Trucker arrested in crash that killed 5 in western Nebraska
Authorities have arrested the driver of a semitrailer that was involved in a fiery crash that killed five people in western Nebraska.
Trends in Trucking: Companies Both Big and Small Struggle with Driver Shortage
Trends in Trucking: Companies Both Big and Small Struggle with Driver Shortage Pallet companies both big and small struggle with the shortage of truck drivers; other trends in trucking to spur challenges. By Tim Cox Date Posted: 8/1/2016 Consider two v…
Impaired Driving, SAMHSA, And The DOT: It’s…Complicated
Federal regulation of the trucking industry dates back to 1935, via the Motor Carrier Act of that year, which extended the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission . The ICC itself was created in 1887 in response to public outcry against abuses …
Earnings Watch: UPS, YRC, Saia, ArcBest, Universal
The week wrapped up with more fleets reporting their second-quarter earnings. Like many that have already advised, profits for three were lower, while the largest trucking company in the nation and one a few years ago that was on the brink of extinctio…
Economic Watch: New GDP Reading Disappoints, Consumer Sentiment Falls
Hopes that the American economy picked up a good head of steam in the second quarter of the year were quickly dashed on Friday following numbers being issued by the U.S. Commerce Department. The nation’s gross domestic product, the widest measure of economic activity, increased at an annual rate of 1.2% in the April-June period.
Smokey Point Distributing Honored Again for Safety Efforts
Chris Zondlo, SPD safety coordinator , receives a Great West Safety Award from Great West’s Kevin Skow , and the WTA’s Safety Fleet of the Year Award from Jason Berry, Washington State Patrol assistant chief and Tom Walrath, of T.E. Walrath Trucking and WTA president . Photo: Daseke Arlington, Wash.-based Smokey Point Distributing, a Daseke company, has been named the Washington Trucking Association’s “Safety Fleet of the Year” in the common carrier category.
Bendix Updates Trailer Parking Brake Valve Issue
Bendix is making available information pertaining to its voluntary recall of some 200,000 of its SR-5 trailer spring brake valves. That May 17 action has prompted recalls of over 30,000 trailers by 11 various trailer makers.
Attention fossil fuel fighters — they are not a luxury in the winter months, they’re a life and death necessity
I’ve got this thing about time lately. Yes, the accidental pun master strikes again! “They,” whoever they are, say that, “Timing is everything.” For politicians, this is true if you want your constituents to remember what you were once responsible…
Daimler Enters Medium-Duty Engine Market with DD5
Yountville, Calif. Daimler Trucks North America says it plans to play a major role in the medium-duty engine market, and is taking the first steps with the new Detroit DD5 engine, which will begin production in October.
Overnite Founder J. Harwood Cochrane Dies
Trucking pioneer J. Harwood Cochrane , who founded LTL carrier Overnite Transportation Co. during the Depression, died at age 103 on July 25 in Richmond, Va.