PGT Trucking To Deploy Automated Convoy Technology
During an eight-year partnership with Locomation, PGT Trucking will deploy 1,000 autonomous relay convoy systems to enable one driver to pilot a lead truck while a follower truck operates in tandem through a fully autonomous system.
STC Announces New Leadership
Sean Garney and Steve Keppler will lead Scopelitis Transportation Consulting as co-directors while STC President and CEO Emeritus Dave Osiecki transitions into retirement late this year.
Deadline Extended for HDT Safety Survey
The editors of Heavy Duty Trucking have extended the deadline for fleets to participate in a new annual survey, which will offer insight into safety and compliance practices and trends among truck fleets.
5 Ways Trucking Fleets Can Help Drivers with Back Pain
Back pain is prevalent in truck drivers, given their job duties and lifestyle. Read five things fleets can do to help their drivers with prevention or treatment low-back pain.
The Driver Shortage: We’re Not Alone
The challenges facing truck drivers and the trucking companies trying to hire them share commonalities around the globe, says Rolf Lockwood in his latest Locking it In blog post.
Unidentified trucker saves couple from house fire, drives off
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Holly Springs, Mississippi home to newest Love’s
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ATA Forms Climate, Clean Energy Committee
The American Trucking Associations has formed an advisory committee on climate and clean energy to help shape the association’s policies and actions on a number of key environmental issues.
FTR: April Trucking Conditions Hit Record High
Although most market factors were not quite as strong in April as they were in March, a reversal of March’s higher diesel prices improved overall trucking conditions.
J.B. Hunt, Waymo Partner on Autonomous Freight Transport
Waymo’s autonomous Class 8 trucking unit will haul freight between facilities in Houston and Fort Worth, Texas, for one of J.B. Hunt’s top customers.