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Truck driver compensation is highly variable due to multiple factors.

Truck driver essentials: Things truckers describe as “must-haves”

Where do truck drivers sleep?

What is a Runaway Truck Ramp?

We take a look at whether the features on Garmin’s dezl Headset 200 make it worth the price.

We take a look at Garmin’s Dezl OTR810 truck navigator and how it aims to make the roads safer and easier for truck drivers.

Report shows pay also increased 11% just last year — and looks like it’s still rising

Attracting and retaining a younger workforce.

AskWaves looks at the evolution of truck driver headwear

Linehaul Truckers are Facing a Quality of Life and Health Crisis

A proposal to give truck drivers overtime pay would ultimately slow freight movement and impact the speed of e-commerce deliveries.

Toll management solutions to improve efficiency.

Forecasters are saying severe storms and potentially strong tornadoes could return to the Plains on Wednesday (video forecast included).

The EF Scale was developed following two particularly devastating tornadoes — Jarrell, Texas, in 1997 and Moore, Oklahoma, in 1999.

FMCSA filings against employers, shippers and others could nearly double previous high

The truck driver shortage in the U.K. and Europe is getting worse with cross-border traffic being interrupted by the Ukraine crisis and Ukrainians going home to defend their country.

Decreasing turnover rates and making companies more efficient requires job transparency to pull in the right people and maintaining a constant state of innovation to attract more people.

Truck Drivers USA’s Lori Furnell discusses the importance of community in the industry.

A closer look into FMCSA HOS rule changes

All Western states, with Colorado topping the list

Despite reports that congestion issues are easing on the water at California’s major ports, drayage truckers claim this isn’t the case for them as efficiency issues continue to plague terminal operators.

FreightWaves recently conducted several surveys about CB radio usage among truckers. More than 32% of respondents said they still use CB radios all the time while driving

Truckers would benefit from the nation’s official weather alert system upgrades proposed in a House bill.

Carrier Perspective: State of the Industry

The first big Rockies snowstorm this season could delay truckers as well as operations at intermodal hubs and oil facilities (video forecast included).

Truckers with 10% revenue loss can get up to $125,000 each from USDA

What Are Truck Blind Spots?

In a FreightWaves survey, truckers say these are some of the U.S. and Canadian tunnels they dislike the most.

After flooding and historic rainfall in parts of the South earlier this week, more is possible Thursday (with forecast video).

Due to a structural issue, truckers will have to keep taking detours around the Interstate 40 bridge between Tennessee and Arkansas.

Drivers will hit more intense winds and whiteout conditions Friday in several Midwestern states (with forecast video).

These apps can help truckers learn about weather changes, construction and more while providing something entertaining on long drives.

Steep ascents and dizzying heights make these U.S. bridges downright frightening for some truck drivers.

From tight spaces to ghostly faces, some bridges make the hairs stand up on the necks of many truck drivers.

One developer touts its weather app because its “storm-based alerts help reduce false alarms by alerting you to severe weather based on your exact location.”

Election 2020: It’s hard for long-haul truck drivers to predict where they will be from week to week, but most say they plan to be at the polls on Election Day, Nov. 3.

Truck drivers and farmers banded together to ensure a trucker’s terminally ill son has the best fifth birthday possible.

Drivers tell FreightWaves what kind of weather concerns them the most as they try to keep freight moving.

One developer touts its weather app because its “storm-based alerts help reduce false alarms by alerting you to severe weather based on your exact location.”

Transflo and InMotion Global have reached a deal to offer the AscendTMS free for a limited time to Transflo customers.

The use of hair tests to detect drug use among truckers is one step closer to reality.

Truck driver Christopher Sedrick Brown pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 132 kilograms (292 pounds) of marijuana.

The rate debate rages on between brokers and truckers, Mayday protests in transportation, Ingrid Brown, and more

Dooner and The Dude are talking about the conflict between truckers and brokers as they battle for dollars in a bottoming spot market.

A group of 75 owner-operators said they were protesting broker fees and high maintenance costs.

Truck drivers are ALWAYS important – no more so than now. Read ways that truckers can stay safer and healthier.

In an effort to fight COVID-19, Laredo officials are requiring people to wear face masks when entering a public building, pumping gas, riding in public transportation or traveling by a rideshare vehicle.

logistics workers demand hazard pay; customer traffic fell across storefronts last week; supply chains will diversify post-epidemic.

