Epidemic of truck collisions occurs on Maryland’s ‘Big Curve’
Since March there have been 36 accidents involving commercial vehicles on what is known locally as “The Big Curve” at the merge of the Beltway and the Interstate 270 spur in Bethesda, Maryland. Police blame speed for most, while others sugg…
Brooks RCMP hunting meat thief
BROOKS, Alta. – The Brooks RCMP is looking for a trucker it says recently picked up a load of beef from the JBS meat packing plant and failed to deliver the load. The truck took the load Aug. 30, under the name Transport Pascal Charland out of Chateaug…
Top 5 Most Common Risky Fleet Behaviors Identified
Of 3 million events coached this summer, the following five risky behaviors were the most prevalent, with drivers not wearing seatbelts and unsafe following distance together accounting for 54% of the top five, according to Lytx Data.
Sally prompts hours waiver for relief supplies in 5 states
85 mph winds; 35 inches of rain
P.E.I. pauses AIPP trucker applications
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. – Prince Edward Island has become the latest Atlantic province to stop accepting truck driver applications under the Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program (AIPP). Nova Scotia froze the trucking segment of the program last month, repl…
Mack to commercialize LR Electric in 2021
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Mack Trucks announced Wednesday it plans to commercialize the Mack LR Electric refuse truck next year. Orders will open in the fourth quarter of this year, with deliveries beginning in 2021, the company said. The LR Electric wa…
Rounding up truck stop order benefits trucker fund
Help for St. Christopher’s Fund
Driver’s 55-year career nets him driver of the year award
Drives for John Brown Trucking
Nikola makes the case for two-pronged approach to electrification
TORONTO, Ont. – To compete with diesel, both battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and hydrogen fuel cell electric trucks will be viable options under certain conditions. That’s why Nikola Motor Company is pursuing both technologies for the semi-truck marke…
Indicators point to strengthening trucking market
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Covid-19 brought on the worst recession in U.S. history, but the recovery is underway and economic conditions should return to pre-Covid levels by late next year. Jim Meil, industry analyst and principal of ACT Research, pointed out …