Articles by Chantel Cartier

Woodrome Wins Big Again at National Truck Driving Championships

In Pittsburgh, PA., the National Truck Driving Championships have come to an end and for the second year in a row, Scott Woodrome has been named the Bendix Grand Champion. Woodrome is a truck driver from Middletown, Ohio and represents FedEx Freight. In 2018 he took home the Grand Champion…


FMCSA to Talk About Proposed Changes in Hours at GATS

During the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas, Texas, this weekend, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will be hosting two one-hour sessions where they will discuss the proposed hours of service changes and the transitions of ELDs from manual to electronic. The first session is in the Hall A…


Minnesota Boy Celebrates Birthday with Big Rigs

Declan Pfund of Winona, Minnesota, celebrated his fourth birthday by honking the horn and exploring the trucks that pulled into the Minnesota State College-Southeast. His love of trucks was the start of something big for the neighborhood. It started when Declan would sit outside his house and get the truckers…




More CDL Classes Offered at Capital University Center in South Dakota

In Pierre, South Dakota, there seems to be a growing demand for commercial driver license (CDL) education, so the Capital University Center is offering another class. After CUC had their first class earlier this year, there was immediate demand for another class and before the second class began there was…



Trucker Retires After 53 Years of Service at Holland Transfer

Alfred Watts has been employed at Holland Transfer Co. for over fifty years and now he’s retiring. With Holland Transfer being around for 112 years, Watts has seen almost half of those and has grown with the company. Unsure of how many miles he actually drove, his coworkers estimated it…


Kicking off the National Truck Driving Championships

427 men and women have gathered at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for the the 82nd annual National Truck Driving Championships. As the best in the trucking industry from all over the country, these men and women will show off their knowledge of the industry and…


UPS Teams up with TuSimple and Invests in Autonomous Driving

With UPS Ventures taking a minority stake in TuSimple, the two companies are testing self-driving trucks in Arizona to see if what they can do will improve efficiency and service for UPS. Currently their tests involve a driver and engineer aboard the self-driving trucks for legal purposes. Transport time, safety…