Contract Transport Services aids kids, families in need
Donated 52 new bicycles
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TMC, ESmartt to Evaluate Smart Trailer Technology
A study to evaluate trailer owners’ adoption of intelligence products and services will be conducted by eSmartt and presented at the ATA’s Technology & Maintenance Council annual meeting in April.
How Smart Trailers Can Prevent ‘BLT’ Headaches
The three most common and costly trailer problems – brakes, lights, and tires (BLTs) – are said to account for more than 80% of all unplanned trailer downtime. Find out how smart trailers can help.
Smart Trailers Face a Huge Hurdle
Find out why the challenge of building a backward-compatible smart trailer with future-proof connectivity will be one of the industry’s greatest challenges.
Love’s Opens its Largest Travel Stop Ever
Love’s recent blitz of new Travel Stop openings has created 322 new overnight truck parking spaces in the Midwest.
Autonomous Truck Developer Ike Acquired by Nuro
Nuro, an autonomous technology company that specializes in small-item, urban deliveries, has acquired autonomous truck development company Ike.
Nebraska & Iowa under winter weather warning
Troopers advise no travel
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Outlook 2021: Lack of surge capacity leaves shipping vulnerable to external shocks
[caption caption=”As of Dec. 12, there were 18 container ships awaiting berth off the ports Los Angeles (pictured) and Long Beach, the most severe backup since the months-long West Coast longshore labor dispute in 2014–15. Photo credit: Underaw…
Post-vaccine quarantine requirement not expected for truckers
FMCSA currently has no plans to follow FAA in requiring a 48-hour stand-down following doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. And other news: OOIDA blasts Congress for lack of aid for small-biz truckers; several states sign onto cap-and-trade program; St. Chri…
See the truck and meet the drivers that hauled the 2020 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree
Views of the tree along its trip from the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests in Colorado to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
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