Carrier Transicold names new reefer line ecoForward
ATHENS, Ga. — Carrier Transicold has named its new platform of “ultra-efficient” trailer refrigeration units.
West Virginia Establishes Natural Gas Task Force
West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin signed an executive order establishing a Natural Gas Vehicle Task Force to investigate transitioning the state’s vehicle fleet to natural gas fuel and developing an infrastructure to support compressed-natural-gas…
Exclusive: Lorry drivers urged to swap fry-ups for fruit
LARDY lorry drivers are being urged to ditch fry-ups and tuck-in to fruit and veg instead in a Midland campaign aimed at tackling obesity.
DOT Announces TIGER Grants
The Department of Transportation announced that 47 transportation projects in 34 states and the District of Columbia will receive a total of almost $500 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating…
HELP Developing New Truck Screening System for Weigh Stations
Heavy Vehicle Electronic License Plate, best known for its PrePass weigh-in-motion service, is developing a program inspectors can use to screen all trucks as they pull into weigh stations.
Reman Group Schedules Heavy-Duty Brake Clinic
The Automotive Parts Remanufacturing Association is hosting its Heavy-Duty Brake Clinic July 26-28 in Chicago.
Crash Prevention? Sorry, not our job.
With a potential calamity hanging in the balance, why didn’t law enforcement in this small Canadian tourist town take any action to prevent it, or at least investigate what I had called to tell them?
Trucker jobs go unfilled, leading to delayed deliveries
A worsening shortage of truck drivers is pushing up freight rates and delaying some deliveries, defying the weak economy, high unemployment and falling gasoline prices.
Rick Yemm speaks on his (un)reality as an Ice Road Truckers star
In an exclusive interview with Huliq, Ice Road Truckers star Rick Yemm speaks about reality television; his real life beyond the small screen; and about being the “bad guy.” In January, Mechele R. Dillard interviewed Dave Redmon , former star on the Hi…
Trucking a rare bright spot in employment picture
Sherman McCallister spent 15 weeks unemployed before he landed a job with J&J Distributing, driving produce to Cub Foods and SuperValu stores.