Utah driver says there’s no place like home but the road

It may have rained — hard at times — all day during the 30th annual Mother’s Day Convoy in Lancaster, Pennsylvania last weekend, but at least there was no tornado. Had there been, Michelle Scolari’s 2019 Kenworth W900 decked out…

Annual physical can help keep you healthy and on the road

As a conscientious truck driver, you’d never simply drive your truck for miles and miles and miles while never stopping to check the tires, fluid levels, condition of the brakes or even simply clean the windshield, would you? You shouldn’t …

Amazon Wants Employees to Open Package Delivery Businesses

Amazon announced it will take an active role in helping interested employees launch their own package delivery businesses, expanding its Delivery Service Partner program with some additional incentives to help those employees make the transition.

Trucking conditions turn negative

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Trucking conditions in the U.S. dipped into negative territory in March, for the first time in several years. The -1.18 rating reflected softening rates, and sluggish freight demand, according to FTR. Active truck utilization and th…

Manitoulin buys B.C. logistics company

SURREY, B.C. – Manitoulin Transport has purchased Trident Freight Logistics, marking its first logistics acquisition in B.C. The company says the purchase strengthens the national scope of its logistics operations, with five operation centers across Ca…

Fr8Hub opens digital brokerage for cross-border freight

The freight-matching platform pairs shippers in Mexico and the U.S. (to and from border cities) with available carriers and drivers. The platform also provides load tracking for shipments coming into and out of Mexico via telematics and GPS integration. 

Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse: Be ready for big changes

The long-awaited Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse begin on January 4, 2020. The Clearinghouse will be an electronic database containing records of violations of the drug and alcohol prohibitions in subpart B of part 382 of the Regulations. It will also…