NPTC Educational Management Conference and Exhibition
Trucker honored for helping at accident scene
Named TCA Highway Angel
40 new truck parking spots open in Oregon
TA Express in Wasco on I-84
Prime Donates $700,000 for New COVID-19 Unit
Prime Inc. recently donated $700,000 to help fund a new COVID-19 unit for Missouri-based CoxHealth.
Good time to work on the truck … And: States’ contractor unemployment programs standing up
Owner-operator Bill Ater’s month-plus off the road — “I won’t haul freight for nothing,” he said, ready to go when profitable opportunities return. His waiting game continued with work on his 1999 Series 60-powered Freightliner, as other drivers conte…
Manufacturing Plants Reopen After COVID-19 Closures
After being closed for close to a month, U.S. manufacturing plants for Daimler Trucks North America, Yokohama Corporation of North America, and Cooper Tire & Rubber Company have either restarted production or are in the process of restarting their asse…
TDG rules eased for shipping hand sanitizer
OTTAWA, Ont. – Companies producing emergency supplies of hand sanitizer will benefit from eased restrictions under Canada’s Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act. A temporary certificate issued by the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Directorate will …
News roundup, April 24: Feds to distribute 800,000 masks to truckers
The federal government will distribute about 800,000 masks to truck drivers at six locations across the country. A Canadian trucker was caught trying to enter Canada from the U.S. with 80 pounds of cocaine and fentanyl. A fleet’s split sleeper berth wa…
Have you been snookered by a deceptive small-business loan?
Even when times are flush, there are lenders eager to take advantage of small businesses in a bind. With countless small fleets struggling to get by now during the COVID-19 crisis, there’s even more bait for finance predators. Be careful with so-called…
One truck driver’s Covid-19 nightmare
TORONTO, Ont. – On April 25, professional driver Nicole Folz will take her first steps in 15 days outside a makeshift Covid-19 camp at an undisclosed airport hotel in Toronto, and return home. It will cap off a wild two-week ordeal, in which Folz becam…