Along with medical professionals and public health officials, truckers are also on the front lines delivering critical medical supplies, food and other essential items to hospitals and stores.

The gig economy is one more challenge for truck drivers.

Days after thousands of employees and truck drivers for Celadon Group Inc. received word that one of North America’s largest carriers was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, many are still struggling to take in the news.

The Hispanic community has contributed immensely to the new American dream and is currently one of the fastest growing ethnic minorities within the trucking sector.

Pilots donned oxygen masks and returned to Vancouver after shipment of durian filled the 767 with the fruit’s notoriously noxious aroma.

High driver turnover rates have been common in the trucking industry for several decades. Improving the quality of discussions between fleet management and drivers might help reduce the churn.

Software and telematics technology provider Konexial recently launched a Spanish-language version of its electronic logging device (ELD) product, My20 ELD.  Ken Evans, chief executive of Knoxville, Tennessee-based Konexial, said the […]

FourKites has introduced a new analysis tool to help shippers identify unused capacity in their trailers.

The jobs of 449 workers are at stake as Aspray Transport closes down on August 16, after reeling under insurmountable debt and a worsening Brexit situation.

Long before sunrise, Molly Sizer starts her day in West Texas as a professional frac sand hauler.  She gets dressed, drives her Peterbilt truck to one of the dozens of […]

Sandeep Kar has written a thought-provoking article about changes in trucks and how those changes affect truck drivers. He also writes about what the future may hold for truck drivers in the coming years.

Accidents due to distracted driving is on the rise, and it critical to utilize technology to curb the numbers.

China has developed a new lithium mining process that is significantly cost effective; Lyft and Uber shares slide in the stock market; Amazon encourages employees to quit and start their delivery services.

Fleets must look to leverage technology to improve the quality of life and driving experience of truckers, which eventually leads to driver retention.

Truck Parking Europe displays more than 34,000 parking spaces across Europe, and has over a million downloads on its smartphone application.

Road Hunter, an app that provides tools for truckers, has launched a trip-planning feature on its platform that its active users can use for free.

Ideas about what a driverless future will be like.

Human Trafficking is a big problem. One way to help fix it: recruit the eyes and ears of 3.5 million truckers.

Convoy is now matching 100 percent of loads automatically in major markets, effectively eliminating the need for any person to call or communicate between the shipper and carrier.

Research from Pride Transport breaks down the trucker-less world day by day.

Basic amenities rank high among truck drivers as improvements shippers can implement to improve driver experience.

Answers were pulled from the 2018 King of the Road survey from Atlas Van Lines.

Since its launch, Convoy has been innovating with technological solutions aimed at reinventing the way freight moves across the country. To help fulfill that mission, the company is now expanding beyond its Seattle, WA, roots to a second office located in Atlanta.

Uber Freight introduces three new features to its app, making it more customizable and intuitive, and helping drivers and carriers better manage their loads and time schedules.

America is taking a week to celebrate its truckers: it’s National Truck Driver Appreciation Week. Thank you, drivers, for all that you do to keep our country moving despite all the obstacles in your way.

Cashflow Corner presented by TriumphPay …It doesn’t matter if you believe the driver shortage is real or not, if you need a driver, you need a driver. So how do you get one?

Cashflow Corner presented by TriumphPay …Running under your own authority offers plenty of challenges, but some would have it no other way. One of the biggest challenges is finding freight.

The U.S. has been particularly bad over the last few decades at helping people who’ve lost out during periods of technological change. Is there a new emerging story?

An open letter by “A thousand upset truckers” to the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) was posted on the Facebook page of PierTrucker.com/Seattle, declaring its opposition to the planned phase-out of trucks with pre-2007 engines contained in proposed House Bill 2601.

In spite of a sea change in technology, the US DOT report released Jan. 31st, says the costs of rigorous data collection and analysis would likely outweigh the benefit. Instead, they provide a lot of data from 2013-2014.

How rapidly the autonomous truck becomes a common sight on local roads and interstate highways – both in the U.S. and abroad – depends on numerous factors. Maybe we should check ourselves at the propaganda and hype-machine door.

Spot rates continue to climb and capacity continues to shrink, and now experts are predicting a strong holiday retail season. Could the good news for carriers get any better?

Teamsters union Local 848 has initiated a strike at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach today to protest what they say is misclassification of their employment as independent contractors.

In its latest State of the Freight webinar last week, FTR experts laid out their expectations and timelines for freight disruption, and as expected, sections were devoted to NAFTA and autonomous trucks.