More than 3,140 trucking companies went out of business last year. Typically, around 85-90% of startup trucking companies fail. It’s not always easy to run a company, but it’s especially difficult in the competitive transportation industry. So as my company approaches it’s 10-year mark, I am excited to share some of the key factors that […]
To get more freight moving out of the Port of Miami, East Florida Hauling began offering drivers bonuses of up to $1,000 a day to wait in long lines for hours on end. For some, the extra money still isn’t enough to make up for the loss of bathroom breaks, decent meals and, most importantly, […]
The 2021 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree began its journey from the Mad River Ranger District of the Six Rivers National Forest in California to Washington, D.C., following its harvesting on Oct. 23. The harvest ceremony included brief remarks by USDA Forest Service leadership, local elected officials and project partners, as well as a blessing by the Lassic […]
Harold Sumerford Jr., CEO of Birmingham, Alabama-based J&M Tank Lines, was elected the 77th Chairman of American Trucking Associations’ Board of Directors. He succeeds Sherri Garner Brumbaugh, president and CEO of Garner Trucking. Sumerford has been deeply involved in the trucking industry, and is a past chairman of ATA Federation members the Georgia Motor Truck Association and the National Tank Truck […]
Volvo Trucks is recalling approximately 162 model year 2022 VNL tractors for an issue with the ECM that affects the transmission, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration documents. According to the recall, the electronic control unit software may allow the transmission to shift into neutral unexpectedly. Included in the recall are 2022 VNLs manufactured […]
For the fifth year in a row, the driver shortage has topped the American Transportation Research Institute’s (ATRI) annual Top Industry Issues report, a survey of more than 2,500 carriers, commercial drivers and other industry stakeholders. Unlike 2019 and 2020, where margins between the driver shortage and the No. 2 industry issues were much closer and […]
Trucking nearly broke the Stoll family. Literally and figuratively. Several times. While unhooking a trailer full of toilet seats for Bemis, Bryon Stoll was struggling to get the landing gear to budge. Slowly, it started to move. Barely. Bryon readjusted his feet and mustered all his might. He was going to drop this trailer, and […]
Transervice Integrated Solutions (TIS) has launched a less-than-truckload (LTL) division to support shippers across North America. TIS was formed in 2015 through the acquisition of Logistadvise Inc., a logistics software company founded by Eric Spearin and Lionel Bao, and its new LTL division complements the existing full truckload service while rounding out the company’s freight […]
Robert Hallahan learned the hard way. He began his trucking career in 1990 at the age of 18 doing local delivery work for Coca-Cola before briefly going over-the-road, then returning to regional work hauling gasoline tankers around Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois. From there, he got into hauling liquid petroleum, and his hauls found him farther […]
