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.
he Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association has asked the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to grant drivers carrying loads that are oversize or overweight an exemption to the the 30-minute break requirement of the 2013 hours of service rule.
Southern California port truckers now are picketing two intermodal rail carriers as the strike against area port drayage companies expands.  Drivers began following Pacer Cartage and Harbor Rail Transport trucks to rail yards and other customer locations Nov. 18. The day before, some
In a sense, Peterbilt engineers never get to build a true “clean sheet†design when they start work on a new truck.  Those engineers might disagree with that statement, but as I gazed at the fully restored 1939 Peterbilt tractor on display at the company’s plant in Denton, Texas, I couldn’t help but see styling […]
