Speedee helping those in need during Covid-19 pandemic
VANCOUVER, B.C. – Speedee Transport is stepping up its efforts during the Covid-19 crisis, helping low income and elderly residents in Vancouver’s downtown eastside. The City of Vancouver has contracted several businesses, including Speedee, to provide…
Hot Shot’s Secret Rolls Out Trucker Care Packages
Lubrication Specialties Inc. (LSI), manufacturer of Hot Shot’s Secret performance oils and additives, is stepping up their support for our nation’s truckers by introducing a Trucker Appreciation Care Package.
ICYMI: Transcript of White House trucker tribute
Drivers recognized, spoke
ECONOMIC WATCH: Trucking conditions expected to turn negative until 2021
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Trucking conditions were positive in February, but that’s likely the last time FTR will be able to say that until 2021. Sharp declines in freight volumes, utilization and rates will weigh on trucking conditions for the rest of the y…
Open-ended free-meal program kicks off
TORONT, Ont. – The country has witnessed an outpouring of support for truck drivers following the Covid-19 outbreak, but one group in Toronto is taking the generosity a step further. Khalsa Care, a charity run by the Sikh community in the Toronto subur…
Sports park transformed into truck stop
WHITBY, Ont. – A community located just east of Toronto is transforming a local sports complex into a temporary rest stop for truck drivers. The Iroquois Park Sports Center in Whitby, Ont. is located just off Highway 401, and is being used to support t…
TravelCenters of America lays off more than 3,000
WESTLAKE, Ohio – TravelCenters of America, one of North America’s largest truck stop chains, has laid off 2,900 field employees and 122 corporate employees in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. All TA, Petro Stopping Centers and TA Express travel cente…
Donnie Rogers’ 2012 Peterbilt 389
The rig’s 600-hp Cummins was custom built by PDI in Salt Lake City and is backed by an 18-speed. Rogers hauls overdimensional loads in the oilfield and construction industries across the country.
Trucking Law: When illness or fatigue dictates you shouldn’t drive
A commercial driver is protected only if the illness or state of fatigue is severe enough that it jeopardizes safety. A minor sniffle is unlikely to be considered handicapping, but many other afflictions can affect your ability to drive. In such a case…
SuperRigs truck show goes online this year
Was planned for June 5-6 in Texas