead manufacturing facility is a critical component of our manufacturing footprint,” said Bob…