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JB Hunt has been countersued by transportation management software provider MercuryGate, who’s seeking $5 million 

A coalition of labor advocacy and lobbying groups has sent a letter to transportation-focused lawmakers in the U.S. House asking them to reject a recent Senate proposition that would allow trucking companies to use hair testing for driver drug screening in 

CRST Expedited, No. 17 in the CCJ Top 250, has filed an exemption request with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration asking the agency to allow some CRST drivers to use split sleeper berth 

The root cause of the fatal June 2014 crash involving a Walmart tractor-trailer and actor/comedian Tracy Morgan was a tired truck operator 

Truck, trailer and component manufacturers have a vision for the connected vehicle. And so do telematics providers. Both sides want to use technology to make vehicles safer, more efficient and productive. 

Without a trailer, a tractor is meaningless. A trailer, the argument could be made, is the piece of equipment that actually brings revenue in for a fleet. While it’s easy to dismiss a dry van as simply a “box on wheels,†the reality of trailer design is a never-ending series of 

As environmentalists and manufacturers shared their thoughts on realistic fuel consumption reduction goals for medium- and heavy-duty engines for next decade, it was ATD Chairman Eric Jorgensen who offered the most likely obstacle to the success of 

The Senate’s inclusion of a provision to allow under-21 CDL holders to operate trucks interstate in the recently passed DRIVE Act highway bill has sparked some debate both within the trucking industry and outside of it regarding the appropriate age of truck operators. 

Celadon Trucking (No. 39 in the CCJ Top 250) has greed to pay $200,000 to settle a 2012 lawsuit brought against the carrier by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over Celadon’s pre-job offer medical screening of applicants for truck driver jobs.