Prime Inc. (No. 16 in the CCJ Top 250) announced it is adding Bendix ADB22X air disc brakes and the Bendix TABS-6 Advanced trailer roll stability system to its highway safety efforts.  The fleet is equipping 2,500 new refrigerated trailers with the Bendix ADB22X and Bendix TABS-6 Advanced safety technologies.
Over-the-road truck drivers do not cross this threshold for days and weeks at a time. The truck becomes “home†for at least 10 hours a day while parked at a truck stop, a rest area, or other nondescript location that can accommodate 18 wheelers.  Team drivers may spend all 10-hours of their off-duty time in […]
Medical examiners in FMCSA’s National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners will soon be receiving a bulletin from the agency to clarify current federal rules — or lack thereof — regarding screening and testing drivers for sleep apnea, according to a letter from actingFMCSA Administrator Scott Darling.
AHAA member, Virginia Transportation Corporation, has been the victim of a recent theft. Â The truck, trailer and cargo went missing on 11/22/14 at 9pm from the Manheim GA Auto Auction located at 7205 Campbellton Road SW in Atlanta, GA. Â Last known location was at the intersection of I-85 at exit 64 & Hwy 138 in […]
This Thanksgiving, I’m especially thankful for traffic jams – those ridiculous and often needless backups that ruin the great American holiday for so many.
Wreaths Across America is making a last-minute push to secure the trucks it needs to haul wreaths nationwide to cemeteries around the country as part of its annual wreath laying ceremonies, intended to memorialize fallen veterans.
The latest skirmish in the battle to organize FedEx Freight went to the Teamsters this week with a victory in Charlotte, N.C., though the union cancelled elections in two other locations.  At the Charlotte terminal, a group of 222 drivers voted Wednesday to join Teamsters Local 71. It was the union’s third positive result in […]
The third quarter earnings report season provided a generally positive outlook on the financial health of large truckload carriers, with a few companies putting up very nice gains from a year ago – and a year ago, things were pretty good.  The carriers were equally sure of one thing: The industry must find more drivers to […]
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has become the latest industry group to request that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration remove from public view the scores from its Compliance, Safety, Accountability program’s Safety Measurement System.
