Trucker hospitalized after crash and fire
Cause of crash not given
Massive ‘Green’ Highway Bill Heads to House Floor
A nearly $500 billion highway funding bill headed to the House floor faces an uphill battle, with critics saying it’s partisan and focuses too much on “green” transport.
Pure Bioscience Forms Alliance with Marathon Group, Whiting Systems
Pure Bioscience recently entered a strategic alliance with Marathon Group and Whiting Systems to implement the Pure Food Transport Solution across Whiting’s entire network of truck washing and sanitizing facilities in the U.S.
Freight payment vendor hit by system outage
[caption caption="Payment vendors provide carrier portals that can be points of system vulnerability due the range of parties given access to those platforms. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com."][/caption]Widely-used freight payment services provi…
The lonely road — downtime pursuits for sanity
What do you do to maintain sanity while on the road for days and weeks on end? Sharing your enthusiasms with friends and family — if not the entire community of drivers — may help you “run your race as best you can, and cherish the time you have with…
A Look at Race Relations in Trucking
Trucker Ahmed Issa still remembers the testy conversation between two of his former Hyndman Transport colleagues, one white and the other African-Canadian, a few years ago.
With a new OTR gig, independent trucker Bob Van Liew finds a fresh start in COVID shake-up
After a turbulent few months, owner-operator Bob Van Liew of one-truck Van’s Logistics, which he operates with his wife, Jan, has landed squarely on his feet, due in no small part to he and Jan grinding through the tougher weeks and months of late.
Landstar names finalists for 2020 Cascadia giveaway
Four drivers have been named finalists to win a 2020 Freightliner Cascadia in Landstar’s 2020 All-Star Truck Giveaway. In other news: A North Carolina-based driver was recognized for helping a stranded elderly woman; Love’s opened a new location near S…
How to truck safely through tornado season
Tornadoes pose a serious danger to anyone caught in their path, but especially to truck drivers, who are constantly on the road and may have difficulty finding shelter in time. By far, the safest thing to do is to stay off the road until the severe wea…
Sunrise Transport Announces Internal Promotions
Sunrise Transport Inc., the fleet business in Four Seasons Family of Companies based in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, recently promoted two employees to senior management roles.