Teen Truckers Spark Worry as Congress Considers Lower Age Limit
Drivers as young as 18 years old could be allowed to drive 80,000-pound trucks between states if Congress goes along with a proposal backed by the U.S. trucking industry that safety advocates say would be a disaster. The plan, part of highway legislati…
Webb Wheel Products announces leadership changes
TELL CITY, Ind. – Webb Wheel Products OEM Business has named Mike Postma its new president following the promotion of Chad Plank, who has moved on to pursue targeted strategic growth opportunities for Marmon Highway Technologies. Webb Wheel is a…
Bevill grad gets fresh start through truck driving
After operating a dairy farm in northern New York for 25 years, Alice Reynolds found a new career driving a truck for a distribution company that transports produce to military bases in the Southeast. Reynolds received her train at Bevill State Communi…
ATA Dismisses Reason Foundation Call for Tolls
A report from the Reason Foundation outlining the benefits of tolling for infrastructure has been denounced by the American Trucking Associations. The report details reasons for the trucking industry to embrace the use of tolling to finance infrastruct…
Congress Wants Teenagers To Drive Big Rigs
Driving big rigs is one of the most dangerous , grueling occupations in America. And Congress apparently thinks it’s just the job for the nation’s underemployed teenagers.
Interstate 10 to Open One Lane Each Direction July 24
Interstate 10 will partially reopen July 24, officials have announced, bringing relief much sooner than expected to truckers and other motorists who depend on the route connecting Southern California and Phoenix. Just one lane will be open in each dire…
Mullen Group sees Q2 net income drop 96.5%
OKOTOKS, Alta. — Mullen Group reported its second quarter earnings Tuesday and they reflected the woeful state of Canada’s oil and gas industry. Revenue in the oilfield services division was down 36.8% to $111.2 million compared to the second quarter…
UPS Goes Standard With Collision Mitigation Systems
UPS driver Bill Lazarski of Chicago and UPS Freight driver Paul Savill of Cincinnati are fans of the collision mitigation technology that’s now standard equipment on every new UPS Class 8 tractor the company orders. Photo courtesy UPS.
Spot Freight Rates Seeing July Doldrums
The availability of truckload freight on the spot market hit a lull during the week ending July 18 compared to the previous week, leading to a decline in rates and load-to-truck ratios in all three equipment types, according to DAT Solutions , which op…
CITT logistics courses become mobile-friendly
TORONTO, Ont. – CITT has gone mobile. The company announced today that online courses in the program of study towards the CCLP designation are now optimized for smart phones and tablets as well as laptop and desktop computers. The new…