The annual Operation Safe Driver program of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance in collaboration with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and industry kicks off Sunday, Oct. 19, nationwide.  The program, created to “help to combat the number of deaths resulting from crashes involving large trucks, buses and cars,†was first held in the year […]
The freight sector was relatively flat in
 September, with a drop in North American shipment 
volume and a slight increase in total freight
 expenditures, or payments, according to the latest Cass Freight Index.  Other freight indicators have shown that shipment weights have been rising steadily, so a decrease in the actual number of shipments does not
I was very pleased this morning to see that the American Trucking Association, at its fall conference in San Diego this week, is addressing traffic congestion.  Trucking has many problems that have to be addressed today: Rising equipment costs, driver shortages, regulatory issues and a technician shortage. And I think any objective overview of industry issues […]
Daimler Trucks North America announced its intentions to launch two medium-duty engines — the DD5 and DD8 — beginning in 2016. The announcement came during a press roundtable at the 2014 American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition in San Diego.
The operational impacts across the supply chain from last year’s changes to the hours-of-service rules propelled HOS to No. 1 on the American Transportation Research Institute’s list of the top 10 critical issues facing the North American trucking industry.
The upcoming rule to increase the minimum amount of liability insurance that carriers and brokers must carry will have an additional step that allows fleets and owner-operators another chance to offer formal comment on the rule.
Mack announced a major expansion package to its GuardDog Connect fleet telematics system Sept. 29. The company’s new Mack Fleet Management Services is a suite of software and technology offerings made possible by an initial partnership with Telogis.
I was attending Western Star’s launch of its eye-catching 5700XE aerodynamic truck in Las Vegas the other day, when an offhand remark by Ann Demitruk, the company’s director of marketing caught my attention.
Wal-Mart and its Wal-Mart Transportation have denied negligence allegations brought in a recent lawsuit by Tracy Morgan and others involved in a June 7 crash that left comedian James McNair dead and Morgan and others critically injured.
