Ask a Trooper: Big rigs, right on red, left turns
State police Lt. Rob Davis and troopers at the Lakeview and Rockford posts share the rules of the road here.
Trailer Orders Come in Well Below Expectations
U.S. trailer net order numbers in March missed analyst projections, coming in well below expectations, according to an FTR report. With 13,800 units ordered for the month, trailer numbers were down 35% from February and 39% compared from a year ago.
Teletrac Navman Drive App Suite Added to Garmin Device
In partnership with Garmin, GPS tracking ad fleet management provider Teletrac Navman has added its Drive app suite to Garmin devices. The Garmin Fleet 670 mobile devices will now support Teletrac’s Drive app suite, which brings fleet management, safet…
Earnings Watch: Knight Profit Plunges as Landstar’s Only Slips
Trucking fleets Knight Transportation Inc. and Landstar System Inc. both released first quarter earnings reports on Wednesday, with one showing a much larger decline in profit than the other. Net income for Arizona-based Knight dropped 23.7% from a yea…
Missouri Wants Exemptions to Help Turn Veterans into Truckers
The Driver’s License Bureau of the Missouri Department of Revenue has applied for two limited exemptions from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s CDL regulations to help smooth the path for discharged military personnel to civilian career…
U.S. Spot Freight Rates Decline, Canadian Spot Market Improves
A decline in available freight and an increase in truck capacity pushed spot truckload rates down across all three equipment types during the week ending April 16, according to DAT Solutions and its network of load boards. The number of trucks posted i…
After the crash
As a pendulum sways from end to end, sometimes situations in life act in a similar fashion. We have let things go too far to one end and it is time to bring us back to where things ought to…
OTA to host educational Council Summit in June
TORONTO, Ont. — The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) announced today that on June 22, its four new pillar trucking councils – Compliance and Freight Policy Council, Cross-Border Council, People, Planning and Development Council and the Cargo Crime Council – will come…
Completion of eight new weigh scales in Lower Mainland part of B.C.’s CVSE strategy
DELTA, B.C. – As part of a new strategy for Commercial Vehicle Safety Enforcement (CVSE) and the province’s trucking strategy On the Move, the British Columbia government has completed a $2.3-million project on the construction of eight mobile weigh scale…
Tankmart, Remtec host plant tour
CHAMBLY, Que. – Tankmart International and Remtec treated their customers to a Remtec plant tour during the Canadian Independent Petroleum Marketers Association (CIPMA) conference that was held in Montreal on April 11-13, 2016. At the plant, attendees were greeted by…