Group Hopes to Become Service Network for Fleets [Commentary]
Approximately two years ago, several owners of independent repair shops — ones not affiliated with a specific manufacturer — felt the need to band together to form a group that would allow them to better promote their business interests while also prov…
How Two Fleets Set and Achieved Sustainability Goals
Sometimes, fleets pursue initiatives to make their operations more environmentally friendly. Other times, they’re tasked with this based on an order from management. Here’s how successful fleets achieve these goals
Online registration opens for GATS
Online registration has opened for the Great American Trucking Show, which will be held Aug. 27-29 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas. As in years past, GATS will be a mix of exhibitors, health and wellness information, music, prog…
Truckload of sanitizer, Covid-19 message heads west
CAMBRIDGE, Ont. – Shelley Uvanile-Hesch is back on the road, even if the message on the side of the truck driver’s trailer is imploring Canadians to stay home. The message is clear. “Stay Home. Save Lives.” The masked medical personnel pictured on the …
Tips on coping with stress caused by COVID-19
Try to get some rest, eat well
COVID-19 Update: Food trucks available, truck show canceled
On April 3, the Federal Highway Administration issued a notice that allows states to have privately-owned food trucks to set up in rest areas along interstate highways, a practice normally not allowed by federal law. The exception ends when the nationa…
ONroute extends free coffee offer
TORONTO, Ont. — ONroute is extending its Keep ON Trucking initiative, and offering truck drivers free coffee every Wednesday until mid-May. The travel-plaza chain launched the initiative last week. The company said Tuesday it decided to extend th…
Drivewyze adds ‘open and closed’ alerts for Florida rest areas
Drivewyze announced Wednesday, April 8, it is now providing “open and closed” alerts for Florida’s 65 rest areas and welcome centers to help truck drivers find available parking during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Florida alerts were activated last week,…
Special COVID-19 resource for truckers available
The global outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus has thrown society and, with it, the trucking industry into uncharted territory. The editors of Truckers News, Commercial Carrier Journal, Overdrive, and Trucks•Parts•Service have set up a comprehensive p…
TomTom Trucker 620 GPS gets you where you need to go
A recent survey by a trucking industry research organization identified the 100 worst bottlenecks for truck traffic on U.S. highways. The annual study found these traffic chokepoints cost the trucking industry more than $74 billion and waste 1.2 billio…