Trucking

Loss expects at leading fleets say more thought needs to go into package design to ensure cargo is well protected during transit.

A CDL holder between the ages of 18 and 21 must do all their driving inside a state under current law.

Supply chain participants spent years taking time out of the process to offer faster, more streamlined services, but with ELDs and e-commerce, that lack of flexibility is now constraining operations.

Every major railroad serving the U.S. got a letter from the Surface Transportation Board. 

The current exemption ends April 19.

Dealing with the tight market for drivers in multiple parts of the JB Hunt business. 

Health company higi is opening up resources at its 11,000 self-screening health stations to truck drivers who are members of Rolling Strong for free biometric testing.

The sector gets another 90 days to comply, while the rest of the industry faces April 1 enforcement.

Strong sales of new trucks is expected to keep used truck supplies rising. 

While driver pay has been inching up, something else has been increasing: guaranteed pay programs.

Last fall, it was revealed that Hino – traditionally a medium-duty truck company owned by Toyota – would build a Class 8 truck for North America. That truck was unveiled on Wednesday at the Work Truck Show in Indianapolis.

The spot market isn’t under the jurisdiction of the CFTC, a commissioner tells an industry conference.

Cashflow Corner presented by TriumphPay …There is no shortage of deductions that truckers can take. You just need to know where they are. 

The ATA recognizes that “technology is cool,” but also that it had better play its own vital role in adopting and adapting plans in a realistic manner.

Rolling Strong’s app can you tell exactly what you need to do every day to pass your DOT health exam.

Even with lower levels of automation, trucks could essentially work around the clock, but what will regulators do about the ELD hours-of-service rule?

Glider kits, or rebuilt trucks, are not exempt from the new emissions standards, but some people are using a Tennessee Tech study to help make the case they should be.

Drivers say they’re employees, though their classification is as a contractor

New Prime, Inc. v. Oliveira hinges on whether lease-to-purchase drivers classified as “independent contractors” can get out of their arbitration clauses.

Several states are looking at ways to exempt truck drivers from the ELD mandate, but at least one expert says any laws passed by states to do so would likely violate federal regulations.

Psychemedics Corporation says they have developed a test which eliminates false positives and has been vetted by the FBI.

A long political fight over an uncontroversial nominee comes to an end

Truck safety could take a big leap forward if drivers could see in their blind spots. Many companies are offering radar that looks down the vehicle and transmits that information back to the cab, but one company has decided the best approach is to eliminate the vehicle’s mirrors altogether.

Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corporation has made a million-dollar investment in New York-based Transfix. The investment was made through Sumitomo’s subsidiary Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, according to 4-Traders.com.