Trucking conditions remain favorable
FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index for September reflects strong underlying market trends. The TCI has moved up in the last couple of months, due to increased rate gains, and will remain in very positive but stable territory for the foreseeable future.
Trucker reveals reason for some unsafe semitrailers on Wis. roads
Every day drivers share the roads with some big rigs, and everyone’s safety can depend on the upkeep of those commercial vehicles. A WISN 12 News investigation reveals a startling lack of state resources to enforce safety standards.
Union disputes, cargo volume plague ports
Thursday’s walkout of some truck drivers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach compounds an already bad situation for Inland workers in the logistics sector. “It’s really hitting everybody,” said B.J. Patterson, CEO of Pacific Mountain Logistics L…
Truckers Getting Scammed
Truckers who are injured in trucking accidents are more often lately victims of insurance scams perpetrated by disreputable employers. The more serious the injury, the more likely the trucker will be scammed.
Utah Trucker Accused of keeping more Sex Slaves in Semi
Prosecutors say they’ve found four more victims of a Utah truck driver accused of keeping women as sex slaves in his semitrailer as he traveled the county. In two of the new cases detailed in court documents filed Monday, Vafeades is accused of holding…
Utah trucker is accused of keeping more sex slaves
The Smithsonian has unveiled plans to give museums and gardens along the south side of Washington’s National Mall a $2 billion face-lift, creating more welcoming entrances, improving connections between museums… The Smithsonian unveiled a plan Thursd…
Utah trucker is accused of keeping more sex slaves
As gay rights activists celebrate a U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing same-sex marriages in Kansas, the court clerk in the most populous county won’t grant licenses to gay couples until a separate legal case… Gay couples across Kansas headed to coun…
Utah trucker accused of keeping more sex slaves
A Utah truck driver accused of keeping two women as sex slaves in his semitrailer as he traveled the county had four more victims, federal prosecutors said in court documents. A Utah truck driver accused of keeping two women as sex slaves in his semitr…
Trucker accused of keeping more sex slaves in semi
Prosecutors say they’ve found four more victims of a Utah truck driver accused of keeping women as sex slaves in his semitrailer as he traveled the county. In two of the new cases detailed in court documents filed Monday, Vafeades is accused of holding…
Port of Long Beach, Los Angeles truck drivers plan to strike, cite management violations
Truck drivers from two short-haul firms serving the Los Angeles/Long Beach port complex say they plan to go back on strike today to protest what they describe as management violations of a cooling off period brokered by L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti. The dr…