Wabash Names Truck-Lite Outstanding Supplier
Wabash National Corporation recently selected Truck-Lite as a top supplier during its annual supplier conference for going above and beyond to meet increasing customer demand and maximized productivity.
Georgia DOT Awards Contract for Port of Savannah Connector
The Port of Savannah’s long-anticipated Jimmy Deloach Parkway Connector, linking the Port directly to Interstate 95, got a big boost last week with the awarding of a $73 million contract for its construction.
Carrot and stick
A new venture in B.C. claims to offer truckers a way to enhance their bottom lines, saving them money via reduced diesel fuel purchases while putting cash in their pockets by selling carbon offsets. [Full Story]
FedEx Small Package Rates Going up by 4.9% in 2012
FedEx Corp will raise rates for FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery by a net average 4.9% next year, matching the 2011 increase.
Bad diets, no exercise catch up with truck drivers
After driving hundreds of miles, the last thing Roy Williams, a truck driver from Denton, Texas, wanted to do was exercise.
HOS Debate Hurting Rate Negotiations: FTR
FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index, as reported in the December Trucking Update, declined to a reading of 3.4 in October, primarily due to further delay in the issuance of revised Hours of Service regulations.
TCA Lays Wreaths on Air Force Veterans’ Graves
Truckload Carriers Association conducted a special ceremony at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. to honor Air Force veterans who are interred at the Academy’s cemetery.
CRASH says New Safety Data Validates Need for New HOS Rule
In a press release issued Friday, the Truck Safety Coalition says truck crash fatalities rose to nearly 4000 in 2010, from 3,380 casualties in 2009.
Frito-Lay Electric Delivery Trucks Hit the "Green" Streets of Orlando
PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay North America will roll out 10 new electric trucks in Orlando next year. In total, Frito-Lay will deploy 176 electric trucks this year in the U.S. and Canada, making Frito-Lay the largest commercial fleet of all-electric trucks in…
Mean Streets: Trucker arrested for mowing down 90-year-old man in Williamsburg
Police say they have nabbed the drunk truck driver who mowed down a 90-year-old man crossing Metropolitan Avenue on Thursday morning and left him for dead.